Rector and Chancellor
The Rectorate is responsible for university management and is the highest arbitration body in all matters of academic self-administration. The Rectorate consists of: the Rector, the Vice-Rectors and the Chancellor.
Other bodies and committees of the university in addition to the Executive Board are the Senate, the Heads of Departments and the Advisory Board.

Prof. Dr. Holger Sommerfeldt
Rector
Professorship for Service Management

Prof. Dr. Alexandra Wuttig
Chancellor
Professorship for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Vice Rectors

Prof. Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya
Vice-Rector Research and Transfer
Professorship for IT Management & Data Analytics

Prof. Dr. Regina Cordes
Vice Rector Accreditation and Programme Formats
Professorship for Personnel & Organisation

Prof. Dr. Anastasia Hermann
Vice Rector Quality of Teaching
Professorship for Human Resources Management

Prof. Dr. Florian Hummel
Vice Rector Campus Studies
Professorship for International Service Sector Management

Prof. Dr. Karsten Leibold
Vice Rector Teaching and Continuing Education
Professorship for Aviation Management

Prof. Dr. Michaela Moser
Vice Rector Distance Learning
Professorship for Human Resources Management
Senat
The Senate is responsible for matters of academic self-administration. It advises on issues of university development, is involved in appointments to governing bodies and adopts regulations that govern the orderly running of study programmes.
See § 12 of the Basic Regulations of the IU International University of Applied Sciences.
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board consists of high-calibre representatives from companies and scientific institutions. It advises the IU International University on fundamental practical issues relating to research and teaching. The close connection between IU International University and its partners in practice and academia plays a decisive role in ensuring that the teaching content of the individual degree programmes is always geared towards the current needs and developments in the various sectors.
Frank Weise
Ex CEO Bundesagentur für Arbeit
NGO | Public Administration
Lucy Stonehill
Gründer & CEO BridgeU
Digital Business | Education
Jimmy Wales
Gründer Wikipedia
International | NGO
Karina Montilla Edmonds
SVP, Head of Academies & University Alliances SAP
Tech | International
Tobias Bonhoeffer
Director Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie
Science | NGO
Kamissa Camara
Ex Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ex Minister of Digital Economy and Planning of Rep. of Mali
Politics | Digital
Raffaela Rein
Founder Career Foundry
Digital Business | Education
Sascha Lobo
Journalist, Bestseller-Autor und KI-Experte
Artificial Intelligence | Digital Business






