An AI tutor, also known as an AI teaching assistant or an AI learning assistant, is an AI powered tool designed to act like a human personal tutor. Thanks to access to either the entire internet, or in the case of Syntea, specific course books, and their conversational abilities, AI tutors help students learn better by providing feedback, support, lesson plans and other features.

What is the best AI tutor?

More and more AI tutors have been made available to the general public in recent years. However, not many of them offer a lot of added value when comparing them to Chat-GPT, for example. When choosing an AI tutor, you need to consider how its features match your specific needs. With Syntea, you get an AI tutor designed specifically to help you ace your studies at IU - and it free of charge for all of our students.

How will AI help me in my studies?

AI tutors help make education more accessible for everyone, by providing customised support for student needs at a very low price. Other AI tools help teachers meet the needs of each student by providing additional exam preparation, math instruction and overall just giving educators more options for helping any student who needs extra support. When used regularly, AI tutors can provide solutions to a lot of educational challenges.

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Syntea: Your Personal AI Tutor

Revolutionise how you learn, with IU's personalised AI study assistant.

Innovate how you learn

Syntea is here to make your studies easier. Our custom AI study assistant is like having a personal tutor ready to help you ace your courses.

What is Syntea?

Syntea is an AI-powered chatbot, tailored to fit your unique learning needs. It was developed by IU International University of Applied Sciences specifically for our students, and it’s available in all of our courses for the on-campus programmes.

Unlike other AI tools (like ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude), Syntea is specifically trained in our course materials, so it offers information that is guaranteed to help you in your studies.

Why you should study with AI

Personalised tutoring

Syntea adapts to your individual learning style, providing custom feedback and guidance.

24/7 availability

No matter the time, Syntea is always ready to help with your coursework and questions.

Efficient learning

IU students who use Syntea regularly reach their exams 27% faster than other students.

Proven outcome

85% of IU students feel confident using AI, like your AI study assistant Syntea.

What you get

The Q&A feature

Ready when you are
Ask Syntea any course-related question, any time of day – and get an immediate answer.

Answers you can trust
The answers given are verified and monitored regularly by our teaching staff.

As detailed as you like
Syntea will refer you to the relevant coursebook section that covers your question.

The Pre-Assessment feature

Save time
Take a pre-assessment of your knowledge before you start a course, and get a personalised learning plan.

Focus on what’s important
Plan your studies based on Syntea’s plan, and complete the course faster – by covering only what’s new for you.

Track your progress
Use this feature throughout your studies to get feedback on how well you’re advancing.

The Deep Dialogue Learning feature

Build mastery
Dive into a conversation with Syntea about any topic from the course you want to cover in depth.

Tackle challenging concepts
Sometimes, the best way to understand something complex is to talk about it with a friend—or your AI study assistant.

Develop your problem-solving skills
Syntea will guide you to figure out things independently, by offering questions of its own.

The Exam Trainer feature

Methodical preparation
This feature tests your exam preparation by quizzing you on each unit in the coursebook.

Personalised training
You can choose to go by order or pick one unit at a time, depending on what you want to focus on.

Boost your confidence
With the Exam Trainer, you can test your knowledge again and again, until you’re 100% ready to take the final exam.

MBA Student

Parag Chitale

Syntea helps me understand the course topics better by suggesting related questions that other students have also asked. Finding the relevant and right information from the course content is much easier with Syntea.

Our tips for how to study with AI

To make the most out of Syntea (and AI tools as a student, in general), think outside the box. Don’t just ask it for answers – explore all of the different features, and think deeply about how you interact with it.

In this video, we’ll cover a few ways to use Syntea as your AI superpower as a student.

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