Offers and Requirements

IU's benefits - your advantage:

IU is a young, private university, recognized by the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. It offers high quality programs, accredited by the FIBAA accreditation agency at both Bachelor and Master levels. All classes are taught in English, 50% of our student body comes from outside Germany. With a faculty-student-ratio of ~ 1:7 students enjoy small class sizes and close contact with faculty members. With the trimester system IU Bachelor students earn 210 ECTS credits within 3 years (as compared to 180 required for most Bachelors degrees elsewhere), and get a Masters degree after only 16 months. Most students take advantage of the on-campus housing: 3 minutes walk to classrooms, 10 minutes walk to town center, and less than half a day's train ride to a number of attractive European cities.

Bachelor degree programs to choose from:

BSc: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

BBA: Bachelor of Business Administration

BICoM: Bachelor of Arts in International Communication Management

All Bachelor programs at IU are 3 years full-time. Each year comprises 3 trimesters of 13 weeks each (= 4-year program within 3 years). All programs include a company internship, a term abroad at an international partner university, and a final thesis.

Masters degree programs:

MScCS: Master of Science in Computer Science, full-time 4 trimesters of 13 weeks each (= 2-year program within 16 months) including thesis and optional internship in the 5th trimester.

SAP-variant of MScCS: 24 months incl. accompanying project work at SAP Research.

MICT: Master of Information and Communication Technology, full-time 5 trimesters of 13 weeks each, including thesis, and compulsory internship in the 5th trimester.

Doctoral Students:

Contact a professor at IU.

Start / Deadlines:

All our programs start in September. The application deadlines are:

For German students, international students with a German visa, students from EU countries, the US, Canada, and Switzerland: August 15

For international students applying from Nigeria: December 31

For international students applying from other African countries, China, and Pakistan: May 31

For international students applying from other countries: June 30

For SAP-variant of MScCS: July 9

All this is offered for a reasonable price:

Bachelor Programs: 30,000 Euro for 9 trimesters in 3 years, incl. internship and term-abroad.

Master Programs: 15,000 Euro for each entire program of 16 - 24 months.

Living expenses: on-campus students live on a budget of approx. 6,500 Euro a year including rent, food, books, health insurance, some traveling and social life.

Requirements:

Bachelor degree programs:

- Completed application form (pdf attached or complete online): https://i-u.academy4.com//i-u/CI_form.php

- Curriculum Vitae / Resumée

- Secondary school leaving certificate (Germans without Abitur need to prove their "Hochschulzugangsberechtigung")

- SAT score 1650 (max 2 years old), waived if you hold Abitur 2.0 or IB taught in English 36 (www.collegeboard.com)

- English proficiency: TOEFL 237 computer based / 580 paper based / 92 Internet based (BICoM: 250/600/100 respectively) (www.toefl.org); or IELTS band 7 (8 for BICoM) or the APIEL grade 4 (5 for BICoM);or last 2 years of English-medium education

- Two letters of recommendation,

- Personal Statement of Purpose and Goals (2-3 pages written by yourself),

- 50 Euro non-refundable application fee (pay at https://www2.i-u.de/secure/).

Master degree programs:

- Completed application form (pdf attached or complete online: https://i-u.academy4.com//i-u/CI_form.php ),

- Curriculum Vitae / Resumée

- University degree in computer science based on at least three years of university-level education, grade B- or equivalent (MScCs only)

- English proficiency: either TOEFL 237 cb / 580 pb / 92 ib (www.toefl.org); or IELTS band 7, or APIEL grade 4; or a first degree from an English-medium university

- GRE 640 in the quantitative test and 4.0 in the analytical test (www.gre.org),

- Two letters of recommendation, at least one from the undergraduate university

- Personal Statement of Purpose and Goals (2-3 pages written by yourself),

- 50 Euro non-refundable application fee (pay at https://www2.i-u.de/secure/).

Every prospective student is welcome to visit IU and bring along friends, parents or teachers. Just give us a call a few days in advance and we'll arrange a campus tour for you. We're looking forward to receiving your application and meeting you in Bruchsal, Germany.