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
Senate
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
Our advisory board consists of distinguished figures from the business and science communities. It frequently advises the university’s leadership on fundamental questions regarding research and education.
Thanks to the close relationship between IU and the board, we can guarantee that what we teach is consistently oriented toward fulfilling industry needs. With the help of our advisory board, we can ensure that we’re developing study programmes that equip graduates with skills that are needed by companies around the world.
Jimmy Wales
Founder of Wikipedia
International | NGO
Frank Waise
Ex CEO of German Federal Employment Agency
NGO | Public Administration
Lucy Stonehill
Founder & CEO of BridgeU
Digital Business | Education
Raffaela Rein
Founder of Career Foundry
Digital Business | Education
Tobias Bonhoeffer
Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie
Science | NGO
Karina Montilla Edmonds
SVP, Head of Academies & University Alliances of SAP
Tech | International
Kamissa Camara
Ex Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ex Minister of Digital Economy and Planning of Rep. of Mali
Politics | Digital