IU Scholarship

IU Stipendium & Förderung is described as financial support via a discount on study fees. IU Internationale Hochschule GmbH states that it awards, each month, one 50%-stipendium in four categories (People with disabilities, Women in Tech, Single parents, and Industry switchers) to applicants who have not started at IU Internationalen Hochschule (IU). It also includes FirstGen-Förderung for first-generation students.

IU Stipendium is aimed at people applying for distance learning (Fernstudium) at IU whose studies have not started. Applicants apply for one of the listed category-specific stipendiums and must meet the conditions shown for that category (for example, single-parent status and custody arrangement, proof of ongoing health limitations, or applying for a bachelor’s or master’s programme in IT & Technik). The page also describes FirstGen-Förderung for first-generation students in the family.

Selection is tied to meeting the category requirements and submitting the listed documents. The page provides an application workflow (submit a scholarship application, upload documents within the stated timeframe, receive an acceptance or rejection, then activate the personal discount code in the online application).

• IU Stipendium provides financial support via a discount on study fees.
• IU Internationale Hochschule GmbH states it awards, each month, one 50%-stipendium in each of four categories (People with disabilities; Women in Tech; Single parents; Industry switchers).
• FirstGen-Förderung provides support of €3,000 that is credited to the applicant’s monthly study fee.

1. Fill in the scholarship application form for scholarships, providing the desired study programme. The application is valid for the month in which it is submitted.
2. Upload the required documents within 24 hours in step 2 of the application form.
3. Wait for a decision. IU states it informs the applicant about acceptance or rejection no later than the 15th of the following month; if documents are missing, a rejection is sent. The applicant receives a personal discount code by email.
4. Activate the stipend. IU states the discount code must be redeemed within 6 weeks in the applicant’s online application on the website, and that all important information is included in the acceptance email.
5. Sign the study contract in time. IU states the scholarship claim expires once the deadline for signing has passed; the chosen study start may still be in the future.
6. Start the study programme. IU states that at the contractual start the applicant receives access and information needed to begin.

• Motivation letter (max. one DIN A4 page) as a PDF.
• Curriculum vitae (Lebenslauf).
• Higher education entrance qualification for the selected study programme (examples given: Abitur certificate, bachelor’s degree certificate, and professional records).
• Other supporting documents (examples given: severely disabled person ID for the People with disabilities category; birth certificate of the child for the Single parents category).
• FirstGen-Förderung only: a short essay on study motivation.
• FirstGen-Förderung only: a written statement that the applicant is the first person in the family who wants to study.