UE is part of Global University Systems. The university stands for future-oriented competence development and practical, interdisciplinary teaching formats according to the highest international standards at the Iserlohn, Berlin, Potsdam and Hamburg locations. Through the interplay of creativity, entrepreneurial and digital thinking as well as internationality, the disciplines mutually enhance each other and show new perspectives in teaching and research that are tailored to the needs of the labour market.

UE is part of Global University Systems. The university stands for future-oriented competence development and practical, interdisciplinary teaching formats according to the highest international standards at the Iserlohn, Berlin, Potsdam and Hamburg locations. Through the interplay of creativity, entrepreneurial and digital thinking as well as internationality, the disciplines mutually enhance each other and show new perspectives in teaching and research that are tailored to the needs of the labour market.

The growing importance of international exchange and the consideration of intercultural skills are underlined by the explicit offer of corresponding courses in the respective curricula of the individual degree courses. In addition, there are mandatory stays abroad in most courses. Our university has a strong international orientation, both in terms of its teaching staff and its student body. In the winter semester 2025/26, around 90% of the first-year students came from abroad.

CEU San Pablo - Madrid, Spain; California State University Northridge - Long Beach, California, USA; ESCE (Ecole Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur) - Paris, France; Fontys - Venlo, Netherlands; ISCTE (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) - Lisboa, Portugal; UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) - Barcelona, Spain; Torrens University - Melbourne, Australia; University of California, Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara, California, USA; Laurea University of Applied Sciences - Hyvinkää, Finland; Anglia Ruskin University - Cambridge, UK

The university has a library with course reserves of the important basics; The librarians enable anyone interested to get a professional introduction to the most important digital databases. It also has audio and video labs, as well as PC clusters and rental options for cameras, laptops, etc.

Application-oriented research is an elementary component of practice-oriented teaching, which is a hallmark of the UE's educational model. At the heart of our research is the concept of "human-centred innovation". Human in this context means ethical, sustainable and experience-oriented. For the UE, this means pursuing an interdisciplinary and agile research strategy that adapts to market requirements and enables innovative combinations of research content.

At the Berlin location, there is a Diversity Officer who promotes the topic of diversity beyond the departments, for example through workshops. The UE in Berlin also offers students a semester ticket for local public transport. This not only enables flexible and cost-effective mobility but also makes an active contribution to greater sustainability by promoting environmentally friendly means of transport and reducing individual CO₂ emissions.