Former name | University of Applied Sciences Europe (2017–2020) |
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Type | Private, for-profit university |
Established | 2017 |
Chairman | Sagi Hartov[1] |
Rector | Maurits van Rooijen[2] |
Location | |
Owner | GUS Germany GmbH |
Website | www |
The University of Europe for Applied Sciences, shortened as UE, is a private, for-profit university in Germany with its main campus and administrative headquarters in Iserlohn and further campuses in Berlin, Potsdam, Hamburg and Dubai.
It was formed in 2017 as the University of Applied Sciences Europe by a merger of the Business and Information Technology School and the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule. The university was previously owned by the American company Laureate Education and was acquired by Global University Systems in 2018. In October 2020, the university changed its name to University of Europe for Applied Sciences. [3][4]