International University of Sarajevo

IUS was established in the academic 2004/2005 year by the Foundation for Education Development Sarajevo. It is located in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Vision and Aspiration

IUS will serve as a leading higher education institution in the region that provides quality education, community service, as a multi-cultural hub of scholarly activity focused on educational innovation, and the creation and application of knowledge through research and projects.

Mission

IUS strives to be an institution of multi-cultural understanding, intellectual growth, and long-term regional and global cooperation, achieved through the enrichment of students by innovative programs, academic and administrative excellence, strategic partnerships with regional and local industries, and purposeful research to promote regional and global well-being.

IUS core values are:

Accountability, Cooperation, Diversity

Excellence, Honesty, Inclusiveness

Integrity, Interdisciplinarity, Internationalization

Openness, Reliability, Responsibility

Quality, Solidarity, Transparency, Visibility

Objectives

1. Student-Centric Goals

• enrichment of students by academic and administrative excellence
• enrichment of students by innovative programs and education methods

2. Research-Centric Goals

• intellectual growth (academic and scientific excellence)
• purposeful research to promote regional well-being (harmonization of study programs with social and economic needs)
• purposeful research to promote global well-being
• strategic partnerships with local industries (cooperation with the economic organisations and institutions of science and culture)
• strategic partnerships with regional industries

3. Global Citizenship

• long-term regional cooperation
• long-term global cooperation
• promoting global multi-cultural values
• harmonizing with the local community
• advocating for peace and reconciliation
• contribution to the Sarajevo Canton strategic concept: Sarajevo as a regional university center
• education as a factor of economic and social development of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Our Points of Strength

• International and National Recognition

  We do International and National Recognition

• Independent Research

  We do Independent Research

• Bologna Standards and ECTS

  Teaching in Bologna Standards and within the European Credit Transfer system

• THE Impact Ranking

  Our university is the only university in Bosnia to be included in THE Impact Ranking.

• Best Private University

  Our university is ranked as the best private university in Bosnia in the Webometrix ranking

• Scholarship Opportunities

  Our university offers 100%, 50% and 25% scholarship opportunities,

• Advanced English

  Advanced English Preparatory Program,

• Transfer between Programs

  Our university has the opportunity to transfer between study programs,

• Art Gallery

  Our university has a modern Art Gallery where students and artists can organize their exhibitions.