Study with a free iPad? Works for me!

You will receive a free IU iPad if you enrol for the first time at our institution in one of the following programmes:  

• Online bachelor’s or master’s programme   

• Advanced training programme  

Additionally, you need a home address in the EU.   

Participants of IU FlexLearning, company trainings, special programmes or cooperations as well as participants of the free first semester do not receive a free iPad.  

To access our digital study tools as soon as possible, you will receive your iPad at the start of your studies. Simply enrol in an online bachelor’s or master’s programme or further education programme.

The dispatch of the iPad through our external provider is subject to availability. Supply shortages from Apple may delay the delivery.

To access our digital study tools as soon as possible, you will receive your iPad at the start of your studies. Simply enrol in an online bachelor’s or master’s programme or advanced training programme.  

The dispatch of the iPad through our external provider is subject to availability. Supply shortages from Apple may delay the delivery. Supply shortages from Apple may delay the delivery.

You will be informed of the dispatch of the iPad by e-mail and will receive the consignment number. This allows you to check the shipping status directly.

If you complete your degree according to the contract, you get to keep your iPad afterwards. When enrolling, you enter into a transfer of use agreement which states that the iPad becomes your property after graduation. In the application process, you confirm a corresponding agreement on transfer of use. It states that the iPad becomes your property after graduation.

The iPad remains the property of IU International University of Applied Sciences for the duration of your contract. If your contract ends prematurely (for any reason), you are obliged to return the iPad in a functional state within one week.

For shipments within Germany and the EU (DHL country zone 1) with the shipping service provider UPS, the costs of the return will be borne by IU if you register the return via the portal of our service provider Service - Gesellschaft für digitale Bildung mbH A Converge Company and generate the shipping label.

In principle, we provide you with the iPad so that you can use it for your studies. Many of our students report that they use the iPad for research, to read (online) scripts in the IU Learn App or to create flashcards. By the way, you can do all this without an Apple ID, as these apps are already pre-installed.

If you want to watch your favourite series or shop online with your iPad, you can do this with your Apple ID and download it from the App Store. Please note that it may be necessary to access or delete installed apps and any data you saved or to reset the device and/or apps to factory settings in order to maintain IT security and to process the return, repair or transfer of ownership or if you lose your device.

If you install personal apps on the device and save private data, private data may also be accessed or deleted in the process.

We therefore recommend that you make sure that personal data is saved separately and securely (e.g. in a cloud, on an external hard drive, etc.).

Many of our international students do not have a home address within the EU. They can receive an iPad by submitting an address within the EU. Data transmission may incur additional costs.

If your iPad has a technical defect or batteries or accumulators need to be replaced, you can contact the external service provider. You can register your request or repair directly through our service platform.

To facilitate your start at IU and with your iPad, we have pre-installed the most important tools such as the IU Learn App for you. You will also find the Google Chrome browser, which facilitates the use of the web version of the app, as well as myCampus, on the device.

You will also find MS Outlook and MS Teams pre-installed so that you can get started with your new IU email address and communicate directly with your fellow students. All you have to do is log in with your login data, which you will receive the night of the start of your studies.

How does this work? To facilitate your experience and secure your user data, we use the device management software JAMF.

If the battery breaks during the warranty period or if the battery, i.e. accumulator, is empty, the company Smart Support will replace it for you for free. Outside the warranty period and in the event of self-inflicted damage, you can have the device repaired by Smart Support at your own expense. You don’t want to pay the costs? No problem! In this case, the defective device will remain with Smartsupport as a "returned" item. Unfortunately, it is not possible to send you a new iPad.

Please register the repair of the IU iPad directly through the service portal.

You have lost your IU iPad or can no longer find it? In that case, please report the loss immediately to our Students Office. We will forward the information to IT Support and can lock the device in the first step so that it is no longer functional. In this way, we can prevent any kind of data misuse, including the illegal sale of the device, should it have fallen into the wrong hands.

If the device reappears at a later stage or if someone attempts to sell the device, IU International University of Applied Sciences will be identified as the owner of the device through the device number. If the device can be returned to IU, we will contact you to reimburse any compensation you have paid.

Your IU iPad was stolen? Please report the theft immediately to our Students Office. We will forward the information to IT Support and can immediately lock the device so that it is no longer functional. In this way, we can counteract any misuse of your data and prevent an illegal sale.

Afterwards, report the case directly to your insurance company so that they can take over the compensation for you.

If the device reappears at a later stage or if someone attempts to sell the device, IU International University of Applied Sciences will be identified as the owner of the device through the device number. If the device can be returned to IU, we will contact you to reimburse any compensation you have paid.

The iPad remains the property of IU International University of Applied Sciences for the duration of your studies. As soon as you have successfully completed your studies, we will give you the iPad as a present, meaning that it becomes your property.

Unfortunately, this is not possible as the iPad represents an additional service from IU International University of Applied Sciences.

Every new student enrolled for the first time at our university of applied sciences in a bachelor's or master's study programme, myStudies programme or participants in a further education programme in the Online Studies programme at IU, who have a home address in the European Union, receives an iPad for free use for the entire duration of their studies, i.e. further education programme (WiFi-enabled, Bluetooth).

Participants in the IU FlexLearning, company trainings, special programmes and special cooperations are excluded. They can receive an iPad by submitting an address within the EU. Participants without a home address in the European Union can receive the iPad provided they submit an address within the European Union.

Depending on the actual availability on the part of Apple, the iPad will be delivered by our external service provider shortly after the start of the study programme. In the event of delivery delays by Apple, the delivery will be postponed accordingly.

The iPad remains property of IU throughout the duration of the online studies contract. If the participants fulfill their online studies contract, i.e. further education programme in accordance with the provisions of the contract and successfully complete their studies, the ownership of the iPad shall pass to the student at the scheduled end of their online study contract.Any device management software which are still installed on the device at the end of the contract will be removed.

In the event of a premature termination of the online studies contract (e.g. through cancellation by one party, or for other reasons), the student must return the iPad in working order within one week of termination.

The return is to be made by means of a shipping label that can be generated via the service portal of the service provider. The return costs in Germany via DHL and UPS, within the EU country zone 1 via DHL are borne by IU, provided that the process described according to the transfer of use has been followed.

In the event of a technical defect, the replacement of batteries or accumulators or in the event of other technical issues, the processing shall be carried out via the external service provider.