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{{Short description|Former Austrian university}}
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'''The International University (IU), Vienna''' was a private university located in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], with subsidiaries in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]. It was [[educational accreditation|unaccredited]] during most of its existence. According to IU, it was chartered in 1980 by the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]] as a private degree-granting postsecondary institution.<ref>[http://www.iuvienna.edu/407_EN-About-IU-History.51D0C5f7fb39c98f4cafb79caa4d22d217886118 History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003082228/http://www.iuvienna.edu/407_EN-About-IU-History.51D0C5f7fb39c98f4cafb79caa4d22d217886118 |date=2011-10-03 }}, The International University website</ref> The Vienna operation was founded in 1981 as "European Christian College". Beginning in 2001, IU was nationally accredited until 2003, when IU's university accreditation was withdrawn by the Austrian Accreditation Council.<ref>[http://science.orf.at/science/news/70425 International University: Akkreditierung aberkannt, ORF.at] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219231520/http://science.orf.at/science/news/70425 |date=2005-12-19 }} (German)</ref> In 2011, IUV's sponsoring association went into bankruptcy and was shut down by court order.
In June 2011, Serbian private university [[Megatrend University]] announced that it would take over the institution's operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.megatrend.edu.rs/o_univerzitetu.php?un=mvw&language=1 |title=Megatrend Univerzitet |publisher=Megatrend.edu.rs
==Programmes==
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**Bachelor of Arts in Philology, English Language (BARPEL)
*Graduate:
**Advanced
**Master of International Business (MIB)
**Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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Academic degrees granted by IU Vienna within the period of [[Higher education accreditation|private university accreditation]] (4 January 2001 through 31 July 2003) are legally recognized in Austria and other EU countries. Any degrees granted outside this period lack accredited status, and their use may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions.
The institution stated that it was licensed to operate by the state of [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iuvienna.edu/407_EN.45A837eb7c22e3ddb45db25798eb96b7a1a4a |title=License by Alabama, website of IU Vienna |publisher=Iuvienna.edu
The Office of Degree Authorization of Oregon lists International University Vienna as an unaccredited foreign degree supplier and advises "employers, potential students, potential clients and others doing business with users of these degrees" to "take appropriate steps to determine the true nature of the credentials ... in order to ensure that degrees are genuine and are being used legally".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx |title=Oregon Office of Degree Authorization: List of unaccredited foreign degree suppliers |publisher=Osac.state.or.us
==Withdrawal of university accreditation ==
Between January 2001 and July 2003, IU Vienna was accredited as a [[private university#Austria|private university]] by the accreditation council of the Austrian government. The initial accreditation had been granted only for a period of three years due to concerns on some critical issues (recruitment of scientific staff, research, library). The accreditation was withdrawn by the council on the 31st of July 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.akkreditierungsrat.at/cont/en/news_07.aspx |title=Austrian accreditation council: Revocation of IUV's accreditation |publisher=Akkreditierungsrat.at |date=2003-07-31 |accessdate=2012-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303010658/http://www.akkreditierungsrat.at/cont/en/news_07.aspx |archivedate=2012-03-03 }}</ref>
== Bankruptcy ==
In April 2011, [[bankruptcy]] proceedings were initiated against IUV. On 6 May 2011, the commercial court of Vienna ordered it shut.<ref>{{cite web | title = HG Wien, 5 S 55/11i - Bankruptcy file | publisher = Handelsgericht Wien | date = 2011-04-12 | url = http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/id/idedi8.nsf/suchedi?SearchView&subf=e&SearchOrder=4&Schuldner=international%20university&BMAZ=NUL&ftquery=&query=%28%5BSchuldner%5D%3D%28international%20university%29%29#1302720582583 | accessdate = 2011-05-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111006234554/http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/id/idedi8.nsf/suchedi?SearchView&subf=e&SearchOrder=4&Schuldner=international%20university&BMAZ=NUL&ftquery=&query=(%5BSchuldner%5D=(international%20university))#1302720582583 | archive-date = 2011-10-06 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719215454/http://www.iuvienna.edu/ International University, Vienna]
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