University of Applied Sciences Europe

The University of Applied Sciences Europe is a state-approved private, for-profit university (or Fachhochschule) in Germany with sites in Iserlohn, Berlinand Hamburg. It was formed in 2017 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.

Before its merger into the University of Applied Sciences Europe, the Business and Information Technology School (known informally as BiTS) was a state-approved, private higher education college (Hochschule). It was founded in 2000 by the German entrepreneur and author Dietrich Walther. The college's first and main campus was in a former British military hospital in Iserlohn. Initially, it taught business administration with a special emphasis on entrepreneurship, but over the years more and more subjects were added and the number of students grew steadily.

The university has three faculties:

• Business and Psychology originally taught at the Business and Information Technology School
• Sport, Media, and Event Management, originally taught at the Business and Information Technology School
• Art and Design, originally taught at the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule