The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), Hyderabad is declared as a Deemed to be University under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956 during the year 2008.
IFHE is a self financing and equal opportunity Higher Education Institution (HEI). It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, economic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, caste, age, color, creed, nationality or ethnic origin physical, mental or sensory disability and marital status.
It believes in creating and disseminating knowledge and skills in core and frontier areas through innovative educational programs, research, consulting and publishing. The recognition and accreditions accorded to its Campus based Undergraduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral programs in Management, Finance, Science and Technology, Law and other areas offered by the University bear a testimony
IFHE has established a Center for Distance & Online Education (CDOE) to offer programs in open and distance learning and online mode.