The International Space University is a private university founded in 1987. The University currently offers two degree granting programs — the Master of Space Management and the Master of Space Studies — in addition to a non-degree-granting Space Studies Program. The permanent campus of the International Space University is located in Illkirch-Graffenstaden near Strasbourg, France. The permanent campus hosts the students in both Masters' programs, while the Space Studies Program is held in a different location around the world each year. The ISU was founded on the "3-I" philosophy to create an Interdisciplinary, Intercultural and International environment for study and training as a Space professional. Since 1987, ISU has graduated over 3000 students from 100 countries from the Space Studies Program and the Masters Programs. The ISU faculty members include former astronauts and cosmonauts, spacecraft engineers, scientists, managers, scientists and experts in Space Law & Policy.