The university is accredited by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg.

Both campuses are modern, and are designed by well-known architects, and contain classrooms, lecture halls, offices, cafeterias, a library, a fitness studio, and a co-working wing for students.

In 2018, the ZF Campus was named one of four new exceptional buildings in Germany by the German Architecture Museum.

Students not in receipt of a scholarship are offered low interest loans by Sparkasse Bodensee.

[11] In the last few years new initiatives have emerged for example the "ZUtaten" career fair, or the student consulting group "Whyknot".

The Zeppelin University has various integrated interdisciplinary research institutes, which are partly funded by donations.