Jacobs University Bremen
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| Motto | Inspiration is a Place |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 2001 |
| President | Katja Windt |
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Administrative staff
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394 academic/research staff (of which 130 are Professors) |
| Students | 1253 (WS 2014/15) |
| Location | Bremen, Germany |
| Campus | Urban, 80 acres (0.32 km2) |
| Website | www |
Jacobs University Bremen (previously International University Bremen, IUB) is an international, private residential university in Vegesack in Bremen-Nord, Bremen, Germany.
Jacobs University is an English-speaking higher education institution and combines aspects from the American and German academic systems. The exact grading system follows the German one (from 1 the highest to 5 the lowest), and the study length is also 3 years as other German public and private universities.
History
In the hope of transforming Bremen from a traditional harbor and shipyard business location into one of Germany’s leading science locations, the city’s senate decided to convert the Roland Barracks in North Bremen, a military logistics academy until the middle of the 1990s, into a scientific institution. In November 1997, a first exchange of ideas takes place between representatives of the City State of Bremen, Bremen University and Rice University, Houston, Texas. The result: a recommendation to set up an international and highly selective private research university with a focus on science and engineering and English as the language of instruction. In August 2001 the first 131 undergraduate students from 43 nations as well as 26 faculty members arrive on campus. Later, they are joined by the university’s first 2 PhD students. IUB is officially opened on Sept. 20, 2001, with former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt as keynote speaker.
IUB, which then offers 14 study programs in engineering, the natural and social sciences as well as the humanities, becomes the first private university in Germany to be accredited by the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat). In November 2006 IUB receives a 200-Mio-Euro donation from the Jacobs Foundation. It is the largest private donation ever bestowed onto a scientific institution in Europe and marks a major turning point in the university’s development. In honor of the Jacobs Foundation’s remarkable donation IUB changes its name to Jacobs University Bremen in February 2007.
Accreditation
1999 State approval by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
2001 Accreditation by the German Council of Sciences and Humanities
2004 Accreditation of all undergraduate programs by the German Accreditation Council (ACQUIN)
2008 Re-accreditation by the German Council of Sciences and Humanities
2010 Confirmation of the state approval by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Achievements
2006 Jacobs gains an investment of €200 million by the Jacobs Foundation, at the time the largest donation in Europe ever made by a private foundation to a university.
2008 Jacobs University receives its distinction as Selected Landmark in the innovation contest »365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas« in the field of »science«. The Land of Ideas initiative rewards ideas and projects that make a lasting contribution to Germany.
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