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Jacobs University Bremen


Established	1999
Type:	Private
President:	Joachim Treusch
Faculty:	368 (94 professors).
Staff:	102
Students:	1100 (07/08)
Location	Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Campus:	Urban, 80 acres (0.3 km²)
Website:	www.jacobs-university.de

Jacobs University Bremen (International University Bremen, short IUB, until early 2007) is an independent research university in Bremen, Germany. Jacobs University is a private, English-speaking university in Germany, where the vast majority of universities are part of the free public education system. Jacobs University combines aspects of the American and European university systems to form a system with a transdisciplinary approach. Like most American universities Jacobs University is a campus university. The campus was founded on the former grounds of the Roland Barracks in Bremen-Grohn. Jacobs University Bremen now has exchange programs with Universidad de Murcia (Spain), Rice University, Washington State University and Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to the above-mentioned programs, Jacobs University stroke exchange agreements with Lafayette College, USA and, the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

1 History
2 Schools
3 Majors
4 Colleges
5 Facilities
6 External links

History

Jacobs University was founded in 1999 by the collaboration of the government of the city-state of Bremen, the University of Bremen and Rice University of Houston, Texas. On November 1, 2006, President Treusch announced a donation to university by the Jacobs Foundation, which plans to donate 15 million € per year during the next 5 years. If the university successfully achieves its new funding goals and the implementation of its new profile during this period of time, the Jacobs Foundation plans to make another donation of 125 million € in 2011[1].

Schools

Jacobs University comprises three schools:

School of Engineering and Science (SES)
School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS)
Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development (JCLL)

Majors

The Jacobs University campus.

As of 2006 a total of nineteen undergraduate majors are offered at Jacobs University leading to either the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degrees. SHSS majors:

History (to be replaced in 2008 by East and West Asian History)
History and Theory of Art and Literature
International Logistics (with Management and Engineering specializations) (since 2007)
Integrated Social and Cognitive Psychology
Integrated Social Sciences
International Politics and History
Literature and New Media

SES majors:

Biochemical Engineering
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Biology
Chemistry
Computational Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Computer Science
Earth and Space Sciences
Mathematics
Physics

Colleges

The Campus Center

Jacobs University has three independent residential colleges modelled after the colleges at Oxbridge. These are intended primarily as accommodation for undergraduate students, although a limited number of rooms for graduate students are also available. Each college is headed by two College Masters. The colleges were designed by German architect Jürgen Böge. The names of the three colleges are Alfried Krupp, Mercator and College III.

Alfried Krupp College

Krupp was the first college to be established at Jacobs University in 2001. It is named after the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation. As of 2006 there are 185 students living in the college. The current Masters are Klaus and Isabelle Schoemann since September, 2004. Former Masters of Krupp College are:

Isabel Wünsche and Kevin Pfeiffer (2001–2002).
Hartmut Wessler and Marita Hartnack (2002–2004).
Isabelle and Klaus Schömann (2004–today).

The College color is red and the mascot is a chili pepper.

Mercator College

The college is named after the Mercator Foundation GmbH (Germany) and the Mercator Foundation Switzerland, the main donors for its reconstruction. It was established in 2002 and officially opened on April 8, 2003. In total, there are approximately 195 students residing in the college. The first college Masters were Klaus and Mandy Boehnke. They were succeeded by Vikram Unnithan and Nicole Brauch in February 2007. The mission statement of the college reads: (1) Make Diversity an Asset, (2) Care for Emotions, (3) Foster Personal Growth, and (4) Experience the Community. The college defines itself as the Arts College. It hosts the Mercator College Country Information Days, unique event where students from a country get together and present information about their respective country which is then followed by cuisine from the same country. The food is also prepared by the students. The College color is blue and the mascot is a cat nicknamed the "MerCat".

College III

College III was established in 2003. Accommodating 235 students, it is the largest of the colleges as it has one more residential wing than the other two colleges. The first College Masters were Ryan and Sarah Richards. They were succeeded by Götz Pfander & Tijana Janjic Pfander in August 2007. The College color is green and the mascot is a dragon. College III has the distinction of being the four-time running champion (2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007) in the annual campus-wide sports event, the IUB Olympix.

Facilities

Inside the campus area there are several research buildings called Research I, Research II, Research III, Research IV and Research V. In addition there are four labs - Lab I (sponsored by E.On energy), Lab II, Lab III and an Ocean Lab. There is a modern library called the “Information Resource Center”. For the enjoyment of students, there is a gym, a sports hall and a cinema hall.