Jacobs University is an international, private, residential research university located in Vegesack, Bremen, Germany. It offers study programs in engineering, humanities, natural and social sciences, in which students can acquire bachelor's, master's or doctorate degrees. Furthermore, the university offers a preparatory program – the Foundation Year. Most of the instruction at the university is in English. Jacobs University’s students come from more than 120 countries, with about 80% foreign students and approximately 33% international faculty members. Jacobs University Bremen was founded in 1999 with the support of the University of Bremen, Rice University in Houston, Texas, and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, with study programs beginning in 2001. The Jacobs Foundation invested €200 million in the institution in November 2006, thus taking over a two-thirds majority of the partnership share. At the beginning of 2007, the university changed its name to Jacobs University Bremen.

Jacobs University's study programs are:

Mobility (of People, Goods, and Information):

• Industrial Engineering and Management 
• Mathematics 
• Computer Science 
• Electrical and Computer Engineering 
• Intelligent Mobile Systems 
• Data Engineering
• Supply Chain Management 

Health(Focus on Bioactive Substances):

• Biochemistry and Cell Biology 
• Chemistry 
• Medical Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Earth and Environmental Sciences 
• Physics 

Diversity (in modern Societies):

• Foundation Year
• Global Economics and Management 
• International Business Administration 
• Integrated Social Sciences 
• International Relations: Politics and History 
• Psychology 
• International Relations 
• Psychologie 
• Changing Lives in Changing Socio-cultural Contexts 
• Global Governance and Regional Integration 
• Welfare State, Inequality and Quality of Life 

The tuition fees including room and board amount to €28,650 per academic year. Individualized financial aid packages, involving grants, scholarships, and tuition deferrals assist qualified applicants for Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in commencing their studies at Jacobs University. True to the motto "Study now, pay later", Jacobs University offers a new financing model for tuition fees together with the education fund "Brain Capital". The university closely cooperates with many local and international partners, including students exchange, faculty mobility, joint programs, and research collaborations. The partners include world-renowned institutions.