Explore our four colleges
All colleges on our beautiful green campus are home to students of mixed nationalities and cultures. As our pre-degree or first-year student, you will live in your own furnished room within a modern two-bedroom apartment unit sharing bathroom facilities with another student.
Check out an apartment and meet some of our students on the virtual campus tour - starting right here in your college room.
Each college has its own servery, where you can enjoy international cuisine with your fellow peers. There are study areas, group meeting rooms, and a recreational lounge in every college.
Once you have been accepted to Jacobs University, you can give your preference in which of the four colleges you would like to live in.
Become a team player and put your college into the lead
Over the course of the years, each college community has developed its own character, its own version of a real ‘home away from home’. Students feel especially connected to their home college and their college mates, a spirit that can be felt particularly during sports and art competitions.
Each of the colleges also organizes a wide variety of student-driven events during the year such as large cultural festivals like the Deepawali Festival of Lights or Chinese New Year, and educational events like the Global Issues Forum or Country Information Days.
Krupp
One of the smaller colleges with a peaceful and welcoming atmosphere.
Mercator
Popular among students who are involved in the arts.
College III
The place to be, with a sociable and athletic community.
Nordmetall
The biggest and newest college with a calm and friendly community.
Check out the colleges on facebook Krupp College, Mercator College, College III, College Nordmetall or see our Virtual Campus Tour.
Pre-degree and first-year undergraduate students
Giving you “a home away from home”
At Jacobs University we are dedicated to offer you a comfortable and exciting ‘home away from home’ for you: a place to live, to learn, to personally grow – and to have fun.
As a first-year undergraduate or pre-degree student you will learn and live on our beautiful campus accommodated in one of our four residential colleges. Each college has its own spirit and a 24/7 Resident Mentor, strongly committed to ensure the health and interpersonal, academic, and social well-being of our students.
Spending your first year on campus together with students from more than 100 nations is a key element of our unique 3C academic education model, which academically and personally prepares young students for growing independence, intercultural competence, and global professional perspectives. This is why living on campus is mandatory for pre-degree and first-year undergraduate students.
On our beautiful and secured university campus you can find lecture halls, research laboratories, excellent sports facilities, the campus theater and cinema, as well as the student bar and café within easy reach. Social activities ranging from dinner parties to large cultural events are the hallmark of our vibrant campus community. You will soon make new friends with students coming from all over the world.
From your first day on you will be part of the close-knit Jacobs community. Meeting all the world in one place, you will broaden your horizons, make memories for a lifetime and find your position in a culturally diverse community. Becoming part of the global and positive Jacobs ‘family’, you will soon feel at home.
AT A GLANCE:
Living on campus is mandatory for pre-degree and first-year undergraduate students
Living on campus is mandatory for pre-degree and first-year undergraduate students
Second- and third-year students
Providing opportunities to develop your personal potential
It is the Jacobs University holistic educational approach that accompanies you on your journey from campus life to Bremen and into the world. From safety and guidance to growing independence. From academic orientation to specialization. From university to global work life. From an international student to a global citizen. All that means personal growth to become a mature and independent personality equipped with highest academic and personal skills.
After your exciting first year as a Jacobs University freshie with mandatory on-campus living, you are now ready to open up and prepare yourself for a student life outside “the Bubble”. During your 2nd and 3rd undergraduate years living off-campus in Bremen you will plan and execute your community impact project, look for a student job or internship, possibly take your semester abroad and finally prepare for the time after Jacobs.
For returning 2nd- and 3rd-year undergraduate students Jacobs University maintains a large contingent of off-campus student accommodation in the city of Bremen. You can book through Jacobs University and benefit from our housing care services, short termination periods and full campus services. During the application process, you can decide whether you would like to use the university services or prefer to find an individual accommodation on your own. Jacobs University Housing Department will be happy to support.
Galileo Residenz
Student accommodation in the city of Bremen – 284 rooms in 101 apartments available.
Accommodation on campus is prioritized for minors, first-year undergraduate and pre-degree students. We also maintain a waiting list for students who are interested in on-campus living. Students on the waiting list will be informed about on-campus vacancies. Make sure to register as early as possible.
All Jacobs students – on- and off-campus – enjoy full and free access to all campus facilities including the excellent sports facilities, common areas, our campus theater and cinema as well as the rich campus club life and spectacular events. Our four serveries and the coffee bar are open to off-campus students as well.
Even if you don’t live on campus, you remain a part of your college community and have your Resident Mentor and social services available for you 24/7. Staying in an accommodation in the center of Bremen, you will benefit from all the possibilities that a student city has to offer while studying on the beautiful campus in your familiar environment, as well as taking part in all social events, clubs and activities.
AT A GLANCE:
- Second- and third-year undergraduate students may book favorable off-campus student accommodation in the city of Bremen or find an individual accommodation on their own
- Jacobs University maintains a waiting list for returning undergraduate students who are interested in on-campus living
- Access to all campus facilities, clubs and events is guaranteed for all students
Graduate students
Catching the Jacobs spirit while enjoying off-campus living in Bremen
Accommodation on campus is prioritized for minors as well as pre-degree and first-year undergraduate students. For graduate students Jacobs University maintains a sufficient contingent of off-campus student accommodation in the city of Bremen. You can book through Jacobs University and benefit from our housing care services, short termination periods and full campus services. The Housing fee for accommodation for one academic year (nine months) is 6.000 Euro. As a graduate student you may also apply for on-campus housing and will be informed about available vacancies. Make sure to register for the waiting list as early as possible. During the application process, you can decide whether you would like to use these university services or prefer to find an individual accommodation on your own.
As a member of the Jacobs community you have free of charge access to all campus facilities including the excellent sports facilities, the campus theater and cinema, music studio and Student Activities Center. You can fully participate in all student activities, the rich campus club life and countless events, while enjoying the freedom of independent student life in the exciting student city Bremen. In addition, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) offers a framework for social and professional activities to all graduate students. Our four serveries and the campus coffee bar are also open to you as a graduate student.
AT A GLANCE:
- Graduate students may book favorable off-campus student accommodation in the city of Bremen or find an individual accommodation on their own
- Jacobs University maintains a waiting list for graduate students who are interested in on-campus living
- Access to all campus facilities, clubs and events is guaranteed for all students