Please submit the following supporting documents along with your application:
One recommendation letter is required. This should ideally come from a school or university official, such as a career/guidance counselor, head of school, principal, dean of students, department head or faculty advisor.
NOTE: You will need to invite your recommender via the CommonApp. The email address of your recommender is required for this process. Your recommender will receive an invitation email once you have designated them as a recommender, and they will then have to follow the link provided in the email to complete the online recommendation.
All applicants must submit official academic records from all secondary and post-secondary schools attended, whether or not a degree, certificate, or diploma was earned.
Freshman applicants (applying straight out of high school) will need to submit transcripts for the last 2-3 years of high school. Transfer applicants are required to submit their university/community college transcripts and transcripts of their last two years of high school including the high school diploma or school-leaving certificate. Transcripts can be submitted to the undergraduate admissions office via these two options:
- Your school official (counselor, teacher, principal, etc.) uploads the transcripts through the CommonApplication
- You send certified copies of your transcripts to us by post using the following mailing address:
Jacobs University Bremen
Office of Undergraduate Admission
Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany
In the 'Questions' section of the CommonApp, you will be required to complete the 'Additional High School Information' sub-section. Here you will need to upload an Educational History Form where you will list all the schools that you have attended up to your current school. A sample filled out form (PDF file) can be viewed via this link:
Sample Educational History Form Students who will graduate (or graduated) with the German Abitur do not need to submit standardized test scores to Jacobs University. Most applicants are required to submit SAT/ACT/TestAS scores in order to be eligible for admission to Jacobs University. You may be exempted from this requirement depending on your high school subject combination and expected/earned high school diploma type. Please check with our admission [at] jacobs-university.de (subject: Standardized%20Testing%20Requirements) (undergraduate admissions office), and make sure to mention the type of diploma you will receive/have received, and the subjects you have/will have completed in your final year of high school to find out if you are eligible for a Standardized Test Score Waiver.
The following tests are accepted:
- Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT): this test consists of two sections: Mathematics and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, plus an optional Essay. Jacobs University does not require the optional writing section. Each section is scored on a 200 to 800 point scale, making a perfect score of 1600. Furthermore, SAT Subject Tests are usually not required for admission to Jacobs University, but Jacobs will accept scores from the exams if you choose to additionally submit them. However, students taking IB Math Studies with no natural science subject at higher level as part of their IB subject selection are required to take SAT Subject Tests in Math 1/2 and one science (Biology E/M, Chemistry or Physics).
- American College Testing (ACT): this test consists of four sections: English, Reading, Math, and Science, as well as an optional writing test. Jacobs University does not require the writing test offered by the ACT. Each section is scored on a 1 to 36 point scale. The composite ACT score is the average score of all the four sections of the test.
- Test for Academic Studies (TestAS): The TestAS is a centrally administered, standardized scholastic aptitude test for applicants interested in pursuing their undergraduate studies in Germany. The test consists of a core test and subject-specific test modules. In addition to the core module, candidates must choose one of the following subject-specific modules: Economics, or Engineering, or Humanities, Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, or Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences. You can freely choose which subject-specific module of the test you would like to take for applying to Jacobs University, except if you are going to graduate with Math Studies with no natural science subject at higher level in your IB diploma. In this case, you are required to take the Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences module.
Please note that when evaluating applications, we will consider the highest testing results reported from individual sections (also across testing dates if you took a test more than once) of the SAT and ACT (so called superscoring). You can also opt for your SAT/ACT scores to be delivered electronically directly to Jacobs University. To use this service, use the following codes: 5249 for the ACT and 3665 for the SAT.
The SAT, ACT and TestAS tests are administered throughout the world on set dates and one must register well in advance. The table below presents an overview of upcoming international test dates and their corresponding registration deadlines:
| Test Date | Test | Registration Deadline | Jacobs Application Round |
| December 1, 2018 | SAT Reasoning | November 2, 2018: Registration website | Early Action or Early Action II |
| December 7/8, 2018 | ACT | November 2, 2018: Registration website | Early Action or Early Action II |
| February 8/9, 2019 | ACT | January 11, 2019: Registration website | Early Action II |
| March 7, 2019 | TestAS | November 12, 2018 - January 21, 2019: Registration website | Rolling Admission |
| March 9, 2019 | SAT Reasoning | February 8, 2019: Registration website | Rolling Admission |
| April 12/13, 2019 | ACT | March 8, 2019: Registration website | Rolling Admission |
| April 27, 2019 | TestAS | January 21, 2019 - March 11, 2019: Registration website | Rolling Admission |
| May 4, 2019 | SAT Reasoning | April 5, 2019: Registration website | Rolling Admission |
Please note that if you are required to submit standardized test scores, we
will not evaluate your application file until we have received your test scores.
At Jacobs University, we want to get to know you better as an applicant. That is why we have partnered with ZeeMee, a free service which lets you easily add personalized items including short videos, photos and/or documents to your application. Through the ZeeMee platform, you can digitally showcase your interests, accomplishments, and challenges you have overcome both inside and outside the classroom.
To begin, just create a profile on the free ZeeMee app for iOS or Android and paste your ZeeMee profile link into the designated field in the 'Questions' section of the CommonApp under the 'Activities' subsection. Please note that submitting a ZeeMee profile is completely optional, but a fun way to set yourself apart and share your story with us.
All applicants must have an adequate command of the English language to enroll at Jacobs University. An applicant’s English language ability (especially for non-native speakers) may be demonstrated through language proficiency test scores.
The following policy generally applies to all applicants who:
- are native English speakers OR
- have been instructed exclusively in English for a minimum of 6 years OR
- have scored 580 or higher on the SAT Critical Reading section (for SATs taken before March 2016) OR
- have scored 600 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section (for SATs taken after March 2016) OR
- have scored 9 or higher on the ACT Writing section
may qualify for an English-language proficiency test waiver. Please contact the office of admissions via
admission [at] jacobs-university.de to check whether or not you qualify for such a waiver.
A list of all accepted English language proficiency tests and the minimum scores required for each are shown in the table below:
