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Jacobs University in Bremen-Grohn (Vegesack)

Bremen · Germany · Research university

Constructor University

Private English-taught university in Bremen, formerly Jacobs University, with an international student body living on one residential campus.

Dr. Bernd Gross · CC BY-SA 3.0

In English
19 programmes
City
Bremen
Apply via
Constructor's own application portal
Next deadline
1 Feb 2027

Deadlines

  1. 31 May 2027*

    Medicine group closes for gap-year applicants (leaving certificate before mid-January)
    Hard deadline
    Details

    This deadline applies if your school-leaving certificate predates 16 January of the application year, which for an IB candidate means you took a gap year. Straight from the Diploma, this is not your deadline.

    Published as "31.05.2026 - Ende der Bewerbungsphase (Ausschlussfrist) fuer Alt-Abiturient*innen", qualified "mit einem HZB-Zeugnis vor 16.01.2026". If you take a gap year and apply with your 2027 diploma for 2028 entry, you become an Altabiturient and the deadline moves forward by six weeks. An Ausschlussfrist cannot be extended, and hochschulstart says so explicitly - not even where the applicant is blameless. hochschulstart.de carries only two tables, Wintersemester 2026/27 and an archive of Sommersemester 2026, and no Wintersemester 2027/28 dates exist anywhere on the site. Judging by this cycle the winter table appears in spring, so recheck from about March 2027.

    Source

  2. 15 July 2027*

    Medicine and neighbours close — for applicants with a 2027 certificate
    Hard deadline
    Details

    The deadline for a student applying straight from the May 2027 session. Roughly a week after results, so the paperwork has to be ready before they arrive.

    Published as "15.07.2026 - Ende der Bewerbungsphase (Ausschlussfrist) fuer Neu-Abiturient*innen", qualified "mit einem HZB-Zeugnis nach 15.01.2026". Your IB results arrive 6 July 2027, so you fall in the Neuabiturient group and this is the deadline that matters. Which group you are in turns on the date printed on the certificate, not on when you apply. hochschulstart.de carries only two tables, Wintersemester 2026/27 and an archive of Sommersemester 2026, and no Wintersemester 2027/28 dates exist anywhere on the site. Judging by this cycle the winter table appears in spring, so recheck from about March 2027.

    Source

  3. 15 July 2027

    Rolling admissions close (visa and no-visa applicants)
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource
All dates for this school (2 more)

  1. 1 February 2027

    Early Action closes
    DetailsSource

  2. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Early July, which is what places an IB candidate in the later medicine group rather than the earlier one.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Germany

What you could study here

Business · 2

Computing · 5

Computer Science

BSc · 3 yrs

Includes a Cybersecurity specialization with its own page: apply to Computer Science and choose it.

Software, Data and Technology

BSc · 3 yrs

For students with prior programming experience, such as olympiads or contests; the JetBrains Foundation offers full scholarships to top students.

Engineering · 3

Sciences · 5

Social sciences · 2

Other fields · 2

What it asks of IB students

Holistic review of grades, a motivation essay and a CV. If your IB does not give direct entry to a German university, admission can be conditional on SAT/ACT. IB English A at 6 or 7 proves your English.

Where it says so

Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

Decisions come 2 to 4 weeks after you apply, and every applicant is considered for a grade-based scholarship of up to €10,000 with no separate form.

All 3 notes
  • Decisions come 2 to 4 weeks after you apply, and every applicant is considered for a grade-based scholarship of up to €10,000 with no separate form.
  • If your diploma does not give direct entry to a German university, you may be admitted on condition that you sit the SAT or ACT.
  • Tuition is €11,925 a semester in 2027/28, plus up to €350 in fees and a one-time €640 enrolment fee for EU students; part can be deferred until you work.

Sources
  1. Constructor — Application information for undergraduates (holistic review; SAT/ACT only if the diploma "does not grant direct admission to a German university"; IB English A 6 or 7) — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Constructor — Undergraduate programs (20 bachelor's entries incl. the CS Cybersecurity specialization, plus pre-degree programmes) — checked 2026-09-25
  3. Constructor — Financing information for undergraduates (cost of attendance 2027/2028) — checked 2026-09-25
  4. Constructor — Applied Computer Science (online BSc, €5,000 a year) — checked 2026-09-25
  5. Constructor — Software, Data and Technology BSc (Fall Intake 2027 dates and fees) — checked 2026-09-25
  6. Constructor — Computer Science, Cybersecurity Specialization ("To apply for the Cybersecurity specialization, please select the Bachelor's program Computer Science") — checked 2026-09-26
  7. Constructor — History (formerly Jacobs University Bremen, renamed 2022) — checked 2026-09-30
  8. Constructor — Integrated Social and Cognitive Psychology ("does not prepare for licensure as a Psychotherapist in Germany") — checked 2026-09-30
  9. Constructor — Artificial Intelligence BSc (new for 2027; accreditation "expected in Spring 2027") — checked 2026-09-30
  10. Constructor — Computer and Information Technology BSc (new for 2027; accreditation expected in spring 2027) — checked 2026-09-30
  11. Constructor — Sparkasse Mathematics Scholarship (MMDA, up to €4,800 a year) — checked 2026-09-30