Accreditation and recognition
1999 Preliminary state recognition by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
2001 Institutional Accreditation by German Science and Humanities Council (“Wissenschaftsrat”, WR)
2004 Full state Recognition for five years and first program accreditation of all bachelor programs by the German accreditation agency ACQUIN
2006 Announcement of Jacobs Foundation’s investment of € 200 million, the largest donation in Europe ever made to a university (benefactor honored by name change at the beginning of 2007: “International University Bremen” becomes “Jacobs University Bremen”)
2008 Institutional reaccreditation by the WR. A renewal of the reaccreditation is required only on request of the City of Bremen, as the university has permanently proven it’s academic constitution.
2010 Renewal of the official state recognition by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
2018 Renewal of the official state recognition by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen until 2027
2021 Renewal of the official state recognition by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen for an unlimited period
