Accreditation

State Recognition and Institutional Accreditation

Constructor University was established in 1999 as International University Bremen. As a non-public/private university, Constructor University required a state accreditation of the City State of Bremen, which was preliminarily granted in 1999.

While the City State of Bremen is responsible for quality assurance at its public higher education institutions, state-recognized private higher education institutions such as Constructor University are subject to external institutional evaluation as a condition of state accreditation (§ 113 (1) HEABrem).

This evaluation is conducted by the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat), which assesses private HEIs in Germany against standards for research and teaching as well as financial and structural requirements.

Constructor University (formerly International University Bremen and Jacobs University) first received this institutional accreditation in 2001, subject to conditions and recommendations. Following their fulfillment, the university received full state recognition in 2004. Its accreditation was renewed by the Wissenschaftsrat in 2008 and, after the relevant conditions were met, state recognition was renewed in 2010 and 2018. Having fulfilled the requirements associated with the 2018 recognition, Constructor University was granted unlimited state recognition in 2021.

System accreditation

Since February 1, 2026, Constructor University is system accredited. The subject of system accreditation is the university’s internal quality management system for teaching and learning. System accreditation confirms that the university’s quality assurance system is capable of reliably ensuring compliance with the applicable formal and subject-related requirements for its study programs and of supporting their continuous quality development.

As a system-accredited institution, Constructor University is entitled to conduct internal accreditation procedures for its study programs, involving external experts, and to award the Accreditation Council’s quality seal to programs that have successfully undergone these procedures through its highest academic body, the Academic Senate, and the Executive Board.

The accreditation cycle lasts until January 31, 2034.

Program Accreditation

All Bachelor's and Master's programs offered by any state or state-recognized higher education institutions in Germany are required to be accredited § 112 (1) in line with § 53 (4) of the Higher Education Act of the City State of Bremen). Program accreditation ensures that the study programs comply with the legal framework and academic requirements. At the same time, a certain degree of comparability of study programs within Germany is established.

All study programs of Constructor University are either internally or externally accredited; each accreditation cycle lasts for eight years. The final accreditation reports are public, published in the database of the Accreditation Council (list of accredited study programs with accreditation reports). For more details about the date when the validity of the respective study program accreditation expires, please consult the table below.

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