Governance

As a private university, Jacobs University Bremen is independent from government control of its mission, strategic direction, and resources. Jacobs University Bremen is governed by an independent board of governors who serve as trustees of the resources and mission of the institution. The Jacobs University Bremen Board of Governors is comprised of leading figures from the world of international business, politics and academia.

The Board is responsible for monitoring the implementation of Jacobs University Bremen’s guiding principles, ensuring adequate resources for the operation of the university, and for approving budgets and personnel recommendations put forward by the President. The President is responsible for all administrative and academic operations of the university.

Organisation

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH is a registered non-profit organisation. In accordance with its statutes, it comprises four bodies: the Councilors, the Board of Trustees, the Board of Governors and the Executive Board, which comprises the President and the Managing Director of the university. The Board of Governors is the main decision-making body for all fundamental issues that affect the development of the university, including the appointment of the president and professors.

Jacobs University Executive Board

President / Chairman of the Executive Board
Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno

Managing Director
Dr. Michael Dubbert

Jacobs University Bremen Board of Governors

As of: September 2019

Lavinia Jacobs (Chairwoman of the Board of Governors )
President of the Board of Trustees of Jacobs Foundation

Prof. Dr. Patrick Aebischer
Member of the Foundation Council of Jacobs Foundation and former President of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Director, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven

Dr. Jörg Dräger
Member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann Stiftung and former Senator for Science and Research, Hamburg

Prof. Dorothee Dzwonnek
Former Secretary of State and Secretary General, German
Research Foundation (DFG) 2007 – 2018

Marco R. Fuchs
Chief Executive Officer, OHB System AG, Bremen

Sandro Giuliani
Delegate of the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation, Zurich

Peter Lürßen
Managing Director, Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen

Prof. Dr. Reimar Lüst (Honorary Chairman)
Founding Chairman of the Board of Governors 1999 – 2004, International University Bremen

Dr. Philipp Rösler
Member of the supervisory boards of various listed companies, including Siemens Healthineers AG and the energy supplier Fortum, former Vice Chancellor of Germany

Stefan Rustler
Jacobs Alumnus, Class of 2012, President Jacobs University Bremen Alumni Association e.V., Consultant Accenture Analytics, Zurich

Dr. Claudia Schilling
Senator for Justice and Constitution and Senator for Science and Ports, Bremen

Prof. Dr. E. Jürgen Zöllner
Executive Board, Stiftung Charité, Berlin and former Chairman of Board of Governors