The Jacobs university sees itself as a community of teachers and students. Due to the excellent student-teacher ratio, there is direct contact between students and professors. Every student is also supported by a professor during the entire length of studies. Students are involved in current research projects. There are interactive learning formats and field trips; one advantage is small class sizes. Curricula have an inter and trans-disciplinary structure: A focus on methods.

University of Aberdeen, UK; University of Edinburgh, UK; Sciences Po, France; St. Petersburg State University, Russia; University of San Andres, Argentina; iCLA Yamanashi Gakuin University, Japan; Rice University, USA; Amsterdam University College, Netherlands; Uppsala University, Sweden; Oslo University, Norway

Global Governance; Cultural Theory and Policy Issues; Happiness-Research; Visual Empathy; Information Technologies; Global Visual Communication; Cross-Cultural Media and Communication; Online Social Network Sites and Political Movements; Political Participation; Political Culture; Political & Social Values, Value Change; Energy Geopolitics and Environmental Policy; Transnational Movements; International Relations; Qualitative Content Analysis; Visual Methods; Transformation Studies; China; Eastern Europe; Innovation studies; International Sanctions; Immigration and Right-Wing Parties.

As an alternative to the full-time internship, students can choose the StartUp option. The StartUp option allows students who are particularly interested in starting their own business to focus on developing their business plan over a period of two consecutive months. The StartUp option is overseen by the faculty StartUp coordinator.

English-speaking campus university; students from over 100 countries; trans-disciplinary and problem-oriented courses of study and research; individual student support; variety of student activities in the fields of Economics, Politics, Society, Culture, Sports, Sustainability, Responsible Leadership, etc; various cooperations with industry; alumni networks