Editing Constructor University (section)

== History ==
[[Image:Jacobs University Bremen Campus.JPG|thumb|250px|Constructor University Bremen Campus Center]]

Constructor University (previously called International University Bremen until 2007) was founded in 1999 with the support of the [[University of Bremen]], [[Rice University]] in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, with study programs beginning in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brandeins.de/wissen/neuland/land-bremen/die-drehtuer-zur-welt/|title=Jacobs University: Die Drehtür zur Welt – brand eins wissen|website=www.brandeins.de|language=de|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> The Jacobs Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jacobsfoundation.org/en/|title=Homepage|website=Jacobs Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> invested €200 million in the institution in November 2006, thus taking over a two-thirds majority of the partnership share. At the beginning of 2007, the university changed its name to Jacobs University Bremen.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2006|title=manager magazin: Großsponsor: Jacobs-Stiftung rettet mit 200 Mio. Euro Bremer Privatuni. [Major Sponsor: Jacobs Foundation Rescues Bremen Private University with 200 Million Euros] November 1, 2006|url=http://www.manager-magazin.de/|journal=Manager Magazin}}</ref> In November 2022 it changed its name to Constructor University.<ref name="Name Nov22" />

The campus is located on the site of the former Roland Barracks in Bremen-Grohn. The site was erected in 1938 during the National Socialist period. After the [[World War II|Second World War]], it was transformed into a displaced-persons camp by the [[International Refugee Organization]] under the management of the American forces base known as [[Camp Grohn]]. Shortly after the formation of the [[Bundeswehr]], Camp Grohn was passed into the responsibility of the German government in 1955 and renamed ''Roland Kaserne''. Roland Kaserne housed a Bundeswehr logistics school during the [[Cold War]]. In 1999, the military base was inactivated, making way for the university.<ref name="Facts & Figures">{{Cite news|url=http://www.jacobs-university.de/quick-facts|title=Facts & Figures|date=28 May 2015|work=Jacobs University – Inspiration is a Place|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatspressestelle.bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?gsid=bremen146.c.10263.de&asl=bremen146.c.25714.de|title=Pressestelle des Senats – International University Bremen kauft Roland-Kaserne in Bremen-Grohn|website=senatspressestelle.bremen.de|language=de|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref>

The approximately 34-hectare site of the campus university is home to four residential colleges, buildings for administration, lecturing and research, an Information Resource Center (IRC) with a library and digital resources, sport, leisure and park facilities.