The Inter-Continental Football Tournament at Jacobs takes place every spring semester. This is one event where different nationalities have to group their identities (by region) and come together against other groups. It is certainly an effective tool for managing diversity on campus as students have to put aside (or work out) their differences and come together as a team.

This year Europe (pink team) emerged as champions with the Americas placing second and former champions Africa taking third position. Here are some photos of the winning teams.

1st – Europe Pink

2nd – The Americas

3rd – Africa

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From April 14 – 19 the African students on campus hosted a series of events geared towards increasing awareness of African heritage. Students had the opportunity to explore bits of African culture through story-telling, lectures, movies, songs, dance, drama and food. The week ended with a grand event “Mizizi” which also welcomed host families, neighbors and friends of Jacobs University. Below are some photos of the Mizizi.

Yes, we do have native speakers 29 students call the USA their home country.

The Republic of Mecedonia is the home of 25 undergraduate students on campus

We have representatives of almost every corner of Africa, so it’s of course impossible to show you the beauty of all the countries present. Yet we will try our best Here we present to you Nigeria, the country which 10 of our students call their home

Here comes Nepal, the home country of 38 undergraduates at Jacobs

hmm…my favourite event? My 1st year at this university is almost over and it was packed with lots of events. It is difficult to pick a single one and label it “my favourite”… We had parties, balls, talent shows, and CIDs…yes CIDs…sounds weird, I know, but our Country Information Days are really great…after thinking about this question for quite I decided to pick the Pakistani CID…

This time the Pakistani community on campus put lots of efforts into the CID to present us their home country, and it turned out to be a wonderful evening.

It was absolutely worth it to skip class for this event (yes, CIDs are on Thursday evenings and sometimes you are the unlucky person who has class)…they had presentations about the people, the landscape, festivals, literature, and the food- very important part Pakistanis love their food!

Probably one of the funniest parts were the videos when other students were asked what they think about Pakistan…I love this videos and I’m sure that you are also going to like things like that after being at your first CID J…Maybe I mange to include them in this post…let’s see…

Additionally, we’ve seen lovely dances and got good food…really good food…and believe me at some point at this university good food is of high value…

There’s a short video about our host country and the home country of 20.4% of Jacobs Undergraduates – Germany. Enjoy

If you always wanted to know more about the home country of Bollywood movies and another 27 students of Jacobs University, here is your chance to get a first impression…

Here is a nice video taking you to the wonderful sides of Pakistan, the home country of 16 undergraduate students of Jacobs