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Facts and Figures

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    17,046 students ... ... were enrolled at the University of Jena in 10 faculties and 126 degree programmes offered in the winter semester 2023/24. Among these students were 3,734 first-year students taking up studies in their first subject semester and 2,436 first-year students taking up their studies at a German university for the first time (first-time enrollees). Of the total number of students, 56.3% were women and 14.3% were international students from 118 different nations.
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    10,022 staff members ... ... were employed at the Central University (3,685) and University Hospital (6,337), working in teaching, research, technology, administration, and patient care at the end of 2023. Of these employees, 4,030 were academic staff, including 411 professors, and 5,992 were non-academic staff, including 431 trainees. 84.7 % of employees were paid from budget funds and 15.3 % from third-party funds.
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    A 203 million euro third-party funding budget ... was managed by the Central University (144 million euros) and University Hospital (59 million euros) together in 2023. This means that third-party funding reached an all-time high in 2023.
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Degree programmes offered in the winter semester 2023/24

Degree programmes, total 126
  Bachelor’s degree (without minor subjects) 40
Master’s degree (consecutive) 72
State examination 4
Teacher training (German grammar school and German intermediate secondary school) 2
Diplom 1

Continuing education and advanced programmes

 7
Including:

International degree programmes/subjects 1)

 25

1) Criteria: programme content and intercultural elements, foreign language of instruction, high percentage of international students, or compulsory study abroad.

Students in the winter semester 2023/24 and graduates in the examination year 2023

  Total

Female

International1)

Students, total 2)

 17,046 56.3% 14.3%

First-year students: 

1st semester enrolled in a specific subject 3)

3,734

56.5%

15.3%

1st semester enrolled at university 4)

2,436

57.8%

19.7%
Students by degree:    

      

      

 Bachelor’s degree 5,190 53.6% 6.8%
Master’s degree (consecutive) 3,497 56.9% 33.5%
State examination 3,791 64.5% 6.9%

Teacher training
(state examination) 5)

 2,904 50.3% 1.4%

Others 6)

 1,664 55.3% 37.1%

Students by faculty:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty of Theology

 103 48.5% 7.8%

Faculty of Law

 1,208 56.0% 4.8%

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

 1,165 43.5% 22.1%

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

 3,054 64.2% 16.6%

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

 3,760 57.4% 5.7%

Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

 939 28.8% 12.7% 

Faculty of Physics and Astronomy

 836 30.0% 36.8%

Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences

 1,335 44.6% 18.7%

Faculty of Biological Sciences

 1,934 67.6% 20.3%

Faculty of Medicine

 2,712 67.2% 12.2%

Graduates 7)

 2,618 58.5% 14.1%

1) Persons without German citizenship.
2) Includes students in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, continuing education, complementary and advanced programmes, doctoral programmes, DSH courses, guest students graduating abroad, students with compulsory restricted enrolment status and students on leave of absence. (Status: 31 October 2023)
3) First-year students taking up their studies in a specific degree programme for the first time. This also includes first-year students who were previously enrolled in another degree programme and who are therefore no longer considered first-time enrollees.
4) First-year students taking up their studies at a German university for the first time (first-time enrollees).
5) Includes teacher training for German grammar schools and German intermediate secondary schools.
6) Includes students enrolled in Diplom and Magister programmes, continuing education, complementary and advanced programmes, doctoral programmes, DSH courses, guest students graduating abroad, students with compulsory restricted enrolment status and students on leave of absence.
7) Students who passed their final examination (only 1st subject; excluding doctorates and certificates) in examination year 2023 (winter semester 2022/23 and summer semester 2023).

Internal student statistics

Students and employees of the University of Jena with a URZ login can access the University’s administrative handbook HanFRIED de for a comprehensive list of student statistics compiled since winter semester 2011/12 by the Section for Academic Controlling/Planning/Statistics (Division 1).

Early career researchers

Doctoral candidates, doctoral degrees and postdoctoral lecturing qualifications (›Habilitation‹) in 2023

 

Total

Female

International1)
Doctoral candidates 2) 4,280 52.9% 26.1%
Doctoral degrees 3) 502 50.4% 25.1%
Postdoctoral lecturing qualifications (›Habilitation‹) 4) 24 62.5% 4.2%

1) Persons without German citizenship.
2) Includes all doctoral candidates and enrolled doctoral candidates from the student statistics. (Status: 1 December 2023)
3) Examination year 2023 (winter semester 2022/23 und summer semester 2023).
4) Calendar year 2023.

Staff

Staff (main occupation) and newly appointed professors (academic appointments) in 2023

  Total Female International1)
Staff (main occupation), total 2)
 10,022 62.8% 10.3%
  Central university 3,685 48.4% 16.0%
University Hospital 3) 6,337 71.1% 7.1%
Academic staff 4,030 47.4% 20.8%
  Central university 2,258 40.8% 25.0%
University Hospital 3) 1,772 55.7% 15.4%
Including:
Professors		 411 28.0% 7.1%
  Central university 329 29.8% 8.8%
University Hospital 3) 82 20.7% 0.0%

Non-academic staff

5,992

73.1%

 3.3%
  Central university 1,427 60.3% 1.7%
University Hospital 3) 4,565 77.1% 3.9%
Including:
Trainees
 431 73.8% 6.0%
  Central university 48 47.9% 0.0%
University Hospital 3) 383 77.0% 6.8%
Newly appointed professors
(academic appointments) 4)
28
39.3%
21.4% 5)

1) Persons without German citizenship.
2) Status: December 2023.
3) Includes the Faculty of Medicine (University Medicine Integration Model: The University Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine, form a partial statutory corporation of the University with legal capacity).
4) Calendar year 2023.
5) Professors from international institutions.

Finances

Expenditures in the financial year 2023

  Total Main budget

Third-party funding
Expenditures, total (million euros)
 594.5 391.5 203.0
  Central university 1) 420.6 276.9 143.7
University Hospital 2) 173.9 114.6 59.3

1) Payments in accordance with the financial statement.
2) Includes the Faculty of Medicine (University Medicine Integration Model: The University Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine, form a partial statutory corporation of the University with legal capacity). The University Hospital’s main budget includes fully-spent grants awarded by the Free State of Thuringia for investments and current expenses in research and teaching.

International

International collaborations 1) Total
University partnerships worldwide 2) 212
Erasmus partnerships 299

1) Status: 31 December 2023.
2) Bilateral contracts facilitating the academic exchange of students, scientists and scholars.

 

International scientists and scholars 1) Total
International visiting scientists and scholars 2) 135
Humboldt fellows 14

1) Calender year 2023.
2) International guests who already hold a doctorate (postdoctoral researchers, professors) and are not employed by the University of Jena. As university affiliates, they are either self-funded or scholarship holders

Student mobility via international mobility programmes 1) Total
Outgoing students 2) 474
  Erasmus+ 329
Guest students 3) 214
  Erasmus+ 133

1) Academic year 2023 (summer semester 2023 and winter semester 2023/2024).
2) Includes students enrolled at the University of Jena who spend one or more semesters studying abroad.
3) Includes students from partner universities or scholarship holders of funding schemes who study one or two semesters at the University of Jena, without obtaining a university degree here.

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