LIGHT. LIFE. LIBERTY. In this profile, Friedrich Schiller University Jena unites its cutting-edge research and culture of active interdisciplinarity.
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Excellence Strategy
The University of Jena is represented in the German research landscape with two Clusters of Excellence: the »Balance of the MicroverseExternal link«» cluster (since 2019) and the newly approved »Imaginamics« cluster.
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Research Profile
The Friedrich Schiller University Jena is a research-oriented university with a broad range of subjects and a dense network of cooperations on a regional, national and international level. Their research success builds on discipline-oriented individual projects and on interdisciplinary, coordinated research networks. The university brings together its scientific strengths in its profile LIGHT. LIFE. LIBERTY. The profile guides research portfolio development at the University of Jena, and reflects its commitment to addressing societally relevant and future oriented research areas.
The three profile areas LIGHT, LIFE and LIBERTY bring together the university´s broad range of natural sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences, and foster new academic impulses and innovative research projects through interdisciplinary collaboration.
The FSU’s research priorities are guided by its profile LIGHT. LIFE. LIBERTY. to integrate cutting-edge research across the natural and life sciences as well as the humanities and social sciences.
Coordinated projects of the German Research Foundation (DFG), federal funded top-level research and european research programmes at the University of Jena.
From scientific collections and specialised technologies to high-performance computing: research infrastructure supports research across a wide range of disciplines.
Resources and Expertise
Digitalisation. Cooperation. Innovation—Digital Academy Jena
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The Digital Academy brings together researchers, methodologies and research infrastructures at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. In doing so, it creates new opportunities to make research more digital and collaboration more interdisciplinary.
With Friedrich Schiller University as the driving force, a unique culture of cooperation has developed in Jena. Here, the University, non-university research institutions, the University Hospital, the University of Applied Sciences, foundations and high-tech industry work closely together to form a vibrant, productive and highly visible science and business region with partners all over the world.
Openness. Transparency. Participation—Open Science at FSU
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The University of Jena is committed to the four basic principles of Open Science: transparency, reproducibility, reusability, and open communication. By embedding these principles in its research culture, Friedrich Schiller University Jena promotes excellence, strengthens collaboration, and maximises the value of scientific knowledge for society.
The University of Jena supports its researchers in the application and implementation of research projects as well as in the initiation and implementation of research and cooperation projects with partners from science and industry along the entire innovation process.
To enable you to focus fully on your research, the University of Jena supports you with tailored service and advisory offers—whether during your doctoral studies, as a postdoctoral researcher, or in an established academic position.