Research

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY: the three Profile Lines form the core of the Friedrich Schiller University´s interdisciplinary research profile.

Spruce tree in a symbiotic community.

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Latest Research News

21 May 2023

Among the top universities worldwide

Two current international rankings confirm high quality of teaching and research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

The international perspective on the University of Jena is very good, as current rankings show.

Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

12 May 2023

New glass from the computer

Material researchers are developing computer-aided methods, with which glass can be developed in a more time- and energy-efficient manner.

Melting glass, symbolic image. Up to now, the development of new glass materials has been a time-consuming and energy-intensive process.

Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

4 May 2023

Scientists “revive” Stone Age molecules

In a highly transdisciplinary study, scientists are rebuilding microbial natural products up to 100,000 years old using dental calculus of humans and Neanderthals

Dental calculus (tooth tartar) preserves DNA over millennia.

Image: Felix Wey/Werner Siemens Foundation

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Service for Researchers

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.

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Third-party funding portal and roadmap

You would like to apply for a third-party funded project? We advice you, from the application to the implementation of your project.

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Transfer

We offer you support, from the idea to the successful market launch.

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Research Data Management

Please find advice here, from data management plans to quality assurance for your research data.

Research Profile

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY - connecting visions

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.

Our main research areas belong to three distinct profiles: LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY. Each of these profiles has evolved from a long-standing tradition of scholarship.