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Profile Areas

The three profile areas form the basic pattern of the interdisciplinary research profile of the Friedrich Schiller University
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Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY – connecting visions 

The main research areas of the Friedrich Schiller University belong to three distinct profiles: LIGHT LIFE, LIBERTY. Each of these profiles has evolved from a long-standing tradition of scholarship. They reflect the interdisciplinary research profile of the University of Jena and are a structural expression of the close cooperation within the university and with its non-university partners, which are given an appropriate perspective for continuity and development through the formation of centres and clusters. The triad LIGTH, LIFE, LIBERTY always reflects the connection between tradition and future orientation.

Versuchsanordnung in einem Praktikumslabor der Abbe School of Photonics in Jena
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
LIGHT Profile
Optics and Photonics, Innovative Materials, Energy Research
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LIFE profile
Microbiology, Biodiversity, Ageing etc.
LIBERTY profile
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
LIBERTY Profile
Social Change Enlightenment, Romanticism, Eastern Europe etc

Jena Alliance Life in Focus

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Doctoral researchers in the microspectroscopy lab
Jena Alliance Life in Focus
The Jena Alliance Life in Focus is a cooperation project funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation and is part of the "LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY- connecting visions" strategy of the Friedrich Schiller University

Scientific centres of the Friedrich Schiller University

Research Profile and Service