Research Profile

LIGHT.LIFE.LIBERTY.

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.

Profile Areas LIGHT, LIFE and LIBERTY
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.
Interdisciplinary Research Research Focal Areas
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 Research Projects
Coordinated projects of the German Research Foundation (DFG), federal top-level research projects and European research programmes at the University of Jena.
Honours and Awards Science Awards
Science prizes and awards are an important part of promoting science and research.
Top positions Rankings
The University of Jena has reached the top 200 universities worldwide and the top 20 in Germany.
Strategy Research Strategy
The University of Jena's strategy process ensures success and takes the changing framework conditions into account.

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