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.

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY - connecting visions

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY - connecting visions Profile Areas
The research foci of the University of Jena are clustered in the three profile areas, each of which has emerged from a long research tradition.
Coordinated programmes Research Projects
Coordinated programmes of the German Research Foundation (DFG), federal top-level research projects and European research programmes at the University of Jena.
Cutting-egde research Excellence Strategy
Excellence at the University of Jena
Honours and Awards Science Awards
Science prizes and awards are an important part of promoting science and research.
Strategy 2025 Research Strategy
The University of Jena's strategy process ensures success and takes the changing framework conditions into account.
Top positions Rankings
The University of Jena has reached the top 200 universities worldwide and the top 20 in Germany.

Research Profile

LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY - connecting visions

Research at the University of Jena