Research in Jena

Internationally Renowned Science Location

With a focus on optics and photonics as well as health and the life sciences, the approximately 4,500 scientists in Jena contribute to the further development of society and work on the solution of relevant issues of the future.

The city is home to the traditional Friedrich Schiller University and the practice-oriented Ernst Abbe University. Most of Jena's twelve research institutes are located at the Beutenberg. The "LIGHT LIFE LIBERTY" profile line of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the slogan "where life sciences meets physics" of the Beutenberg Campus sum up the focus on of interdisciplinary research in Jena.

In Jena, particular attention is paid to technology and research transfer. As an innovation driver and nucleus for start-ups, Jena supports the marketable development of research results and new technologies with a broad spectrum of consulting services.

Areas of research focus in Jena. © JenaWirtschaft

Research Location Jena

Areas of Research Focus

Optics and Photonics

Jena is an European center in the field of optics and photonics research.

Aging Research

In Jena, the phenomenon of aging is the focus of interdisciplinary research.

Natural Products in Organismic Communication

Research into the human use of messenger substances.

Biodiversity and Climate Research

Research to understand biological processes within global cycles of matter.

Enlightenment, Romanticism, Contemporary History

With interdisciplinary dialogue towards a historically informed diagnosis of the present.

Biophotonics

The application of optical technologies plays a main role in medical and life sciences.

Information Technology

Methods for data processing and analysis, et.al. in the field of medicine, logistics and biodiversity.

Innovative Materials and Energy Storage

The development of new materials and biomaterials as well as their targeted application.

Chemical Ecology

Research of substances that regulate interactions between plants, animals and microbes.

Science of Human History

New scientific methods shed light on the evolution and cultural history of mankind.

Infection Research and Sepsis

Research of the molecular mechanisms to diagnosis and treatment.

Microbial Communication

How microorganisms communicate via molecules.

Precision, Micro, Nano and Surface Technologies

Existing expertise in physics, chemistry and precision engineering are being combined.

Human Behavior in Social Change

How humans manage technological and demographic change in the context of globalization.

Research and Technology Transfer

Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, ServiceZentrum Forschung und Transfer

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Servicezentrum Forschung und Transfer

Fritz Lipmann Institut - Technologietransfer

ifw Jena - Günter-Köhler-Institut für Fügetechnik und Werkstoffprüfung GmbH

InfectoGnostics - Forschungscampus Jena

Institute des Beutenberg-Campus Jena e.V.

NUCLEUS Jena

Wirtschaftsförderung Jena, Wilfried Röpke (Geschäftsführer)

Institutes and Facilities

institutes at Beutenberg Campus

Beutenberg

further institutions

Higher Education Institutions

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

The traditional Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU Jena) is one of the most important educational and research institutions in Germany. It is a sought-after cooperation partner for business and also home to an excellence graduate school. In 2018, the university was granted funding for one Cluster of Excellence.

Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena

The application-oriented college cooperates closely with numerous companies and over 100 research and educational institutions. Of particular interest to these partners is the Ernst Abbe Hochschule`s orientation towards the increasingly complex requirements of the high-tech industry.

University Hospital Jena

Medical care at the highest level, biomedical basic research and patient-related clinical research are offered by the University Hospital Jena.