This page offers a variety of basic information about the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and links to the external websites of the respective institutions.

The Friedrich Schiller University is the home of ca 22.000 students and 340 professors, located in Jena, Thuringia. As the only university in Germany it holds a department for the theory of gravity and is an active partner in the special research project of gravitational wave astronomy.

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• Courses A - Z
• Official homepage of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena

The International Office is responsible for foreign students and the university's international partnerships.

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• International Office

The student advisory service or of the university is the contact point for prospective and enrolled students. It helps solving all questions related to studying in Jena.

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• Student counselling at Jena University

A faculty ("Fakultät") is a division within the university that contains one or several study subjects.

Student councils ("Fachschaften") are organizations for the representation of interests of students by students. One student council usually represents a single faculty or one subject.

The list below contains links to the faculties of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the corresponding student councils.
    
Faculties:

• Theologische Fakultät (theology)
  
• Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät (law)
  
• Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät (economics and business administration)
  
• Philosophische Fakultät (philosophy)
  
• Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften (social and behavioural sciences)
  
• Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik (mathematics and computer science)
  
• Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät (physics and astronomy)
  
• Chemisch-Geowissenschaftliche Fakultät (chemistry and earth sciences) 
  
• Biologisch-Pharmazeutische Fakultät (biology and pharmacy)
  
• Medizinische Fakultät (medicine)
  

Student councils:

• Overview of the student councils at Jena University
  

The Friedrich Schiller University Jena is distributed over two centrally located locations, the "Unihauptgebäude" (UHG) and the new campus.

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• Map of Jena, the Friedrich Schiller University, and its institutions
  

The menus of the canteens offer a varying and diverse range of dishes.

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• Overview of canteens & cafeterias, and their menus

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• Studentenwerk Thüringen

The student represenatives are defending the interests of students on the university level. They are the voice of the students in talks with the university administration or the public. In addition to political and social issues the representation deals with cultural matters.

The student representation in Jena is the "Studierendenrat" (StuRa).

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• Studierendenrat of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena

The "Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek" is the library of Jena University and offers literature and research advice.


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• Thuringian Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek in Jena

Within the university the IT service is the first contact for questions about data processing and electronic communication At the Friedrich Schiller University Jena it is offered by the "Universitätsrechenzentrum" (URZ).

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• Universitätsrechenzentrum (URZ)

The university sport at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena offers numerous sport activities for students such as acrobatics, football, Tai Ji or rugby.    

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• Sport at  the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• Courses A - Z