Jena - Colleges, Universities and Research Institutes

Colleges, Universities and Research Institutes

  • The Friedrich Schiller University of Jena was founded in 1558 as the "Collegium Jenense".
  • The University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule Jena) was founded in 1991.
  • The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology is an important research center and offers a Ph.D. program.
  • The Max Planck Institute of Economics
  • The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
  • The Institute of Photonic Technology
  • The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF)
  • INNOVENT - one of the biggest private research centers in Germany
  • The Leibniz Institute for Age Research is an important research center and offers a Ph.D program.
  • The Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology
  • Friedrich-Löffler-Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses
  • Friedrich-Löffler-Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis
  • The Jena Center for Bioinformatics

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