Research
Research at Friedrich Schiller University traditionally focusses on both humanities and sciences. In addition to the faculties the following "Collaborative Research Centres" (German "Sonderforschungsbereich", short: "SFB") operate at the university:
- SFB 630 „Erkennung, Gewinnung und funktionale Analyse von Wirkstoffen gegen Infektionskrankheiten“
- SFB/TR 18 „Relativistische Laser-Plasma-Dynamik“
- SFB 604 „Multifunktionelle Signalproteine“
- SFB 580 „Gesellschaftliche Entwicklung nach dem Systemumbruch. Diskontinuität, Tradition und Strukturenbildung“
- SFB 482 „Ereignis Weimar-Jena. Kultur um 1800“
- SFB 436 „Metallvermittelte Reaktionen nach dem Vorbild der Natur“
In 2006 the research center „Jena Center - History of the 20th century“ was founded. In 2007 the graduate school 214 „Jena School for Microbial Communication“ was established within the German Universities Excellence Initiative. In 2008 the "Center for Molecular Biomedicine" (CMB) and the interdisciplinary research center "Laboratory of the Enlightenment" were developed as the university's youngest research institutions.
Friedrich Schiller University is the only German University with a chair for gravitational theory.
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