University of Jena

For the Schiller International University in Germany, see Schiller International University.

Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Latin: Universitas Litterarum Ienensis[1][2]
TypePublic
EstablishedFebruary 2, 1558; 466 years ago (1558-02-02)
Budget€ 372 million[3]
PresidentWalter Rosenthal
Academic staff
3,415[4]
Administrative staff
5,151[4]
Students18,219[5]
Location
Jena
,
Thuringia
,
Germany

50°55′42″N 11°34′56″E / 50.92833°N 11.58222°E / 50.92833; 11.58222
CampusUniversity town
AffiliationsCoimbra Group
EUA
Websitewww.uni-jena.de

The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (German: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form Uni Jena), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.

The university was established in 1558 and is counted among the ten oldest universities in Germany. It is affiliated with six Nobel Prize winners, most recently in 2000 when Jena graduate Herbert Kroemer won the Nobel Prize for physics. It was renamed after the poet Friedrich Schiller who was teaching as professor of philosophy when Jena attracted some of the most influential minds at the turn of the 19th century. With Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, G. W. F. Hegel, F. W. J. Schelling and Friedrich Schlegel on its teaching staff, the university was at the centre of the emergence of German idealism and early Romanticism.

As of 2014, the university has around 19,000 students enrolled and 375 professors. Its current president, Walter Rosenthal, has held the role since 2014.

  1. ^ Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Sydney. Sydney, New South Wales: William Brooks and Co. 1903. ISBN 9781112213304.
  2. ^ Records of The Tercentenary Festival of Dublin University. Dublin, Ireland: Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1894. ISBN 9781355361602.
  3. ^ "Budget and Infrastructure". University of Jena. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Staff". University of Jena. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Student Statistics". University of Jena. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.