Global rank #410

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Jena, Germany

About

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, Prof. Dr. Andreas Marx, has held the role since 2024 after his predecessor, Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal, became the President of the German Rectors' Conference in 2023.

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Key facts

Global rank
#410
Location
Jena, Germany
How to apply
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Programmes

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Scholarships you could use here

  • DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses (EPOS) · DAAD

    India is eligible. Needs a relevant bachelor's degree (usually four years) with results in the upper third, and at least two years of relevant work experience after it.

    Apply directly to the chosen course; deadlines depend on the course.

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  • DAAD Research Grants: Doctoral Programmes in Germany · DAAD

    Applicants from India with a master's degree (a bachelor's only in exceptional cases), whose latest degree is under six years old at the deadline and who have not lived in Germany for more than 15 months.

    Portal closes 21 October 2026; funding starts October 2027.

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  • Deutschlandstipendium · German Federal Government and private sponsors, awarded by universities

    Open to students of all nationalities enrolled or starting at a participating German university. Awarded for grades, social commitment and achievement; pays EUR 300 a month for at least two semesters.

    Each university runs its own application and dates.

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