About Friedrich Schiller University of Jena:

Friedrich Schiller University 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 von Schlegel on its teaching staff, the university has been 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 Rosenthalde, was elected in 2014 for a six-year term.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World University Rankings 319 274 268 261 272 267 269 278 273 301 303 305 290 296 296 286 322

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture 263 - 234 255 245 243 293 269 261 244 245 272 282 301-350 286 286
Engineering - - 270 247 295 298 - - - 301-350 351-400 351-400 351-400 401-450 451-500 -
Life Sciences 276 271 260 266 263 246 275 261 273 287 280 230 249 243 255 265
Medicine 250 231 245 234 234 239 247 252 260 270 257 235 233 269 289 292
Natural Sciences 236 204 188 209 227 244 246 237 264 280 301-350 301-350 351-400 301-350 301-350 301-350
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences 290 245 234 297 - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 401-450 451-500 451-500 401-450
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 209 202 - 201 232
Chemistry 202 201 201 207 205 216 227 226 209 238 280 279 351-400
Chemical Engineering 118 162 164 213 238 291 249 301-350 301-350 451-500 - - -
Civil Engineering - - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 - - -
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 234 224 258 281 294
Computer Science 253 - - - - - 451-500 - - - - - -
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Electrical Engineering 253 - - - - - 401-450 451-500 - 451-500 - - -
Environment / Ecology 281 242 297 - 300 246 241 221 243 264 - 223 261
Geosciences - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 -
Immunology - - - - - - - - 215 205 - 282 268
Materials Science 154 175 181 193 189 205 198 212 212 227 259 266 301-350
Mathematics 253 - - - - 293 332 351-400 351-400 451-500 401-450 451-500 451-500
Mechanical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 165 209 - - 179
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 237 253 - 276 253
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 221 249 - 244 272
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 268 - - - 269 301-350 301-350 277 298 301-350 301-350 301-350
Physics 177 209 256 252 246 274 298 301-350 301-350 301-350 289 246 282
Plant & Animal Science 176 201 208 225 197 204 225 216 218 211 235 184 195
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 243 - - 290 295
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - - - 451-500
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - 180 221
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 -
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -