Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena

During the trial operation in the winter semester 1991, 272 students [3] joined, and nowadays about 4,500 students are enrolled at the UAS Jena. After extensive renovation and redesign, at the end of 2001, all departments, the university administration as well as the central library with the patent and research site moved to the campus in the Carl-Zeiss-Promenade.

In the summer semester 2012, the Fachhochschule Jena was renamed to Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule Jena. Due to changes in the Higher Education Act in October 2014, an additional change of name followed. The new name Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena intended to clarify the competences of the university in the areas of teaching and research. The use of the name Ernst Abbe, a researcher, entrepreneur and social reformer, represents the UAS Jena fields of specialisation in a perfect way [4]

Education at University of Applied Sciences Jena is based on four pillars:

• Engineering Sciences
• Business management
• Social Sciences
• Health Sciences

Students have the option to choose out of app. 50 different bachelor's and master's degree programs [5] in nine departments:[6]

• Business Administration
• Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
• Fundamental Sciences
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Engineering and Biotechnology
• Health and Nursing
• SciTec (Science and Technology)
• Social Work
• Industrial Engineering

The research and development of UAS Jena includes three research priorities:[7]

• Precision Systems
• Technologies and Materials
• Health and Sustainability

As part of the mandatory practical phase and through the production of thesis with external partners takes students on the broad base of research and development tasks. Under the leadership of professors, mostly in cooperation with companies and institutions, a lot of research projects are carried out.

In 2016, 857 students completed their studies successfully. In the same year, 52 PhD students worked on their dissertations. There are contractual arrangements with the Technische Universität Ilmenau and the University of Jena, which should also include cooperation in collaborative doctoral programmes and facilitate access of university graduates with a master's degree to cooperative doctoral degrees.[8]

The campus of UAS Jena is located in the premises of Carl Zeiss AG. Located southwest of the city center of Jena, the university can be reached quickly. After refurbishment of the last building in October 2008 the campus with a size of 26,000 m² has seven classrooms, 124 laboratories and a total of 1,500 rooms. On the grounds of UAS Jena, the Studierendenwerk Thüringen operates a canteen, a cafeteria, a café-bar and a dormitory. The library of the UAS Jena includes approximately 300,000 books, videos and CDs.[9] Since June 1999, the UAS Jena has its own climatological station.[10] The local climate is recorded and can be accessed on the Internet.

The UAS Jena is a member of numerous networks. Together with other East German universities the UAS Jena was a part of the campaign in the Far East studying.[11] Moreover, the UAS Jena is involved in the Thuringian university network Campus Thüringen.[12]

• Website of University of Applied Sciences Jena