Experience innovation live! Discover how SOMAG AG Jena provides razor-sharp aerial images and precise data worldwide - from volcano monitoring in Iceland to flood protection in the USA. Visit us at the Long Night of Science!

Experience the fascinating life cycles in the animal kingdom at our interactive event! Discover the complex parasitic life cycles, the development of insects and the mysterious cycles of jellyfish at our hands-on stations.

Join us on an exciting journey into the world of microorganisms in groundwater.

Join us late at night to explore the rooms of the garden house that Schiller lived in with his family during the summers of 1797 to 1799!

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of languages and cultures of Southeast Europe! Experience language workshops, cultural stations with music, dance & culinary highlights, short films with expert discussions and interactive games with great prizes.

The Cluster of Excellence initiative "Imaginamics" at the University of Jena introduces itself as an initiative and would like to discuss, question and analyze social imaginations with you.

With a look through the microscope right into the past of Thuringia's landscapes. How old are our moors, when did the first meadows appear, what did the forests look like, where and how did people live and how did they influence their environment?

Research software development continues to gain in importance, especially in non-scientific fields. We will show you how zedif gives researchers the support they need to master this challenge.

What is a high-performance or mainframe computer and how does it work? We demonstrate this with TinyDraco, a miniature mainframe computer that you can touch and understand.

Data is boring? - Discover the sweet side of the world of data and explore questions about delicious research objects with us.

Test your knowledge of data and digitization!

Most of us are familiar with video games - but did you know that experiments that work like computer games are also used in research? Crack the high score and find out more about research into anxiety in children and young people!

"Psychotherapy is kind of a scary thing. All you do is play or lie around on the couch anyway." Gain an insight into the scientifically sound work of our psychotherapeutic university outpatient clinic and see for yourself.

Get to know the diversity of alphabetic writing! Go in search of the origins of our letters and discover unexpected similarities between scripts such as Hebrew, Cyrillic, Arabic and Latin!

AI systems learn from sample data and are already achieving incredible performance today. Using selected hands-on applications, we show what dangers can arise and how these can be avoided in the future.