What the composition of sands reveals, what traces scorpions and worms left behind 290 million years ago, what instruments geoscientists use to explore the earth, and why a pinhead-sized creature was named Fossil of the Year.

Your favorite piece perfectly illuminated! With professional equipment, you can create unique object photos in museum quality.

Whether in Israel, on the Old Gleisberg or in Arabia, archaeologists from the University of Jena are carrying out a variety of excavation projects. In lectures, guided tours and presentations, we provide an insight into the latest finds and findings.

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.

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!

"Climate change has always existed!" - Yes, but it has little to do with today. Travel back in time with us and find out how climate and environmental change are studied using modern laboratory methods.

Gain an insight into artificial neural networks, the brains behind artificial intelligence (AI). Train your own neural network on site and then try it out.

Geophysical measurement data provides insights into the hidden world beneath our feet. They provide information about the structure of the earth down to its core as well as geological processes. This is essential for current tasks.

We explore the unknown habitat of microbes with the help of the treetop crane in Leipzig's alluvial forest at heights of up to 35 meters.