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CHE University Ranking

Sports Sciences, Department

Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften
Institut für Sportwissenschaft
Seidelstrasse 20
D-07749 Jena
Telephone: +49 3641 945700
https://www.uni-jena.de
Uni Jena
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,050

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

30

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

5.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

2.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

5.6%

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

no data

Research

Publications per professor

56.2

Third party funds per academic

12,800 €

Doctorates per professor

1.3

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Research orientation

Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Sports facilities
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

124

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Continuous quality assurance through general evaluations (start of studies, interim evaluation, graduates) and evaluations of the individual courses; Annual meetings of the QUAST quality assurance group; Annual study conference on aspects of academic studies and teaching; Teaching on the basis of high academic standards; Teaching using modern media and methods; Student focus of teaching; Practical orientation of teaching.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Continuous quality assurance through general evaluations (start of studies, interim evaluation, graduates) and evaluations of the individual courses; Annual meetings of the QUAST quality assurance group; Annual study conference on aspects of academic studies and teaching; Teaching on the basis of high academic standards; Teaching using modern media and methods; Student focus of teaching; Practical orientation of teaching. Hybrid teaching concepts using Shiny web apps for simulation and data processing in the area of (medical) exercise physiology and exercise immunobiology.

Special features regarding the international orientation

There are a number of cooperations with foreign universities, e.g. Stellenbosch University (Training Science), Arizona State University (Sports Psychology) and Ural State University of Physical Culture in Chelyabinsk (Sports Economics). Cooperation includes, for example, joint publications and projects (e.g. Sport Management Summer Schools); 8 Erasmus partner institutes; Contact trips to three new partner institutes with the aim of setting up an English-language course offering in the field of sports practice and theory.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Universität Ljubljana, Slowenien; Sporthochschule Warschau, Polen; Universite Rennes II, Frankreich; Sporthochschule Riga, Lettland; Universidad Catolica San Antonio de Murcia, Spanien; Universite du Strasbourg, Frankreich; Universita degli Studi del Molise, Italien; Universität Porto, Portugal; Universität Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Iaşi, Rumänien; Universität Turku, Finnland

Special features regarding the equipment

High standard of equipment and safety; High level of investment in order to create the best possible conditions for students; Interconnected use with university sport/the university sport association (USV), resulting in diverse and variable options; Use of the newly constructed three-area hall in 2007; High quality WiFi available throughout the institute; Very wide range of hardware and software (VPN client, computer programmes, copiers and various devices for loan).

Special features regarding research activities

Research is primarily carried out at a project level; orientation towards the shared content and structural interests and focal areas of the professorships; considerable third-party funding; The research activities of the Institute of Sports Science are mainly focused on application in the areas of sport, health and quality of life, within the context of communication for education purposes; diverse range of content research topics, derived from the individual areas of sports science.

Other special features

FSU Green Office; Inclusion Officer; Diversity Office

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

https://www.uni-jena.de/studienangebot

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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(P) = Professors' judgements

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Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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