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Gathering and spreading light is one of the central moral concepts of the university. Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena) - University of Jena adopted new mission statement In a meeting on Tuesday, 16 February, the University Senate adopted the new mission statement for Friedrich Schiller University Jena. This was preceded by a nine-month multi-stage discussion and participation process involving all groups at the university. "The new mission statement is unmistakable," says Prof Walter Rosenthal, President of Friedrich Schiller University Jena. "It raises our profile and serves as an orientation for research, teaching and studying as well as for working together at the university and in exchange with others." - Tailored to the University of Jena. "It was particularly important to us that the mission statement is closely linked to the University of Jena, tailor-made for it, so to speak," explains educationalist and theologian Prof Ralf Koerrenz. Together with 12 other members of a Senate task force, he drafted the mission statement, which met with broad approval from the university's staff and students.