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MINT Festival 2025 - hands-on science
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08:30 ~ 12:00
From September 16 to 18, 2025, Friedrich Schiller University Jena and numerous partners are hosting the fourth STEM Festival. For three days, the campus at Ernst-Abbe-Platz will be transformed into a world of experience in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology. The focus in 2025 will be on the topic of "Communication". However, there will also be events on other current STEM topics.
Pupils of all ages - from elementary school to sixth form - can experience science up close: Hands-on experiments, interactive workshops and lectures make research understandable and technology exciting. There will also be activities for the general public.
The festival center is located at Ernst-Abbe-Platz (Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3, 07743 Jena). Workshops will also be held at the Jena Digital Innovation Hub (JEDI) - including
- Bits and messages - communication in the digital age (Promediatec GmbH)
- We program a plant guard (Navimatix GmbH)
- Solar power and computers - how does that work? (Stadtwerke Jena)
- Secret languages & cryptography - from Caesar to WhatsApp (Accenture GmbH)
- Social media & fake news - critically scrutinizing digital appearances (Accenture GmbH)
Program and registration
The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 16.9.2025, 8:30 a.m.: Surprise show on the stage at Ernst-Abbe-Platz. Attending the MINT Festival Jena is free of charge - thanks to the sponsors and supporters (including JenaWirtschaft and Jena Digital e.V.).
The complete program is available online at: www.mint.uni-jena.de/56/veranstaltungskalender
Here you can also register for the various courses and workshops.
Participation on site
Participating school classes can have lunch in the canteen at Ernst-Abbe-Platz . To do so, the respective teacher must register in advance by sending an email to matthias.prause@stw-thueringen.de.
Please state in the e-mail:
- the keyword "MINT-Festival Jena",
- a contact person with e-mail address and telephone number and
- an invoice address to be used and
- the number of students.
The invoice will be sent to the billing address provided. The students will receive the student price, the accompanying teacher the guest price.
Small snacks and drinks are also available in the Carl-Zeiss-Straße cafeteria, which is located directly in the event building. The cafeteria is open on all three festival days from 9 am to 2:30 pm. Please note: Payment for external guests is only possible without cash (Giro, Visa or Mastercard).
Schools can apply for financial support for the trip to the MINT Festival Jena. Travel grants are available to a certain extent for this purpose.
Please note
Photos, images and sound recordings will be made on site for the public relations work of Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Participation is at your own risk. The organizer is not liable for damage to property or physical injury.