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ZEISS - an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics.
ZEISS solutions contribute to world optics development and technological progress. With our passion for excellence, we create value for our customers and inspire the world to see in new ways.
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Inspiring People to See Things in New Ways
As the pioneer of science in optics, ZEISS continues to challenge the limits of our imagination. With our passion for excellence, at ZEISS we create value for our customers and inspire the world to see things in new ways.
Since it was established, top researchers and innovators have been shaping the company. Founders Carl Zeiss and Ernst Abbe joined forces with Otto Schott to establish the modern optical industry, thereby enabling fundamental discoveries in medicine and science.
Expert Ladder and Junior Executives
Supporting Personal and Professional Development
Innovation, Research and Development require highly qualified specialists. ZEISS created the Expert Ladder for these employees.
It offers specialist employees individual development and advancement possibilities. It focuses on the expansion and active application of their particular areas of expertise.
Initiated and funded by ZEISS, the ZEISS Research Award is the successor to the Carl Zeiss Research Award that has honored outstanding achievements in optical research across the world every two years since 1990.
Many awardwinners subsequently received other important distinctions, with four of them going on to win the Nobel Prize.
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Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers
Starting in 2016, independently of the ZEISS Research Award, the Ernst Abbe Fund in the Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany will present a research award with a new focus: the Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers.
Internal Innovation Award
The Innovation Awards, which have been presented every year since 2003, are destined for R&D employees. The company honors the most innovative projects by ZEISS employees in a total of five categories. Winners are selected by a jury of high-ranking external experts.
Excellent Knowledge Sharing
High-Risk Project
Innovative Business Design
Leading Edge Technology
Short Time to Market
Promoting Young Scientists
Promoting future scientists is anchored in the statue of the Carl Zeiss Foundation – a stipulation of its founder, Ernst Abbe.
As a leading optics company, ZEISS believes it's particularly important to promote the education of up-and-coming scientists, primarily in the field of photonics.
ZEISS President and CEO Dr. Karl Lamprecht
The focus of the Education and Science Fund launched in 2013 is on initiatives to promote education among young people, primarily high school students who have not yet selected a degree program, and their scientific skills, as well as projects and initiatives at universities and research institutes.
The focus is on the fields of natural science and engineering, particularly optics and photonics.
During the 2016/17 fiscal year, over 300,000 euros was used to fund nearly 30 projects.
Involvement in Education and Science
Photonics Academy
The Photonics Academy at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Mechanics in Jena is a hands-on week for natural science and engineering students from all over Germany. Participants can find out about research topics and application areas for photonics at companies and institutes.
Ernst Abbe University, Jena
The Ernst Abbe University in Jena was established on 1 October 1991 and was the first higher education establishment in the former East Germany. ZEISS maintains a longstanding partnership with the university. The aim of the collaboration is to ensure top-quality, hands-on training for junior executives.
Ernst Abbe University
More examples of our commitment
Sponsorship from the Carl Zeiss Foundation
The Carl Zeiss Foundation, the owner of ZEISS and SCHOTT, uses the dividend payments from its companies to run sponsorship activities at universities in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia.
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