Apply now for winter semester 2025/26!

BTU summer party

Live music, cool drinks in the sunshine and international food stalls - there's something for everyone. On Friday, 4 July 2025, the students of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg invite you to the summer festival to celebrate, dance and enjoy the summer together at the Forum.

10,000 euros for BTU site in Cottbus

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and Sparkasse Spree-Neiße continue their co-operation

Liveable and healthy cities

On Tuesday, 1 July 2025, students at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg will be discussing how housing, green spaces and transport in cities can be designed holistically as part of a public fireside chat with experts on the sustainable development of cities.

Logo: Lausitz Science Park

Events

Home & rituals - between generations and cultures

01.07.2025 | 17:00 - 19:00

Fireside chat at the BTU: Rethinking urban development.

01.07.2025 | 17:30

Teaching Day 2025

03.07.2025 | 13:00 - 17:30

Travelling exhibition "Bakteriopolis"

08.07.2025 - 11.07.2025 | 08:30 - 15:00

Studying & Teaching

Application for the winter semester 25/26

Find out about the study programmes at BTU and apply to start your studies in the winter semester!

EUNICE - Discover the potential of European educational cooperation

On University:Future Festival in Berlin BTU received the certificate of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung for the successful strategy process within the framework of peer-to-peer consulting.

A sign of diversity and tolerance

The rainbow bench and the bench against racism will be inaugurated at the Kulturcampus Sachsendorf event. An initiative made up of Staff Members and students accompanied the re-installation of the...

Apply now for the "Deutschlandstipendium" scholarship

The BTU is awarding Deutschlandstipendien to particularly high-achieving and socially committed students only for the winter semester. Apply until July 11, 2025.

Welcome to BTU: International DAAD Scholars Gather for Exchange

BTU welcomes its new DAAD scholarship students from 23 countries, engaged in a wide range of fields. They enrich university life and contribute to the cultural diversity of the university.

Research & Transfer

Strong start to cooperation between BTU and MUL-CT

First professional exchange for the Science@Lausitz event series

Review: 2nd Annual Meeting of the Energy Innovation Centre (EIZ)

Exciting insights, digital solutions: Science, business and politics came together at the second Annual Meeting of the Energy Innovation Centre (EIZ).

Preserving biodiversity in agriculture

Scientists at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg are researching how biodiversity can be preserved in intensively used agricultural landscapes and increased again in the medium term.

First place for BTU researchers at business plan competition

There were 201 submissions, and the BTU team won! The founders of "quantum grade materials (qgm)" impressed the expert jury of the Berlin-Brandenburg business plan competition.

BTU introduces: Prof. Dr Moritz Schmidt, Professor of Coordination Chemistry

Since 1 May 2025, he has been Professor of Coordination Chemistry with a focus on radionuclides at the Institute of Materials Chemistry in the Faculty Environment and Natural Sciences.

Campus & Life

BTU team Lausitz Dynamics is runner-up Europe and Africa 2025 in the Prototype Hydrogen category

The BTU team took 2nd place out of around 140 teams with a proud performance of 964.3 km/m³. A great result!

Family-friendly working, research and study conditions at BTU

BTU was honoured for the third time for its work and study environment that promotes compatibility.

Committed and qualified: BTU student honoured with women's advancement award

Ronja Tittel, a highly committed student of Biotechnology at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, is the winner of this year's Women's Aid Organisation Cottbus e.V. sponsorship award.

internationale Studierende mit kleinen Fahnen aus verschiedenen Ländern der Welt

BTU wins the DAAD International University Benchmark (BintHo)

German and foreign students at BTU have had excellent experiences with internationalisation and international mobility during their studies.

Portraitfoto Prof. Gesine Grande

The BTU positions itself against all forms of violence and discrimination

University is aware of its special responsibility for its students and employees, also in view of current social developments.

Charta der Vielfalt
Familie in der Hochschule
Audit familiengerechte Hochschule seit 2009
Gütesiegel des DHV
Eunice - European University
Code of Conduct
HRK-Audit - Internationalisierung der Hochschule 2009/2010
Total E-Quality - Diversity