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Between crisis and climate target: hydrogen as a key technology

The hydrogen tour makes a stop at BTU, a visible sign of the university's central role in research and the transformation of the energy and industrial region of Lusatia. Minister of Economic Affairs Daniel Keller is exchanging ideas with companies, local authorities, networks and science on site and visualising projects along the entire value chain.

LifeSaver Lausitz: New impetus for healthcare

Joint press release: MUL - CT, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, CHESCO and Airbus Helicopters lay the foundation for an innovation ecosystem in healthcare, digitalisation and mobility

Group of young people in front of the Villa Digitalkultur

Student project focusses on meeting places in rural areas

As part of a semester project at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Master's students of Urban and Regional Planning have looked at the requirements and design of so-called third places in rural areas. On Tuesday, 17 February 2026, from 16:30, they will discuss their findings together with stakeholders from the district of Spree-Neisse.

Logo: Lausitz Science Park

Events

Career Week Berlin-Brandenburg 2026

23.02.2026 - 27.02.2026

Employer Pitches: Careers in Engineering

25.02.2026 | 16:15 - 18:15

BTU is represented at Interbattery in Seoul with future technologies for recycling lithium-ion batteries

11.03.2026 - 13.03.2026

Studying & Teaching

Excellent: Commitment, perseverance and academic curiosity

The Faculty of Business, Law and Society recognises outstanding academic achievements by students and researchers as part of this year's Dean's List.

Call for entries: Best STEM student at BTU 2025

Nominations for particularly talented, high-performing and committed female students on a STEM study programme at Bachelor's and Master's level can be submitted until 28 February 2026.

Siegerehrung

Successful regional competition of the First Lego League at BTU

The winners of this year's competition are Lego FrIEGs, Blyskavka and WeRobots. The two best have thus qualified for the next stage of the competition at the end of February.

With a view of the massive limestone pillars of 'The Twelve Apostles' (Photo: private)

Australian sun instead of Lusatian black ice

Michelle is studying to become a primary school teacher at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. She is spending the current semester at Deakin University in Melbourne.

BTU welcomes 70 exchange students for the winter semester

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is looking forward to welcoming numerous new exchange students again this year.

Research & Transfer

The scientist who asks what remains

For Prof. Johanna Blokker, walls are not silent witnesses, but storehouses of experiences, hopes and ruptures.

Compact AI-based hyperspectral camera

The research project "OASYS" is developing a compact, AI-supported hyperspectral camera that visualises chemical material properties in real time.

Sustainable logistics for Berlin: BTU's young scientists honoured

Two graduates of the Urban and Regional Planning master's programme were awarded a prize at the prestigious Balg-Mächler Prize 2025.

BTU Prof. Dominik Lengyel appointed Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute

The award recognises his internationally visible research achievements at the interface of archaeology, Architecture and digital visualisation.

Research from Lusatia for applications in space

BTU cutting-edge research goes into weightlessness: a new space project is researching how heat can be transported efficiently using electric fields, even without gravity.

Campus & Life

Students and employees celebrated together at the student snowflake ball in Senftenberg

Dancing and celebrating in magical light: the student organisation team from the Senftenberg Departmental Committee Round Table once again provided an unforgettable evening.

Find your voice - workshops on the occasion of the Brandenburg Women's Weeks

The BTU Equal Opportunities Office cordially invites you to two exciting workshops on 18 March and 22 April 2026 with vocal coach and anti-discrimination trainer Andrzej Profus.

Vertreter*innen von Ministerien, BTU und Studierendenwerk durchtrennen ein rotes Band

Canteen at the main campus in new splendour

Both on the ground floor and in the campus canteen on the upper floor, attractive meeting spaces have been created where students can eat, work and socialise.

Stadtlabor COCO and Free Radio Sternchen.FM introduce themselves

Both BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg projects have successfully revitalised rooms in the Schlosskirchpassage after years of vacancy.

Eine Stipendiatin und ein Stipendiat lachend mit Urkunde in der Hand

DAAD scholarship holders met for an exchange at BTU

The students from various disciplines and countries of origin such as Bangladesh, India, Australia, Iran, Serbia, Cyprus and Nepal received their scholarship certificates.

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