Banner for the 2026 round of the Jugend Forscht competition with the motto "Maximum Perspective"-

New regional youth research competition for southern Brandenburg at BTU

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) Campus Senftenberg will become a meeting place for young scientific talent on Wednesday, 4 March 2026. At the Konrad Zuse Media Centre, 40 young people from ten schools in the region will demonstrate their research spirit and present their projects.

Hartmut Pasternak receives an honorary doctorate

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University has awarded Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hartmut Pasternak from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg an honorary doctorate. With this award, the university is honouring an internationally renowned scientist in the field of steel and composite structures and a committed partner of the university.

Employer pitches: Careers in Engineering

The BTU online event "Employer Pitches - Careers in Engineering" will take place on Wednesday, 25 February 2026 from 4:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

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

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.

Porträt Maria Erdmann

Germany's youngest Marketing Club President

BTU alumna Maria Erdmann studied Business Administration at BTU, works as Marketing Manager at Sparkasse Elbe-Elster and is the new President of the Marketing Club Lausitz e.V.

Gruppenbild während der Veranstaltung

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.

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.

From Tunisia to Cottbus: Samar's path to artificial intelligence

Samar Dhahbi is studying for a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and was part of the very first cohort. She is currently writing her Master's thesis.

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.

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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