What will the aircraft engines of tomorrow look like - efficient, clean and safe? BTU provides the answer: in the new 14.5 million euro joint project "LoPPer", researchers are developing autonomous production methods for hybrid-electric drives for air taxis and regional aircraft. Core technology: the digital twin and the industrial metaverse.

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.

Heat, heavy rain, floods: extreme weather situations are on the rise - and with them the burden on emergency services and control centres. The AIRCIS research project in the Lusatia model region, funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV), shows how emergency structures can be made more crisis-proof with the help of AI, data-based forecasts and simulation-based planning.

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

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.

Prof. Johanna Blokker speaks calmly, almost tentatively, when she talks about buildings. As if she were listening to them. For her, walls are not silent witnesses, but storehouses of experiences, hopes and ruptures. "I'm not just interested in what we preserve," she says, "but why we need it."

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.

Research results from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) show: Counselling usually only comes into play once the crisis has arrived.

A delegation of ten researchers from Bar-Ilan University (BIU) in Israel visited the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on 3 and 4 February 2026. Together with researchers from BTU, the guests will explore opportunities for closer collaboration.

Prof. Dr Sven Michel, Head of the Chair of Therapy Sciences II at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the National University of Pharmacy (NUPh) in Ukraine. In addition, the BTU scientist was honoured with the Honorary Chevron of Ukraine.