How can hospitals be reliably supplied even when wildfires make roads impassable, people have to be evacuated and, at the same time, the number of emergency patients is rising?

A delegation of Australian experts visits BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg: Leading international figures from the worlds of business, academia and climate policy are visiting the university to learn about the transformation of energy-intensive industries

BTU is strengthening its role as a European pioneer in key future technologies for climate-neutral aviation. Through its research into hybrid-electric propulsion systems, hydrogen technologies, aircraft systems and sustainable mobility, the university is contributing its scientific expertise to a new European innovation partnership.

From 23 June 2026, prospective students at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will have the opportunity to find out how a degree course in their chosen subject is structured. Under the motto “Try it first, then study”, the taster course offers an excellent insight into the content and procedures, special features and everything that is part of student life.

On 5 June 2026, Angela Obongo successfully defended her doctoral thesis on the topic ‘Determinants of Access to and Utilisation of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Services in Kenya: Health System and Policy Perspectives’ at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and passed her doctoral examination. We offer our warmest congratulations!

Open BTU: Public lecture on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, at 5.30 pm, with Prof. Dr Astrid Schwarz at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). Anyone interested is warmly invited to attend this free event.

Structural change in Lusatia requires digital innovation. At the 5G / Edge Cloud Day at the BTU in Senftenberg, the university and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute will demonstrate how modern communications and data infrastructures are unlocking new potential for research, healthcare and industrial applications.

As part of the "Professionalisation of Housing Advice in Brandenburg" (ProWoB) project, an online self-study course on housing for older people has been developed. The main target group is housing advisers, but the course is also open to others who wish to explore the topic of housing for older people.

Half a century after completing their studies in Automation Technology at the Senftenberg School of Mining and Energy Engineering, alumni from the A73/2 seminar group returned to their former place of study – now the Senftenberg Campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

How can we achieve a secure and sustainable energy supply? The 26th Brandenburg Energy Day brings together experts from the worlds of academia, business, politics and public administration at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) to discuss the future of energy infrastructure.