Children’s eyes full of wonder, fascinating facts spread across eight floors, exciting things to discover, things to try out and get involved in – this is how the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will be presenting itself on Saturday, 10 October 2026, from 6 pm at the Information, Communication and Media Centre (IKMZ).

An international research team has developed a plastic that is made up of 50 per cent renewable raw materials, is produced in a more energy-efficient manner and can be selectively broken down at the end of its useful life. The Department of Polymer Chemistry at BTU Senftenberg has made a key contribution to this. The findings have now been published in the journal *Chem Circularity*.

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) extends a warm welcome to numerous new exchange students for the academic year 2026/27. Through the ERASMUS+ and STUDEXA exchange programs, students from around the globe have arrived in Cottbus to study at BTU for one or two semesters and play an active role in university life.

The young Nigerian woman has been studying for a Master’s degree in Transfers-Fluids-Materials in Aeronautical and Space Applications (TFM-ASA) at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) since 2025. She has successfully completed her dissertation at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) on the topic of electrified propeller technologies.

On Wednesday, 7 October 2026, at 5.00 pm, the opening reception for the exhibition “The Denied” will take place at the Cottbus City Museum. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is organising three public events to accompany the exhibition, which runs from 8 October 2026 to 3 January 2027. Anyone interested is warmly invited!

A demolition excavator is gnawing its way through a prefabricated block of flats. For most people, it’s just building rubble. For Angelika Mettke, it’s a treasure trove. For 30 years, the BTU professor has been fighting against the throwaway mentality of the construction industry and giving concrete slabs weighing tonnes a new lease of life. The Tagesspiegel ranks her amongst the 100 most influential figures in Berlin’s scientific community.

Graduates in Social Work and in Instrumental and Vocal Performance and Teaching bid farewell

The BTU Buddy Programme, funded by the European Social Fund as part of the project Get Involved – Make Friends in Your New City, is entering a new round!

Three research organisations, five institutes, one site: on Thursday 1 October 2026, the ground-breaking ceremony for a new research campus took place at the Nordring in Cottbus.

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) made it into the top 40 per cent worldwide straight away. This result highlights how the BTU is making a name for itself internationally as a young, research-intensive university. For the latest ranking, published on 30 September 2026, 2,297 higher education institutions from 118 countries and territories were assessed.