The first day of school, the transition from nursery to primary school, but also the daily routine of dropping off and picking up children: The BTU symposium ‘Transitions in Early Childhood – Recognising and Supporting Diversity’ will take place on Saturday 5 September 2026 at the Campus Senftenberg, combining academic insights with practical workshop activities.

The new academic year is just round the corner: the Online-Portals for Master’s programmes with no entry requirements will remain open until 31 August 2026. Those interested in a Bachelor’s degree can submit an application up to and including 15 September 2026.

Seize this opportunity to work as part of an international team, developing innovative solutions to the real-world challenges faced by a Spanish export consortium. If your team wins, you will be able to travel to Spain to collaborate with the company on site.

Artificial intelligence could help to evaluate climate protection projects more effectively and channel funding more precisely to where it is needed. Nevertheless, banks and insurance companies in Ghana have so far made very little use of the technology.

The excitement is immense: The student team Lausitz Dynamics from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) has received an invitation to the 2027 Global Championship! Participation in the new flagship event of the Shell Eco-marathon offers the world’s top-performing teams an international stage.

It is considered one of the most underestimated women’s health conditions of all: endometriosis affects an estimated one in ten women of childbearing age, at the very least. To raise awareness of this chronic condition, the BTU Finsterwalde campus is organising a public information evening on Monday, 7 September 2026, at the GLEIS3 cultural centre in Lübbenau.

Congratulations to the alumni of seminar group B73/4

For BTU student Anika, her semester abroad took her to Sweden. At Musikhögskolan Ingesund, she gained new musical experiences and grew both personally and professionally. In this interview, she talks about her time there, special moments and her experiences of everyday student life in Sweden.

It all begins with an observation. At some point, Dr Denis Newiak, a researcher at the BTU, noticed something that sounds trivial yet is far-reaching: television series strikingly often tell stories about people who are lonely – not on the fringes of the story, but at its very heart.

A cultural project run by BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg brings Ukrainian refugees together – with needle and thread and a centuries-old tradition that serves as an anchor in a foreign land.