Knowledge and technology transfer

Exchange of knowledge and competences

Academic professionals

Find academic professionals

Take advantage of our recruiting offers and find the right academic professionals.

Zwei Studierende wenden ihr erlerntes Fachwissen praktisch an einer Fräsmaschine an. Mithilfe einer Schiebelehre wird die Maßhaltigkeit des hergestellten Zylinders gemessen.

Dual study programme

Offer internships and thus bind qualified young people to your company at an early stage.

Eine Dozentin hält ein Seminar zum Thema "Lebenslanges lernen - Scharnier zur Region" mit zahlreichen Teilnehmenden ab.

Further training

Professional, postgraduate and open formats of continuing education for professionals and managers.

Business & Research Cooperations

Transfer database

Quickly and clearly find cooperation potentials with different BTU departments and technical equipment.

Project initiation

Initiating a research project does not have to be difficult. We support you - from the first idea to the project plan.

Aktenordner mit der Aufschirft "Fördermittel" - Link zu Unterseite "Fördermöglichkeiten für Unternehmen"

Funding opportunities for companies

We provide information and advice on funding programmes for cooperation between business and science.

The Patents and Licenses Department provides scientists with information on property rights and accepts invention disclosures.

Patents and Licenses

BTU inventions can be licensed and used for own innovations and the development of new business fields.

Founding at the BTU

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I need consultation

The BTU Start-Up Service advises on knowledge- and technology-based spin-offs.

Infos, Events & Kontakte für nationale und internationale Studierende und Beschäftigte

I would like to network

The BTU Startup Community offers information, events and contacts for national and international students and employees.

I would like to build a prototype

With the infrastructure of the CreativeOpenLab (COLab), almost any start-up idea can be implemented.

The Patents and Licenses Department provides scientists with information on property rights and accepts invention disclosures.

I want to protect my idea

The Patents and Licenses Department provides scientists with information on property rights and accepts invention disclosures.

Offices and coworking spaces in STARTBLOCK B2, the start-up center at the central campus

I need premises

Offices and coworking spaces in STARTBLOCK B2, the start-up center at the central campus.

Innovative transfer

Pro Digital

One-stop shop for digital and green transformation: contact for companies and organisations.

Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Spreeland

Experience the Future - Sustainable in the Digital World of Work.

COLab - Open Workshop

As a place of making, the CreativeOpenLab offers the latest technologies to give shape to ideas.

BTU on site

At the BTU

The best way to identify cooperation potential is to talk to us in person. Take advantage of one of our transfer-specific events.

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In the region

In Lusatia and beyond its borders, the BTU with various projects become tangible.

At exhibitions

Convince yourself of our qualities at exhibitions near you.

Transfer at the BTU We link science and society

Knowledge and technology transfer is the exchange of scientific knowledge, innovations and solutions between all scientific areas of the university and society, business, politics and culture. At BTU, we see it as the third pillar alongside studies and research, and we are aware of our regional responsibility for Lusatia.

Knowledge and Technology Transfer Department Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 03046 Cottbus, HG 2.43

Katrin Erb
T +49 (0) 355 69-2802
katrin.erb(at)b-tu.de

Contact request (only in German)