The BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg matriculation ceremony in the Cottbus Stadthalle on Monday 6 October marked the festive start of the 2025/2026 academic year. The new students were welcomed by BTU President Gesine Grande, the mayors of the university towns of Cottbus and Senftenberg and representatives of the student body.

Together with citizens and municipal representatives, experts from research and practice will discuss the future of the energy transition in the structurally changing regions of Lusatia and the Rhineland on Thursday and Friday, 9 and 10 October 2025, in the sports and culture barn in the Vetschau district of Raddusch in the Spreewald.

The relationship between Architectural Conservation and Architecture is the topic of an international annual conference in Cottbus. From Thursday, 2 to Sunday, 5 October 2025, 100 experts from 12 countries will meet at the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art - Diesel Power Plant. The conference is being organised by the BTU Chair of Architectural Conservation.

Johanna Tirnthal from the Chair of Media Pedagogy: Aesthetic Practice in Social Work at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg was awarded the Papageno Media Prize together with Diana Köhler for their radio programme "Belastungen am Bauernhof".

The international study on child and youth health "Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)" is one of the largest research projects on this topic worldwide. As part of the third wave of the survey, BTU Prof. Ludwig Bilz is collecting data on the health behaviour of adolescents in Brandenburg.

How do we live, work and move forward? The Spremberg branch is picking up on the theme of the Science Year 2025 with the motto month "Future Energy" and offering an exciting mix of films, lectures and discussions.

Transformation expert Prof. Roh Pin Lee, monument expert Dr Zeido Zeido and Master's student Elisa Korb are among the "100 most important minds in Berlin science" in 2025

Climate change and urban development - Germany's best-known competition for young researchers will be visiting the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) from Monday to Wednesday, 29 September to 1 October 2025, with its alumni format "PerspektivForum".

Joint press release with Cottbus State Theatre: Max Grünebaum Foundation's "Research Theatre" pilot project brings Cottbus schoolchildren closer to artificial intelligence

Graduate hats, congratulations, music and a champagne reception - this year's graduates from the BTU main campus in Cottbus will celebrate the official end of their studies on Friday, 19 September 2025. In addition to the official "throwing of the hats", the highlight of the event is the honouring of the best Bachelor's and Master's theses.