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.

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.

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.

A factory hall in Lusatia. A worker is working at a workbench alongside a cobot – short for collaborative robot. A screen shows the production process as it unfolds in real time. What sounds like a vision of the future has long been part of everyday life in some factories in Lusatia.

What began as a research question at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is now taking shape in Kolkwitz: At the Sportverein 1896 e.V. on Jahnstraße, the shell of a multi-purpose building stands, constructed almost entirely from dismantled concrete slabs from old GDR residential blocks. Today, a topping-out ceremony is being held to mark the occasion.

A BTU study shows that decentralised accommodation for refugees in Brandenburg is feasible and has been shown to offer them advantages over living in collective accommodation. Nevertheless, the state continues to house refugees predominantly in collective accommodation. This is shown by the final report on the VASiB collaborative project carried out by BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.