Press releases

A three-day taster course

From 23 June 2026, prospective students at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will have the opportunity to find out how a degree course in their chosen subject is structured. Under the motto “Try it first, then study”, the taster course offers an excellent insight into the content and procedures, special features and everything that is part of student life.

Group work in the studio

What we can learn about society from the garden

Open BTU: Public lecture on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, at 5.30 pm, with Prof. Dr Astrid Schwarz at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). Anyone interested is warmly invited to attend this free event.

Profile of Prof. Astrid Schwarz

Discover BTU at the Open Day

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is opening its doors at its main campus in Cottbus. On Tuesday 23 June 2026, from 9 am to 4 pm, visitors can look forward to a varied programme offering information on all aspects of studying.

Four students at the almost two-metre-high sculpted lettering of the BTU’s oversized logo

Research that is rethinking gardens

At the heart of Prof. Klaus Birkhofer’s research lies an often underestimated insight: gardens are highly complex ecosystems. At the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, on the chair of Ecology, he is investigating how biodiversity develops in urban and rural green spaces and what role predatory arthropods, in particular spiders, play in this process.