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Final spurt for the application to the BTU

For one more week, up to and including Sunday, September 24, 2023, the application portal for the study programmes without admission restrictions at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is open.

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Looking to the future of Lusatia - "Action Day for Enlightenment 2.0: It's our turn!"

Shaping structural change together - that's the aim of the second Enlightenment 2.0 Action Day at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Information, Communication and Media Centre (IKMZ) on the Cottbus main campus.

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Educationalists discuss the topic "Aging and the Elderly"

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will host the annual conference of the Commission for Pedagogical Anthropology - Section General Education Sciences - of the German Society for Education Sciences (DGfE) from September 27 to 29, 2023. Participants from all over Germany and Austria will come to Cottbus.

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Events

Study & Research at the BTU - Online University Presentation of the DAAD Office Santiago de Chile

26.09.2023 | 18:00 - 19:00

Conference "Small towns in crisis mode: local dynamics and resilient approaches to action?"

27.09.2023 - 29.09.2023

Ceremonial enrolment and opening of the academic year

09.10.2023 | 16:00 - 18:00

Studying & Teaching

The most important events for first-semester students

Matriculation ceremony, OTIWO week, information on faculty events and tutorials on starting your studies – first semester students will find the most important things for their first week at BTU here.

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Welcome and Registration Point for international students

From 18 September till 27 October, you will receive relevant information on enrolment and starting your studies, as well as comprehensive advice on everything you need to get started in your new home.

Germany's best-known competition for young researchers at BTU

The Jugend forscht e. V. foundation is organizing the "Hydrogen" PerspektivForum Career Paths together with BTU. 40 "Jugend forscht" alumni from all over Germany are participating.

New language courses in winter semester 2023/24

The Language Centre (ZES) offers a broad portfolio for learning 13 foreign languages. Registration for all language courses is open from 4 to 15 October 2023.

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BTU once again gets a top position in the DAAD funding rankings

At BTU, students, graduates and international projects benefit from established structures, targeted measures and many years of experience in internationalization.

Research & Transfer

Summer School of the Graduate College "Trustworthy Hydrogen" draws positive conclusions

In September 2023, the first Summer School of the Graduate College initiated jointly by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the BTU was held in Berlin.

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Study on the acceptance of energy infrastructures by the population

Interested citizens from Cottbus and the surrounding area can participate in the study of the Energy Economics (EECON) Lab of the Energy Innovation Center (EIZ) of the BTU.

Rhabdomyosarkomzellen nach Reduktion TRPS1 (Foto: Julia von Maltzahn)

Novel treatment approach for soft tissue tumors

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Aging Research and BTU have discovered a novel treatment approach for soft tissue tumors, which are very common in childhood and are malignant.

Under BTU leadership on expedition across Greenland's ice sheet

On July 19, the "Spurensuche 2023" team led by BTU mathematician Thomas Hitziger from the Chair of Structural Mechanics and Numerical Methods set off on a 40-day journey through southern Greenland.

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6th meeting of the BeonNAT project with 32 partners from six countries | 27. - 28.9.

The project partners of "Innovative value chains from tree & shrub species grown in marginal lands as a source of biomass for bio-based industries" will also visit test sites in Welzow and Kromlau.

Campus & Life

Save the Date: 15th Night of Creative Minds on October 7, 2023

"Smarter overnight" is once again the motto at 20 locations in Cottbus and, of course, also at the BTU main campus - this year under the motto "Mobile and full of energy". Tickets are already...

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Prof. Inken Baller is honored for her work as an architect

Inken Baller will receive the BDA Grand Prize 2023 together with Hinrich Baller. Prof. Inken Baller was a professor at the BTU from 1996 to 2007 and vice president from 2000 to 2006.

EUNICE General Assembly in Italy: Online participation possible

From September 18 to 20, the EUNICE universities, which include BTU, will meet for a general assembly to prepare the new project phase. Online participation is also possible for the general public.

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Cooperation of BTU and Qualification Network Lausitz for Renewable Energies (QLEE)

Science and practice will cooperate even more closely in the future in further education and professional qualification in the field of renewable energies

The BTU at the DAK company run

The BTU was at the start with 35 participants. The best three-man team took 16th place out of 579.

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