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BTU scientist honoured with the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Award for outstanding publication

For their article "Safety of Programmable Logic Controllers and Related Systems: Today and Tomorrow" Dr.-Ing. Wael Alsabbagh and Prof. Dr. Peter Langendörfer they were awarded the IEEE Outstanding Publication Award.

BTU leaves Platform X (formerly Twitter): Together for diversity, freedom and science

More than 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions want to set an example and have jointly announced that they will cease their activities on the X platform (formerly Twitter). BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg has also joined this initiative.

Participation and acceptance as drivers for the transformation of Lusatia

In January 2025, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will launch the innovative project "LaKo-MA" - Lusatian Coal Transformation: Measures to increase acceptance and optimise the planning and approval processes for the accelerated expansion of renewable energies in Lusatia.

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Studying & Teaching

Apply now for the summer semester 2025!

The application portals for the summer semester 2025 are open: Prospective German and international students can now apply to study at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, starting on 1 April 2025.

Application to study abroad

Until 1 February 2025, students can apply for a place to study abroad in the winter semester 2025/26 and/or summer semester 2026 at over 200 partner universities worldwide.

BTU students involved in the redesign of the "Platz an der Sonnenuhr" square

Master's students of Architecture and Urban Planning are working together with the city of Cottbus and two planning offices to redesign a well-known city centre green space.

Welcome to BTU: International DAAD Scholars Gather for Exchange

BTU welcomes its new DAAD scholarship students from 23 countries, engaged in a wide range of fields. They enrich university life and contribute to the cultural diversity of the university.

»Cottbus has become more than just a city to me; it feels like home.«

Roshni Bhatia first came to Senftenberg from India and then studied Environmental and Resource Management in Cottbus. This year she joined LEAG's Energy Master Trainee Programme.

Research & Transfer

Can AI feel emotions?

To mark World Compassion Day on 28 November 2024, BTU is focusing on its pioneering research into artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to recognise and analyse human emotions.

Portraitfoto Prof. Saner

From Istanbul to Cottbus - Cultural backgrounds in research and teaching

Archaeologist Prof. Dr.-Ing. Turgut Saner teaches and researches late Ottoman Art and Architecture as a DAAD guest lecturer at the Institute of History of Art and Architecture at BTU.

Die Professoren Höschler und Möhlenkamp vor einem Triebwerk

BTU projects in aviation research eligible

The Centre for Hybrid Electric Systems Cottbus (chesco) successfully submitted an application together with BTU chairs, partner institutions from research and companies.

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Successful physiotherapy research symposium

More than 250 physiotherapists from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland with an interest in science took advantage of the opportunity to exchange expertise in Senftenberg.

Successful end to the year for young scientists

High number of participants and lively turnout - this year's end-of-year event for BTU doctoral students and postdocs on 3 December was a complete success!

Campus & Life

The student snowflake ball was a complete success

BTU students, professors and staff members, alumni and ball guests from the region celebrated together and danced in the ballroom-turned-cafeteria on Campus Senftenberg

Junge Frau mit Kopfhörer und geschlossenen Augen

Health Week at the BTU from 27-31 January 2025

For all employees and students: Health tips, lectures, workshops, individual health care programmes and sports courses at the main campus in Cottbus and at Campus Senftenberg

"I AM A.I." - Insights into the world of AI

The interactive exhibition ‘I AM A.I. - Artificial Intelligence Explained’ can be seen on the 2nd floor of the IKMZ on the central campus of BTU Cottbus until 30 March 2025.

Internationale Studierende des BTU Writers Club im IKMZ

BÜHNE acht - Culture and leisure on campus

Whether in the BTU Writers Club, at the games evening, in courses and workshops on acting and improv theatre - BÜHNE acht, Erich-Weinert-Straße 2 in Cottbus offers many opportunities to try things...

Active against right-wing extremism and discrimination

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is the first university in Germany to develop an "action plan against (extreme) right-wing influence".

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