Apply now for winter semester 2026/2027!
A view into an opencast mine

Lausitz Rhythmen Conferenz: Listening, Remembering, Living

This two-day interdisciplinary forum focuses on topics relating to artistic research, media studies and the Philosophy of Technology. All interested parties are warmly invited to attend. Participation is free of charge.

LausitzLabs launches in Cottbus: a new education network for structural change

Digital skills, social participation and structural change are the focus of the new educational project LausitzLabs. The project will be presented on Thursday 28 May 2026 at Startblock B2 in Cottbus as part of the public pop-up maker event and the closing event of the exhibition "zusammen:schrauben – A Culture of Repair and Making".

Eleven years after the ‘summer of migration’: how much solidarity is there in Brandenburg today?

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Brandenburg Refugee Council invite you to a public online debate on migration, asylum policy and social cohesion

Logo: Lausitz Science Park

Events

26th Brandenburg Energy Day

03.06.2026 | 09:00 - 17:00

Studying & Teaching

Going Global: Studying Abroad During Your Degree

Whether it’s a compulsory semester abroad or an internship abroad – the world is your oyster when it comes to studying abroad! Information on studying abroad opportunities for the 2027 summer semester...

Students on the lawn in front of the IKMZ

Submit your application now to study in the winter semester of 2026/27!

Prospective students holding a foreign higher education entrance qualification have been able to submit an application online via the uni-assist portal since 1 March 2026.

Group photo of the racing team

Final preparations for the Lausitz Dynamics race are underway

With their vehicle, the HydroRaycer, the student team is now in the final stages of preparation: this year’s Shell Eco-marathon will take place in Poland from 24 to 28 June 2026.

Try it first, then study! Open days at BTU

Open Days from 23 to 25 June 2026: Prospective students can get a taste of what university life is like, for example in STEM subjects, Architecture, Business Administration, Social Work, and the...

Two new BTU student representatives on the EUNICE Student Advisory Board

Full of energy, Ha Lien Pham and Maral Chavoshi Tehrani represent the BTU students in order to strengthen their voices within EUNICE and intensify international exchange.

Research & Transfer

How change comes about

Inside a university building, there are workbenches, old bicycles and boxes full of things that others would have thrown away long ago. For BTU researcher Prof. Melanie Jaeger-Erben, this place is...

Group photo of everyone involved

Brandenburg Science Slam in Finsterwalde – a resounding success

Five slam poets from various universities and research institutions in Brandenburg took around 220 members of the public on a journey through their worlds of research.

"This unimaginable nature of space and time – it has never let me go."

In an interview: Physicist Prof. Dr Christine Ruffert is organising this year’s iCampμs Cottbus Conference 2026.

From science fiction to reality

What fascinated him about Captain Future as a child is what he is now researching: AI systems that recognise human states and respond to them.

The scientist who asks what remains

For Prof. Johanna Blokker, walls are not silent witnesses, but storehouses of experiences, hopes and ruptures.

Campus & Life

Faculty 4 of BTU Elects New Dean’s Office

Prof. Dr. jur. habil. Jens M. Schubert was elected Dean.

Excerpt from the leaflet

Open seminar on ‘community work’ in the context of Social Work

As part of the “Science Against Fascism” action days on Wednesday 3 June 2026 at 1 pm, CoCo, Burgstraße 21, Cottbus – a nationwide campaign by Students Against the Right.

The ribbon is cut

Fitness trail opens on the BTU Campus Senftenberg

The new programme is aimed at university staff and students as well as the general public. The outdoor activities are designed to promote health and encourage active breaks, whilst also serving as a...

From Ideas to Projects – Competition poster

Sustainability: Calling for student projects for the future

To ensure our world remains a place worth living in for future generations, we need ideas! Students can get involved and submit their projects until 1 July 2026.

Ralf Schuster in front of his paintings

The wonderful, colourful world of studying and working

Ralf Schuster’s exhibition can be viewed until 4 July 2026 at the media centre of the campus library on the Campus Senftenberg; admission is free during opening hours.

Charta der Vielfalt
Familie in der Hochschule
Audit familiengerechte Hochschule seit 2009
Gütesiegel des DHV
Eunice - European University
Code of Conduct
HRK-Audit - Internationalisierung der Hochschule 2009/2010
Total E-Quality - Diversity