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Profile of Prof. Astrid Schwarz

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.

"It feels as if you could fly," says Lucas Kowal of the weightlessness experienced during parabolic flights. (Photo: private)

22 seconds of weightlessness – experiments in free fall

Lucas Kowal works as a Staff Member at the Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the BTU and recently took part in parabolic flights. Under conditions of weightlessness, he investigated flow phenomena that could prove significant in the future for satellite technology, amongst other things.

Resilient healthcare logistics during wildfires

How can hospitals be reliably supplied even when wildfires make roads impassable, people have to be evacuated and, at the same time, the number of emergency patients is rising?

Logo: Lausitz Science Park

Events

Concert of the students

16.06.2026 | 19:00

BTU Matching Day

18.06.2026 | 09:00 - 18:00

On the Preciousness of Water: Concert, Science and Sound Art at the Branitz Park Visitor Centre

20.06.2026 | 18:30

Studying & Teaching

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.

A walk through a dry riverbed

Study trip as part of General Studies

Students of Environmental Sciences, Environmental and Resource Management (ERM), Environmental Engineering and Architecture explored Namibia’s flora and fauna.

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

Alumni Reunion at the Campus Senftenberg

They graduated with a degree in Automation Technology from the School of Mining and Energy Engineering in Senftenberg. - They have now returned to their former university as guests.

Faculty 4 of BTU Elects New Dean’s Office

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

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.

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Eunice - European University
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