Minister Schüle and Minister Hoffmann welcome students to an event organised by the Brandenburg University of Technology in Senftenberg

From the current 2026/27 winter semester, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will be launching a course in Sorbian/Wendish as a teaching subject as part of its Bachelor’s degree programmes for the Teaching Degree for Primary Education. The first students were warmly welcomed to the Campus Senftenberg/Zły Komorow on 8 October.

On 10 September 2026, students from the student environmental group EcoNET presented their project ‘GUMNO – The Campus Sponge Garden’ at the DINI Annual Conference and ZKI Autumn Conference in Aachen. They returned to Cottbus with the top prize in the competition ‘Designing a Sustainable University – Launch Your Future Project’ and prize money of 3,500 euros.