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In the footsteps of the polar pioneers

Six researchers from Germany and Switzerland are making their way through Greenland’s eternal ice, including two scientists and a graduate of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). The 40-day expedition “Spurensuche 2026” set off on 23 May 2026 on the historic west-east traverse from Ilulissat to Tasiilaq.

BTU opens an international technology showroom for the circular economy in Georgia

BTU research in demand internationally: With a newly opened technology showroom in Georgia, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is putting its research into sustainable waste recovery and the circular economy into practice.

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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.

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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.

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Teaching Day 2026

This year’s Teaching Day will take place at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg on Thursday, 9 July 2026, from 1 pm. Students, lecturers and Staff Members are warmly invited!

Fulya in Taipei

Between night markets, bubble tea and a massive campus

Fulya Nur Kirnak is studying for a Master of Science in Architecture at BTU. She spent the last semester at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei.

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...

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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

Concert, academia and sound art with BTU students

“On the Preciousness of Water” – Students from the Instrumental and Vocal Performance and Teaching study programme at the BTU are helping to organise the concert evening on 20 June in Branitz Park.

Green-blue sunsets and other Mars rover stories

STEM Lecture Series: Prof. Dr Franz Renz from the Institute of Coordination Chemistry at Leibniz University Hannover will give a public lecture on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, at 5.30 pm.

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Rainbow flags are being raised at the BTU

On Monday 29 June 2026, the main campus will be celebrating diversity and respect! The CSD Action Weeks are kicking off. Everyone is warmly invited!

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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.

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.

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