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The Lausitz Dynamics student team from the BTU, standing behind and next to their energy-saving car, the HydroRaycer.

BTU’s Lausitz Dynamics team demonstrates energy efficiency at an international competition

After months of intensive preparation, the student team Lausitz Dynamics from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is set to compete in one of the world’s largest energy efficiency competitions with its self-developed energy-saving vehicle, the HydroRaycer. The Shell Eco-marathon will take place from 24 to 28 June 2026 in neighbouring Poland.

A pioneering programme for gender equality and academic excellence

More female professors, greater visibility for female researchers, more opportunities for women in STEM: through the Female Professors Programme III, the BTU has brought about lasting change over the past six years. As this funding phase draws to a close, the university is taking stock and reporting positive results.

Europe’s industry in transition: Decarbon Days 2026 will make Cottbus a hub for climate transformation

Lusatia is once again taking centre stage in Europe’s energy and industrial transformation: on 24 and 25 June 2026, the Decarbon Days will take place on the main campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

Logo: Lausitz Science Park

Events

BTU Summer Festival with activities for the whole family

26.06.2026 - 28.06.2026 | 14:00 - 01:00

Open Day at the Senftenberg Campus

04.07.2026 | 10:00 - 16:00

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!

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Study across Europe with EUNICE courses

Students have access to a wide range of multidisciplinary courses. They can benefit from the expertise of more than ten European universities and tailor their educational pathway to suit their...

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.

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 the participants, photo: Tom Scheppan

Researchers following in the footsteps of the polar pioneers

The six-strong expedition team is making its way entirely self-sufficiently from Ilulissat to Tasiilaq across the Greenland ice sheet, in temperatures around freezing, with headwinds and snowfall.

"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

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!

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.

Female students are chatting

The BTU Welcome Centre is celebrating its 10th anniversary

All international researchers and their families are warmly invited to the summer networking event on 6 July 2026 at the Lehmbau. Please complete registration by 3 July 2026.

The atmosphere during a quiz night

Pub quiz at the Casablanca in Finsterwalde on the future of medicine

The Finsterwalde branch and the Quizlab are hosting an event on 16 July 2026 from 7 pm: the aim is to encourage people of all generations to engage in conversation, with a particular focus on women.

The actors are sitting on the lawn and forming the number 30. Photo: Bühne acht

30 Years of BÜHNE acht – Three Decades of Culture, Creativity and Community

BÜHNE acht is an integral part of Cottbus’s cultural landscape and student life. This will be celebrated during a week of festivities from 28 June to 5 July with a varied programme.

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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