The Architecture Programme of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Students enrolled in the BTU’s Bachelor and Master programmes acquire the practical and theoretical knowledge they will need to work as hands-on architects or researchers. Students learn the relevant abilities and skills, and how to apply scientific methods and findings in a critical manner. Our graduates are able to independently develop and draw their ideas by hand or by computer, which they then realise and implement in real space and as tangible structures. They are trained to follow complex building operations and to coordinate the various technical disciplines involved in the construction process.

Architectural studies at the BTU are structured in phases. The first phase comprises six semesters of basic Bachelor training, followed by four semesters of Master studies. It is nevertheless the Masters degree that is the most important prerequisite for students to achieve self-determination, to work independently as professional architects, and to gain admission to the Chambers of Architecture of the European Union.