With immediate effect, the University Library is providing access to both the Web of Science citation database and the Scopus citation database for the next three months. From January 2027, Scopus will completely replace the current Web of Science service (until the end of 2029). In addition, the SciVal analysis tool will also be available.

The EUNICE European University Alliance has officially opened pre-registrations for its first wave of European micro-credentials.

The Federal University of Viçosa (UFV, Brazil) is hosting an international online hackathon for students from UFV and the EUNICE partner universities. The event is being organised in collaboration with the EUNICE university alliance and supported by tecnoPARQ – the Viçosa Technology Park.

On September 28, 2026, OTIWO kicked off on the main campus. As always, the Language Center was there to showcase its language learning programs.

Three research organisations, five institutes, one site: on Thursday 1 October 2026, the ground-breaking ceremony for a new research campus took place at the Nordring in Cottbus.

On 14 September 2026, the Minister for Science, Dr Manja Schüle, will present the certificate of appointment to Prof. Gesine Grande. This means that the re-elected President of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will be able to take up her second term of office as scheduled on 1 October 2026.

In these English-language online workshops, PhD students and postdocs at BTU receive an introduction to using LaTeX for academic publications and to the basics of AI.

In the winter semester 2026/2027, the Graduate Research School (GRS) will offer a workshop series on »Data Science with R«. PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines can gain valuable skills for both research and the job market. Our partner, eoda GmbH, offers a joint certificate upon completion of all sessions.

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