Personal contact with professors and fellow students is quite common when studying at our young, modern university. All questions and problems can usually be addressed during lectures or seminars, without complicated appointments The lecturers' doors are (almost) always open. Large classroom exercises and participation limitations are unknown to  our maths students.

Maths at BTU is research- and future-oriented
During your studies, you will quickly gain an insight into the ongoing research projects at the Institute of Mathematics, which may later lead to a topic for your final thesis. The research at our  institute ranges from algorithmic graph theory to mathematical image processing and financial and insurance mathematics, to mention just a few examples. Most importantly, the region around Cottbus is currently undergoing a huge economic, which drives university and associated research institutes, such as the Lusatian Centre for Artificial Intelligence or the DLR Institute for Low CO2 Industrial Processes, all of which are running exciting research projects in which mathematicians can work (e.g. as student research assistants or as part of Bachelor's, Master's or doctoral theses). As a student assistant, you can not only gain a practical insight into working as a researcher, but you can even get financial supporte for your student.

Maths at BTU is interdisciplinary
As a small university of technology, with strong ties between different institutes and departments, interdisciplinarity is more than just a buzzword at BTU. If you study Mathematics in Cottbus, you will have contact with students and lecturers from other disciplines and study programmes from the very beginning in lectures and seminars, in the cafeteria (keyword: "A Mathematician is a machine for ...") or in the computer lab.
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is quite international with more than 40% of international students from all over the world. If you are interested in spending a semester abroad, we can help you choose a suitable partner university or arrange funding.