From 16 to 18 June 2025, Wrocław became a hotspot for international energy expertise: young scientists gathered for the 24th time at the International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering - Student Edition (EEEIC StEd).

The winners of this year's Shell Eco-marathon energy efficiency competition were announced on June 15, 2025. In the Prototype Hydrogen category, the Thaiger-Racing team won just ahead of the student BTU team Lausitz Dynamics. The latter took 2nd place with a proud performance of 964.3 km/m³. A great result!

Circa 70 future-oriented study programmes are available to interested young people at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). Two new Bachelor's and six Master's degree programmes will be offered for the first time in the upcoming winter semester 2025/26, half of them in English.

Exciting insights, digital solutions for the energy transition: Science, business and politics came together at the second Annual Meeting of the Energy Innovation Centre (EIZ) on 10 and 11 June 2025. From the specialist programme in the Startblock to its own forum at the Brandenburg Energy Day, the EIZ showed how research is actively shaping structural change.

Valuable insights into intercultural communication and strategies for coping with culture shocks were offered at the intercultural workshop organized by the International Relations Office. Experience reports from former exchange students rounded off the theoretical part with real-life examples.

On Sunday, 22 June 2025, from 12 noon, Puschkinpark will be the meeting place for friends of the intercultural festival that BTU students from 15 countries have put together with Cottbus associations for the city festival. The colourful mix of Singing, dancing and culinary delights has long since become a tradition.

The EUNICE Student Advisory Board (ESAB) at BTU is of particular importance in this regard. The ESAB is a student body within the EUNICE alliance whose main objectives are to advise and support the management of the alliance and to raise awareness of EUNICE in the student community.