As we look back on the run of the Professorinnenprogramm III at the BTU, we are celebrating the successful achievement of the programme’s objectives and the gender equality measures it has enabled. The ceremony will open at 10.30 am on 25 June 2026 in Großer Hörsaal with opening addresses by Manja Schüle, Minister for Science, and Gesinde Grande, President of the BTU.

In May 2026, the Grundbach estate in Olbersdorf became a working site for architecture and urban planning students from Germany and the Czech Republic. As part of a workshop, students from the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT) developed visions for the future of the former miners’ estate.

On 29 April 2026, Faculty 4 for Human Sciences at BTU Cottbus–Senftenberg elected a new faculty leadership team. Prof. Dr. jur. habil. Jens M. Schubert was elected Dean. The newly elected Vice Deans are Prof. Dr. phil. Juliane Noack Napoles, responsible for Academic Affairs and Teaching, and Prof. Dr. Heidrun Herzberg, responsible for Research.