At one of the world’s largest energy efficiency competitions, the student team Lausitz Dynamics from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) secured victory in the Prototype Hydrogen Fuel Cell category. The Shell Eco-marathon Poland took place from 24 to 28 June 2026 at the Silesia Ring in Kamień Śląski.

On Sunday, 21 June 2026, Pushkin Park will become a meeting place for lovers of international culture from 12 noon to 7 pm. This colourful mix of Singing, dancing and culinary delights has long since become a cherished tradition – and for many visitors, a highlight of the Cottbus City Festival. BTU President Prof. Gesine Grande and Lord Mayor Tobias Schick will open the event together.

The new EUNICE course catalogue for 2026/27 offers BTU students a wide range of multidisciplinary courses, enabling them to benefit from the expertise of more than ten European universities and to tailor their educational pathway to their individual needs.

On 12 June, the Spreekino Spremberg became a stage for entertaining science: at the 5th Brandenburg Science Slam, six slammers presented their topics to an audience of just under 150 people. The winner was Rudy Cepeda Gomez from the DLR Institute of Electrified Aviation Propulsion.

How can hospitals be reliably supplied even when wildfires make roads impassable, people have to be evacuated and, at the same time, the number of emergency patients is rising?

Lucas Kowal works as a Staff Member at the Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the BTU and recently took part in parabolic flights. Under conditions of weightlessness, he investigated flow phenomena that could prove significant in the future for satellite technology, amongst other things.

Fulya Nur Kirnak is studying for a Master of Science in Architecture at BTU. She spent the last semester at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei.