Through the DAAD programme RISE Germany, students and doctoral candidates from all over the world can come to Germany for an internship at a university. The students Samihan and Fiona came to Cottbus from the USA. They talk about their internship and why they chose the BTU. Emilia Pożarowska appreciates the advantages of RISE for mentors.

The seven universities in the EUNICE higher education alliance, including BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, have taken numerous measures to help the people from Ukraine.

EUNICE, the European University for Customised Education, has for the first time set up a wide range of language courses open to all students, lecturers and staff of the alliance.

BTU guest students from Ukraine will spend the next six months learning German at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and embarking on an intensive journey of discovery through the region and German culture.

At the end of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Campus of European Universities will take place on 30 June 2022 at the Congress Centre in Versailles, France. The BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is taking part as part of the EUNICE alliance.

Students of selected degree programmes can now apply for a scholarship starting in the winter semester 2022/23.

Roundtable on New Vulnerabilities in the Context of War and Violence. Academia and civil society discuss strategies of dealing with vulnerabilities and exclusions in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As part of the Cottbus City Festival, the Cottbus Open Intercultural Festival will take place on Sunday, June 19, at 12 p.m. in Puschkinpark. BTU President Prof. Gesine Grande will open the festival together with Stefan Korb, Head of the Department for Economy, Digitalization and Structural Development of the City of Cottbus.

79 students are currently working hard to learn German grammar and pronunciation at the Senftenberg campus. Final exams for the "Bridge to Higher Education" students from 18 countries are scheduled for mid-June.

The BTU has been actively involved in the ERASMUS+ mobility program for more than 20 years. With currently more than 200 contracts, it represents the central element of all student and staff mobilities within the BTU cooperation network and is thus an essential component of the overall university internationalization strategy.