40 EUNICE participants divided into 11 multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, 13 online workshops, a summer school and a tech hackathon – this diverse programme was offered from 14 March to 4 July this year by the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) at our partner university, the University of Catania in Italy.

From 4 to 6 July, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) invited scholarship holders from all over the world to Berlin to celebrate 100 years of the DAAD together. BTU doctoral student and DAAD scholarship holder Ms Freda Adiali had the unique opportunity to exchange ideas with DAAD President Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee and Foreign Minister Dr. Johann Wadephul.

As part of the BIDS project, school pupils from Poland, Romania and Turkey took part in the trial study programme and got to learn about different degree programmes at the BTU.

A summer workout session on campus took a fun and unexpected turn last week when a student brass band of 50 musicians from our partner university Linköping University showed up unannounced — and turned the event into an impromptu party.

Live music, cool drinks in the sunshine and international food stalls - there's something for everyone. On Friday, 4 July 2025, the students of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg invite you to the summer festival to celebrate, dance and enjoy the summer together at the Forum.

We are observing the current situation in the Middle East with great concern and dismay.

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.