The school year has begun. Even though it may not yet be the final year, many young people will soon have to make decisions about their future prospects. For all those for whom studying is a good option, there is now a new programme at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg that leaves no questions unanswered.

Orlando Robeck is in his 4th semester at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg studying Civil Engineering as part of a co-op programme. In this interview, he tells us what he particularly likes about his degree programme and Cottbus.

Along his academic journey from India to Freiburg and Cottbus, John Joe Padua is pursuing the goal of making industrial production more sustainable. With a focus on hydrogen infrastructure and the European electricity market, he is working on solutions for a low-carbon future and deepening his expertise at the Decarbonisation Summer School.

The new Medical Engineering study programme started at the Senftenberg site of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) in the 2022/23 winter semester. The first student, Marlene Felker, has now completed her studies - successfully and within the regular duration of the standard programme.

Erasmus+ is an excellent program that enables students to gain valuable international work experience.

By the application deadline on 31 August, exactly 100 Lusatian entrepreneurs, idea holders and founders had registered with their business ideas for the region's largest pitch event. The first pitches will start on 12 September.

The EUNICE Student Research Clubs (SRC) are returning for a second edition, this time in collaboration with ASG, the operating company of the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park.

Until 30 September 2025, the library at the Senftenberg site of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is giving interested parties the opportunity to see the creativity of university members for themselves. Painted, photographed, felted, modelled and knotted items are on display.

In future, those affected will work together with BTU scientists at the practical research centre in Cottbus to find out how mobility, social integration into society and the health of older people can be improved. The launch ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 9 September 2025 at 3.30 pm in the "Startblock B2" start-up centre.

How Urban Planning can fund independent living and healthy ageing is the subject of Mia Wilimzig's bachelor's thesis. The student on the Urban Planning and Urban Design study programme looked at the question of what influence urban structure has on health.