The research project "Optoelectronic Sensors for Application-oriented Systems for Life Sciences and Intelligent Manufacturing - OASYS" is developing a compact, AI-supported hyperspectral camera that visualises chemical material properties in real time.

150 pupils from various schools in Lusatia took part in this year's regional competition. On 24 January 2026, the teams showed where their strengths lie in the categories of research, robot design, robot game and basic values. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up.

Ten of the seventeen modules nominated by the teaching award jury will compete for the LEHRPREIS 2025 on February 5 and 6, 2026 in Lecture Hall A of the Central Lecture Hall Building.

Both BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg projects have successfully revitalised rooms in the Schlosskirchpassage after years of vacancy. In the immediate vicinity of Losmachen - Verein zur Förderung der Lausitzer Zivilgesellschaft e.V. and StudioProFitness, the offers are gladly accepted by a growing community of interested Cottbus residents.

Now in its third edition, the student ball at Campus Senftenberg on 24 January 2026 saw students and employees from the BTU departments based here and at the Cottbus main campus and Sachsendorf campus celebrate with alumni and guests from the region.

A festive farewell and bright prospects for the future: BTU bids farewell to its graduates

The President of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) Gesine Grande and the Director of the Sorbian Institute (SI) Hauke Bartels sign a cooperation agreement.

State Secretary for Science Tobias Dünow, together with State Secretary for the Interior Frank Stolper, BTU President Gesine Grande and Dorit Wehling, Head of Student Services, today opened the extensively refurbished canteen at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

As part of its efforts to promote equality, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg honours particularly talented, high-achieving and committed female students in MINT* bachelor's and master's degree programmes every year. Submission deadline: 28 February 2026

What new therapies will emerge when the brain and technology communicate directly with each other? The next event in the Science@Lausitz series will provide answers to this highly topical question on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at the Medical University of Lusatia - Carl Thiem in cooperation with BTU.