sternchen.fm – the independent radio station for Cottbus and the Lusatia region – has been shortlisted for the ‘Stadt_Land im Fluss Brandenburg’ local journalism award.

A new cooperation agreement between BTU and the Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) sets out a concrete action plan focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and skilled workers for the region.

The second Cottbus Film Talks focus on a television classic set against a backdrop of memory, new beginnings and social change

Around 70 guests gathered at the Weltspiegel cinema in Finsterwalde on 4 November 2026 to watch the film “Heldin” together and then discuss the challenges facing the care sector in Lusatia. The penultimate event in the series marking the 2026 Year of Science, ‘Medicine of the Future’, attracted a great deal of interest and provided plenty of food for thought for a lively discussion.

Every year, the Max Grünebaum Foundation honours outstanding individuals from the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Cottbus State Theatre. On 8 November 2026, the awards ceremony took place for the 30th time in the Main Auditorium of the Cottbus State Theatre.

With its first Open Call in 2026, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) has launched a new initiative aimed at systematically developing key research areas. In doing so, the university is pooling expertise across disciplinary boundaries and taking a further step towards international excellence.

On 1 November 2026, Robert Nissen will take up his post as Chancellor of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

“A house made of concrete blocks: How people lived in the GDR” – this is the title of the next lecture in the Children’s University programme at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), to be held on 11 and 12 November 2026. The speaker is Constanze Kummer, a teaching and research fellow at the Institute for Building History and Art History at BTU.

From 12 to 29 October, the Spremberg branch, in collaboration with the GFZ Helmholtz Centre, transformed its premises into a pop-up store focusing on geothermal energy, soil and the subsurface. Two specialist talks, two workshops, a quiz night and an exhibition featuring displays and a geology quiz offered a wide range of perspectives on current research topics.

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is relaunching the Heritage Centre (HC) as an open forum for research into cultural and natural heritage. Within the Centre, researchers are addressing the pressing issues of our time: climate change and structural transformation, armed conflicts and political polarisation, and Artificial Intelligence. The university is bringing together its wide-ranging expertise in this field within the Centre.