The Chair of Architectural Conservation at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, headed by Prof. Dr Johanna Blokker, will in future be known as the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies. The BTU is thus continuing its successful collaboration with UNESCO in the field of heritage research, which began in 2003.

It aims to foster collaborations, research hubs and seed-funding for joint projects among other key objectives.

Michelle is studying to become a primary school teacher at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. She is currently spending the semester at Deakin University in Melbourne.

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is deeply shocked by the recent events in Iran. Reports of the extent of the violence are cause for grave concern. News from BTU students in the region has deeply affected us.

Prof. Dr Christoph Egbers, Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), has been appointed to the Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Strengthening Indo-German cooperation: On 8 January 2026, Science Minister Dr Manja Schüle signed an agreement with Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha, State Secretary for Technical Education of the Uttarakhand government, on future science and research cooperation between the state of Brandenburg and the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Reducing the environmental impact of global video streaming services is the subject of a new project at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. The three-year project is being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to the tune of around 332,000 euros.

Submit your application for a stay abroad in the 2026/27 academic year online by 1 February 2026.

"GENial - why do I look so much like my parents?" is the title of the first children's university lecture of 2026 at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on 14 and 15 January.

Public lecture series Open BTU on Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 5:30 pm, with the chairperson of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Martin Schulz at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) at the Cottbus main campus, Central Lecture Hall Building (ZHG), Audimax 2.