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On 4 December 2025, the Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, Minister of State Elisabeth Kaiser, and the Lusatia Representative of the Minister President Dr.-Ing. Klaus Freytag visited the Center for Hybrid Electric Systems Cottbus (chesco) at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

On 2 December 2025, the BTU Welcome Centre, the Graduate Research School, and the PhD Programme Coordination once again organised an end-of-year event for young researchers at BTU and their families.

A valuable step for the European networking of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg: The "1st International EUNICE Symposium for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning" took place on November 27, 2025, as part of the European University Alliance EUNICE.

The graduate programme Enabling Flourishing Life through Basic Education and Literacy (GrAl) at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg presented its research at the WERA Focal Meeting 2025 in João Pessoa, Brazil.

Anita Demuth, Deputy Head of the PtX Lab Lausitz in Cottbus, will conclude the Open BTU series on "Aerospace - Lusatian research above the clouds" on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 at 5:30 pm.

The Centre for Structural Change and Regional Development (ZeStuR) at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), which is funded by the federal government with 16 million euros from the Structural Strengthening Act, will begin its work in November 2025.

The Swedish Concrete Association has honoured Prof. Dr.-Ing. Angelika Mettke from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg with the prestigious Swedish Concrete Award 2025. Prof. Mettke is head of the field of study Structural Recycling.

The highlight of this year's Transfer Day at the BTU was the first presentation of the BTU Transfer Prizes, worth a total of 14,000 euros: The winners are Mesh4U and NMI Technologies. A special prize went to the Energy Innovation Centre (EIZ).

A (pictorial) journey into the past, present and future of the GeoFlow and AtmoFlow experiments is on the programme of the Open BTU series at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, at 5:30 pm. The officer will be Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Egbers, holder of the Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.

In a festive welcome event today, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) welcomed 21 new DAAD scholarship holders from a total of 14 countries.