Pupils-Engineer-Academy

The Schüler-Ingenieur-Akademie (SIA) is a nationwide cooperation project of schools, companies and universities, which promotes talented pupils of the upper secondary school level who are interested in science and technology and thus opens up perspectives for a professional future in the field of engineering sciences.


In this project, students are assigned tasks as voluntary project work (outside of regular classes), the solution of which is supported by teachers and external partners both professionally and organizationally.

In the state of Brandenburg the SIA is coordinated by the Netzwerk Zukunft. As a project partner, the BTU supports the students in their project work.

Next project: is still in the preparatory phase.
Completed projects

Use of welding tools at REISS-Büromöbel GmbH

  •     Period: 25.06.2018 - 28.04.2019
  •     Participants: 10 students from the vocational grammar school at the OSZ Elbe-Elster
  •     Technical support from BTU: Prof. Peggy Näser, LS Factory Planning and Factory Operation

Use of tools (maintenance and servicing planning) by uemet-GmbH at the Uebigau production site

  • Period: 25.04.2016 - 28.05.2017
  • Participants: 9 students of the vocational high school at the OSZ Elbe-Elster
  • Technical support from BTU: Prof. Peggy Näser, LS Factory Planning and Factory Operation

Basic evaluation for the installation and operation of a solar thermal system for service water heating and heating support at the school sports hall of the Wahrenbrück primary school

  • Period: 02.11.2009 - 28.06.2010
  • Participants: 5 students from the vocational high school at the OSZ Elbe-Elster
  • Technical support from BTU: Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Müller, LS Building Physics and Building Services Engineering

Execution of a basic assessment of the electricity and heat consumption of municipal facilities, commercial enterprises and private households for the Uebigau district of the town of Uebigau-Wahrenbrück

  • Period: 12/2010 - 06.06.2011
  • Participants: 10 students from the vocational grammar school at the OSZ Elbe-Elster
  • Technical support from BTU: Sven Koritkowski, Cornelia Siebke, LS Stadttechnik, Prof. Klaus Pfeiffer, LS Dezentrale Energiesysteme und Kraftwerkselektrotechnik

Preparation of a guideline for action

based on the development of an energetically optimized solution for the new village community centre in connection with the fire brigade equipment store in the Langennaundorf district (basis: conversion of an empty building into the village community centre in the Langennaundorf district)
Information and registration

for further SIA projects at the Netzwerk Zukunft

The SIA is supported: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the State of Brandenburg, ESF, Network Future. Schule und Wirtschaft für Brandenburg e.V., Schülerakademie Elbe-Elster e.V., BTU Cottbus, Hochschule Lausitz, City of Üebigau-Wahrenbrück, Verein zur Förderung der Zusammenarbeit von Schule und Wirtschaft e.V.