The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is once again taking part in Cottbus Environment Week as part of its Open BTU public lecture series on Wednesday, 21 May 2025 at 5:30 pm. The speakers will be Prof. Dr Klaus Birkhofer, head of the Chair of Ecology at the university, and Sven Hoffmann, board chairperson of the Cottbus Beekeepers' Association.

The prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2025 will be awarded to the international research teams of the LHC experiments ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb. Among them: former BTU doctoral candidates Maria Börner, Olena Karacheban, Ihar Marfin and Prof. Wolfgang Lohmann.

It was really crowded! On Saturday, 10 May 2025, young and old alike wandered through the Potsdam Science Park to get a taste of research at the 12th Potsdam Science Day. Over 40 Brandenburg educational institutions presented themselves. Among them was BTU, which was a crowd-puller with its programmes.

In the latest university ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE), the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) once again receives top marks, in particular for its support at the start of studies. BTU students gave the ranked study programmes an average of 4 out of 5 points.

Experts from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and cooperation partners are investigating how home can be lived and shaped in a transfer series on the topic of social change and belonging in the "AlterPerimentale" project. The series of events will open on Tuesday, 13 May 2025, at 5 p.m. in the Kunsthalle Lausitz.

There are two new radio-related projects at the BTU. The two initiatives "Free Radio for Cottbus and Lusatia" and "Radio Driving Licence" have been launched at the "Media Pedagogy: Aesthetic Practice in Social Work" chair. The next open editorial meeting will take place on 14 May at 5 pm.

The role of older people in environmental protection is the topic of a lecture by environmentalist and scientist Prof. Dr Hubert Weiger as part of the lecture series "Alt sein, na so?" (Being old, so what?) on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, from 5.30 p.m. at the main campus of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

As part of the Cottbus European Talks, representatives from politics and society will be discussing the topic of "Lusatia as Europe's first "Net Zero Valley"" on Friday, 16 May 2025, from 3 p.m. at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

"Research. Discover. Join in." - This is the motto of the Day of Science in the state capital on Saturday, 10 May 2025, from 1 pm to 7 pm. The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will be taking part in the Potsdam Science Park with an exciting and informative programme.

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg is taking part in the 33rd Cottbus Environment Week with its Open BTU public lecture series on Wednesday, 7 May 2025. The speakers are Prof. Dr Frank Wätzold, holder of the Chair of Economics, in particular Environmental Economics at BTU, and Christina Grätz, Managing Director of Nagola Re GmbH.