Technologies and scientific findings can be found in the most diverse areas of our lives. Many things would be inconceivable without them. A project at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) shows what lightweight construction has to do with cycling and the Paralympics in Paris.

On January 22, 2024, Lisa Paus, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, was also a guest at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) as part of her Society Day in Cottbus and Spremberg. The talks focused on the promotion of democracy, democracy education and research into migration and hate speech at schools.

The question "How does electricity get safely into our sockets?" is the title of the current children's university lecture at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on January 25 and 27, 2024 under the direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing.

The new practice-integrated primary school teaching study programme at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) has emerged as the winner of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft's public vote for University Pearl of the Year 2023. It received around 25 percent of the votes.

In October 2023, BTU won the University Pearl of the Month from the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft for its concept for establishing and implementing the innovative primary school teaching study programme. Now there is the opportunity to win the University Pearl of the Year for BTU in the final vote. Every vote is important!

If you want to know what causes vibrations in a vehicle or how bridges have to be built to withstand all loads, or if you are interested in what sensors can measure and detect, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is the right place for you! From January 29-31, 2024, it's "Science meets school" again.

"Discovering Soil" is the name of a new project at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, which relies on the help of the public: By involving many interested people in the research, the aim is to raise environmental awareness and focus on the sensible use of Lusatian soils. To this end, interested citizens and families will become soil research teams.

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) and its sponsoring association are developing an exciting collection of objects and short texts that together paint a picture of the future of Lusatia. Everyone in Lusatia with a vision is invited to take part!

In the public lecture series "Open BTU" on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., the perspectives offered by the use of virtual reality and drones for new learning will be demonstrated. All interested parties are invited to the Central Lecture Hall Building of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on the Cottbus main campus.

The former Faculty of Social Work, Health and Music at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) will be renamed the Faculty of Human Sciences from January 1, 2024.