Archive "Press releases"

24.03.2025

Night of the Libraries - the BTU will be there!

Cottbus and Senftenberg: both BTU campuses and their university libraries will be taking part in the first nationwide Night of the Libraries on Friday, 4 April 2025. The diverse programme ranges from a guided tour into hidden corners, a library rally, stories from Lusatia to a writing workshop or upcycling with paper and scissors.

Banner for the Night of the Libraries.

21.03.2025

Future Day at the BTU in Cottbus or Senftenberg

Pupils in grades 9 to 13 are invited to the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on Thursday, 3 April 2025. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., they will learn about modern study programmes and gain insights into various careers.

A pupil with VR glasses.

18.03.2025

Forensic investigation methods at the pupils university

"Inspector Fly - how insects help the police" is the topic of the current student university lecture at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on Wednesday, 26 March 2025, from 5 to 6:30 pm. Interested students from years seven to ten are invited to the Konrad Zuse Media Centre on the Campus Senftenberg.

Portrait photo of Prof. Dr Thomas Fischer.

11.03.2025

Sorbian lifeworlds in the digital age

A two-day conference on 20 and 21 March 2025 will explore the impact of digital technologies on the present and future of Sorbian/Wendish culture. The transdisciplinary forum offers a series of specialist lectures, workshops, an interactive trade fair and round table discussions.

Graphic with title of the event

10.03.2025

Expertise from industry for practical research and teaching

Prof. Dr. Arnd Garsuch, an expert from BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, has strengthened the Institute of Materials Chemistry at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg. As an honorary professor of technical electrochemistry, he will contribute his expertise to joint research projects and the further development of the courses on offer at the Senftenberg campus.

Portrait photo of Prof. Dr Arnd Garsuch in the laboratory.

26.02.2025

Students give top marks to BTU Master's program in Physics

The international Master's program in Physics at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), opened in 2021, is highly recommended by its students. It is excellently positioned in the current Master's ranking of the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE).

Students from BTU's international Master's degree programme in Physics in the laboratory of the Applied Physics and Semiconductor Spectroscopy chair (from left to right): Amin Adineh, Sogand Bagheri and Max Gertig.

18.02.2025

Be a pilot for a day at the BTU pupils university

An excursion to the Newton Flight Academy Brandenburg in Cottbus is on the programme of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) pupils university on Saturday, 1 March 2025, from 10 am to 1 pm.

Two people in a cockpit at the Newton Flight Academy.

11.02.2025

Children's university lecture on the Mathematics of networks

"Lost your way? - That wouldn't have happened with maths! The Mathematics of Networks" is the topic of the children's university lecture at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on Wednesday and Thursday, 12 and 13 February 2025.

Logo of the BTU Children's University.