Strengthening Indo-German cooperation: On 8 January 2026, Science Minister Dr Manja Schüle signed an agreement with Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha, State Secretary for Technical Education of the Uttarakhand government, on future science and research cooperation between the state of Brandenburg and the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Reducing the environmental impact of global video streaming services is the subject of a new project at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. The three-year project is being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to the tune of around 332,000 euros.

"GENial - why do I look so much like my parents?" is the title of the first children's university lecture of 2026 at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on 14 and 15 January.

Public lecture series Open BTU on Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 5:30 pm, with the chairperson of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Martin Schulz at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) at the Cottbus main campus, Central Lecture Hall Building (ZHG), Audimax 2.

A lecture in the "MINT Lecture Series" at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), which examines the changing relationship between human and machine creativity in the field of tension between artistic practice and technological innovation: Monday, 19 January 2026, 5:30 pm, main campus, Central Lecture Theatre Building, Lecture Hall C.

What study programmes are available at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) - and which one is right for me? What is it like to attend a lecture? What is there to discover on campus? On Thursday, 15 January 2026, there will be answers to these and many other questions at the Senftenberg site between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

On Friday, 19 December 2025 at 5:30 pm, participants in the public lecture series "Forensic Sciences: On the trail of the crime" at the Cottbus main campus of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg will follow the trail of past clues to previously unsolved criminal cases. The officer will be former Director of Criminal Investigation Karsten Bettels.

On 11 December 2025, students from the BTU campuses in Cottbus and Senftenberg and pupils from the Georg Heinsius von Mayenburg School in the Senftenberg district of Brieske once again faced the question of which of their self-constructed bridges is particularly strong and light.

"How flying robots measure our world" - this is the topic of the last children's university lecture of 2025 at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) on 10 and 11 December.