As a university in the heart of Lusatia, BTU is the innovation driver of structural change. With the Coal Region Structural Strengthening Act, BTU received the political and financial backing to initiate extensive collaborative projects dedicated to the Grand Challenges of our time and to consolidate BTU's research profile. Within the profile lines, core competencies are formed in dynamic and excellent clusters, which enable further specification and profiling of research.

By expanding its research profile, BTU is strengthening basic and application-oriented research into the Grand Challenges of our time and creating thematic clusters and synergies with the dynamic and solution-oriented merger into profile lines.

BTU initiates and maintains close networks and strategic partnerships. This cooperation is expressed, among other things, in joint appointments and collaborative projects.