The Centre for Structural Change and Regional Development (ZESTUR) is officially launching at the BTU with a celebratory kick-off event in Startblock B2 in Cottbus. Around 60 representatives from academia, politics and public administration, as well as from civil society in Lusatia, will celebrate the launch of the new centre on Thursday, 10 September 2026.

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) and the Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research (IRS) appoint an assistant professor for a new early-career research group

Whether in a care home, a factory floor or an office building: when every second counts in an emergency, it must be clear where a person is at any given moment. A research team at the BTU has now presented a method that significantly improves the design of such tracking systems – making them faster, more reliable and requiring considerably less hardware than before.

How did our universe come into being? Why does matter exist, rather than just energy? What is the mysterious dark matter made of? A student at the BTU is researching these questions: as part of his Master’s thesis at CERN, Severin Schmidt is developing innovative high-frequency absorbers – a key technology for the most powerful particle accelerators of the future.

Jannis Werner successfully completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) in March 2026. His start-up, Machinespace, is now being funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) through the exist start-up grant.

The first day of school, the transition from nursery to primary school, but also the daily routine of dropping off and picking up children: The BTU symposium ‘Transitions in Early Childhood – Recognising and Supporting Diversity’ will take place on Saturday 5 September 2026 at the Campus Senftenberg, combining academic insights with practical workshop activities.

The new academic year is just round the corner: the Online-Portals for Master’s programmes with no entry requirements will remain open until 31 August 2026. Those interested in a Bachelor’s degree can submit an application up to and including 15 September 2026.

Artificial intelligence could help to evaluate climate protection projects more effectively and channel funding more precisely to where it is needed. Nevertheless, banks and insurance companies in Ghana have so far made very little use of the technology.

The excitement is immense: The student team Lausitz Dynamics from the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) has received an invitation to the 2027 Global Championship! Participation in the new flagship event of the Shell Eco-marathon offers the world’s top-performing teams an international stage.

It is considered one of the most underestimated women’s health conditions of all: endometriosis affects an estimated one in ten women of childbearing age, at the very least. To raise awareness of this chronic condition, the BTU Finsterwalde campus is organising a public information evening on Monday, 7 September 2026, at the GLEIS3 cultural centre in Lübbenau.