Press releases

The BTU Children's University on an excursion to the Piccolo Theatre

The children's university of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) has a very special offer for the winter holidays. "Stage party for team players" is the motto on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, when the children's university will be a guest at the Piccolo children's and youth theatre on Erich Kästner Platz in Cottbus from 9:45 am to 12 noon.

Children at a workshop.

Stadtlabor COCO and Free Radio Sternchen.FM introduce themselves

Both BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg projects have successfully revitalised rooms in the Schlosskirchpassage after years of vacancy. In the immediate vicinity of Losmachen - Verein zur Förderung der Lausitzer Zivilgesellschaft e.V. and StudioProFitness, the offers are gladly accepted by a growing community of interested Cottbus residents.

Colourful group of Cottbus residents in front of the Schlosskirchpassage entrance

BTU and SI seal their co-operation

The President of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) Gesine Grande and the Director of the Sorbian Institute (SI) Hauke Bartels sign a cooperation agreement.

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Public lecture series focusses on the "Meltdown of democracy"

Dr Christoph Maximilian Abels, behavioural scientist at the University of Potsdam, will conclude the Open BTU series at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in the current winter semester.

Portrait photo of Dr Christoph Maximilian Abels.

Research from Lusatia for applications in space

BTU cutting-edge research goes into weightlessness: a new space project funded by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) "Dielectrophoretically Induced Convection (DEPIK II)" is researching how heat can be transported efficiently using electric fields, even without gravity.

Bio-mining from Lusatia: BTU develops recycling process with bacteria and CO₂

Researchers at BTU are working on a new type of recycling process for electronic waste: metals such as copper, gold and silver are recovered from old circuit boards with the help of microorganisms. So far, biomining has rarely been used on an industrial scale, but it could help to conserve resources and protect the climate.