A new study by the BTU College in Cottbus-Senftenberg, in collaboration with Imperial College London, shows that solar power systems in Germany often exceed previous expectations regarding their lifespan – despite measurable drops in output.

How can endangered craft knowledge be preserved? BTU researchers and regional initiatives are focussing on personal stories: At the blueprint weekend in the Wendish-German Museum of Local History in Jänschwalde/Janšojce, the storytelling café becomes a living archive - and brings generations into dialogue.

The interactive stage programme of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will be making a stop in Cottbus on Monday and Tuesday, 27 and 28 April 2026, on the initiative of the College of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

With the new ['skai]-lab cooperation, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, the DLR Institute of Electrified Aero Engines and the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) are pooling their expertise in quality control, condition analysis and operational safety of additively manufactured components for electrified aircraft engines.

Pictures by long-time university employee Ralf Schuster are being shown in a new exhibition in the media library of the Senftenberg campus library at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). All interested parties are invited to attend the opening on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 5 p.m. Admission is free.

The Brandenburg-South regional competition of Jugend forscht was held for the first time and with great success on 4 March 2026. Around 40 pupils presented 25 independently developed research projects to a jury from science and schools at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

"How can the delivery robot help grandma and grandpa?" - this question will be explored in an exciting lecture on 11 and 12 March 2026 by participants at the children's university of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

12 hours of live power from the sternchen.fm studio: for International Women's Day, the BTU radio project is broadcasting a special 12-hour live programme. Under the title "Feminist Radio Day", the free radio station for Cottbus and Lusatia will take over the programme from 12 noon to midnight - with voices, sounds and perspectives from science, activism, culture and the community.

Big stage for big ideas: Yesterday evening in Cottbus, the winners of the region's biggest pitch event were chosen - from innovative garage over design algae panels to special sleeping bags for babies.