External training For companies, specialists and managers
External training is important for companies and Staff Members to acquire new skills and knowledge and to strengthen competitiveness and innovation. They can be an important career step to further develop one's own competencies.
Professional and managerial staff
Specialists and managers can gain further qualifications with our extra-occupational postgraduate master's degree courses, certificate studies and programs, specialist seminars or workshops, and soft-skill training. We offer thematically diverse qualification programs on the premises of the BTU or, through the integration of e-learning components, largely flexible in terms of time and location.
Our qualification courses have a clear practical relevance, are both competence- and action-oriented, and fund active, self-responsible, and collegial learning.
Based on the framework regulations in the area of continuing academic education at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and following the DGWF recommendations on formats of continuing academic education, the following degrees are offered in continuing academic education at BTU:
Based on the framework regulations in the area of continuing academic education at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and following the DGWF recommendations on formats of continuing academic education, the following degrees are offered in continuing academic education at BTU:
| Study programmes providing further education | Master: M.Sc. and M.B.L. | 90 credits |
| Certificate | Certificate according to the study regulations "Artistic Education". | 120 credits |
| Diploma of Advanced Studies | Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) | at least 24 credits |
| Certificate of Advanced Studies | Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) | min. 10 credits |
| Microcredential (MC) Continuing education course with examination | Certificate as qualified confirmation of participation for qualifications with proof of achievement | 1 - 9 credits |
| Continuing education course with examination | Certificate as qualified confirmation of participation for qualifications with proof of performance | none |
| Continuing education course without performance verification | Certificate of attendance as proof of attendance of the continuing education course or of individual program modules without an assessment of performance |
| Study programmes providing further education | Master: M.Sc. and M.B.L. | 90 credits |
| Certificate | Certificate according to the study regulations "Artistic Education". | 120 credits |
| Diploma of Advanced Studies | Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) | at least 24 credits |
| Certificate of Advanced Studies | Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) | min. 10 credits |
| Microcredential (MC) Continuing education course with examination | Certificate as qualified confirmation of participation for qualifications with proof of achievement | 1 - 9 credits |
| Continuing education course with examination | Certificate as qualified confirmation of participation for qualifications with proof of performance | none |
| Continuing education course without performance verification | Certificate of attendance as proof of attendance of the continuing education course or of individual program modules without an assessment of performance |
Open up new career perspectives with a university master's degree program that can also be studied part-time. Upon successful completion, you can earn a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Master of Business Law (M.B.L.) degree, depending on the discipline.
Open up new career perspectives with a university master's degree program that can also be studied part-time. Upon successful completion, you can earn a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Master of Business Law (M.B.L.) degree, depending on the discipline.
For more information on application and admission to the study programmes listed below, click here:
- Forensic Sciences and Engineering
Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Business Law for Technology Companies / Business Law for Technological Enterprises
Master of Business Law (M.B.L.) - Urban Design
Master of Science (M.Sc.) of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and Cairo University / Alexandria University
For more information on application and admission to the study programmes listed below, click here:
- Forensic Sciences and Engineering
Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Business Law for Technology Companies / Business Law for Technological Enterprises
Master of Business Law (M.B.L.) - Urban Design
Master of Science (M.Sc.) of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and Cairo University / Alexandria University
Inquiries or registrations are accepted on a rolling basis for all events.
After participating in the online and face-to-face sessions and passing a corresponding examination, participants receive a university certificate. The certificate is a high-quality proof for the personal educational biography as well as for a credit of acquired knowledge.
Our certificate offerings at a glance:
Teacher training in media education
Dealing with technology-supported and non-technology-supported teaching and learning formatsQualification for the implementation of the cross-occupational additional qualification for digital competencies
Independent implementation of the additional qualification for trainees and company training personnelExpanding leadership competencies - an update in leadership knowledge
Training in leadership behavior and clarification of own positioning for experienced and new managers as well as for junior managers.
Project management intensive course
Plan, implement, coordinate and successfully complete projects.
On request individual modules from the study programmes:
On request in particular on topics such as:
- Working world 4.0
- Corporate development and organization
- Legal project management
- Oracle database administration
Technical and factual knowledge as well as so-called soft skills are more and more decisive for our professional and private success. With our offers we provide you with tools and interactive training to support you in coping with the demands at work and in your private life.
Technical and factual knowledge as well as so-called soft skills are more and more decisive for our professional and private success. With our offers we provide you with tools and interactive training to support you in coping with the demands at work and in your private life.
Requests are accepted on an ongoing basis for all events. Please contact us if you have any further requirements.
Teacher training in media education
Dealing with technology-supported and non-technology-supported teaching and learning formatsQualification for the implementation of the inter-occupational additional qualification for digital competencies
Independent implementation of the additional qualification for trainees and company training personnelExpanding leadership competencies - An update in leadership knowledge
Training in leadership behavior and clarification of one's own positioning for experienced and new managers as well as for junior managers.Applying for and acquiring subsidies
Making the right use of businesssubsidies as part of structural development in the Lusatia region.Project management in an intensive course
Plan, implement, coordinate, present and successfully complete projects. Webinar
Requests are accepted on an ongoing basis for all events. Please contact us if you have any further requirements.
Teacher training in media education
Dealing with technology-supported and non-technology-supported teaching and learning formatsQualification for the implementation of the inter-occupational additional qualification for digital competencies
Independent implementation of the additional qualification for trainees and company training personnelExpanding leadership competencies - An update in leadership knowledge
Training in leadership behavior and clarification of one's own positioning for experienced and new managers as well as for junior managers.Applying for and acquiring subsidies
Making the right use of businesssubsidies as part of structural development in the Lusatia region.Project management in an intensive course
Plan, implement, coordinate, present and successfully complete projects. Webinar
Would you like to be trained on a very specific topic or are you looking for a personal coach? Call us and/or make an appointment.
We will be happy to advise you on all matters relating to further training!
Would you like to be trained on a very specific topic or are you looking for a personal coach? Call us and/or make an appointment.
We will be happy to advise you on all matters relating to further training!
Educational leave
Take advantage of paid time off from work in connection with your participation in recognized continuing education events.
According to the Brandenburg Further Education Act § 15 and § 17, you have ten days within two consecutive calendar years at your disposal, which you can use for professional, political and cultural further education. Thus, employed persons have the opportunity to participate in recognized continuing education events.
Information on educational leave in the state of Brandenburg
If you are interested in educational leave, please contact us ten weeks before the start of the continuing education measure so that we can prepare the appropriate formalities.
General information about educational leave throughout Germany
Educational leave
Take advantage of paid time off from work in connection with your participation in recognized continuing education events.
According to the Brandenburg Further Education Act § 15 and § 17, you have ten days within two consecutive calendar years at your disposal, which you can use for professional, political and cultural further education. Thus, employed persons have the opportunity to participate in recognized continuing education events.
Information on educational leave in the state of Brandenburg
If you are interested in educational leave, please contact us ten weeks before the start of the continuing education measure so that we can prepare the appropriate formalities.
General information about educational leave throughout Germany
Funding opportunities in the state of Brandenburg
The state of Brandenburg supports continuing education measures for small and medium-sized companies, among other things, through the funding program "Competence development through qualification in small and medium-sized companies in the state of Brandenburg".
The education voucher is an opportunity for employees subject to social insurance contributions with their main place of residence in the state of Brandenburg to have their participation in further education funded.
Advice and information on this can be obtained from the Brandenburg Economic Development Board (WFBB).
Information brochures:
Funding opportunities in the state of Brandenburg
The state of Brandenburg supports continuing education measures for small and medium-sized companies, among other things, through the funding program "Competence development through qualification in small and medium-sized companies in the state of Brandenburg".
The education voucher is an opportunity for employees subject to social insurance contributions with their main place of residence in the state of Brandenburg to have their participation in further education funded.
Advice and information on this can be obtained from the Brandenburg Economic Development Board (WFBB).
Information brochures:
Educational leave
Take advantage of paid time off from work in connection with your participation in recognized continuing education events.
According to the Brandenburg Further Education Act § 15 and § 17, you have ten days within two consecutive calendar years at your disposal, which you can use for professional, political and cultural further education. Thus, employed persons have the opportunity to participate in recognized continuing education events.
Information on educational leave in the state of Brandenburg
If you are interested in educational leave, please contact us ten weeks before the start of the continuing education measure so that we can prepare the appropriate formalities.
General information about educational leave throughout Germany
Educational leave
Take advantage of paid time off from work in connection with your participation in recognized continuing education events.
According to the Brandenburg Further Education Act § 15 and § 17, you have ten days within two consecutive calendar years at your disposal, which you can use for professional, political and cultural further education. Thus, employed persons have the opportunity to participate in recognized continuing education events.
Information on educational leave in the state of Brandenburg
If you are interested in educational leave, please contact us ten weeks before the start of the continuing education measure so that we can prepare the appropriate formalities.
General information about educational leave throughout Germany
Funding opportunities in the state of Brandenburg
The state of Brandenburg supports continuing education measures for small and medium-sized companies, among other things, through the funding program "Competence development through qualification in small and medium-sized companies in the state of Brandenburg".
The education voucher is an opportunity for employees subject to social insurance contributions with their main place of residence in the state of Brandenburg to have their participation in further education funded.
Advice and information on this can be obtained from the Brandenburg Economic Development Board (WFBB).
Information brochures:
Funding opportunities in the state of Brandenburg
The state of Brandenburg supports continuing education measures for small and medium-sized companies, among other things, through the funding program "Competence development through qualification in small and medium-sized companies in the state of Brandenburg".
The education voucher is an opportunity for employees subject to social insurance contributions with their main place of residence in the state of Brandenburg to have their participation in further education funded.
Advice and information on this can be obtained from the Brandenburg Economic Development Board (WFBB).
Information brochures:
For companies & institutions
Further training provides your Staff Members with additional qualifications, binds them to your company and also creates motivation on both sides. We will be happy to advise you and work with you to develop a needs-specific and customized training program to support the lifelong learning of your Staff Members with teaching and learning opportunities that are independent of time and place.
The benefits for your company or institution
- Improvement of your competitive and innovative ability
- Strengthening of the economic region of Lusatia through knowledge and practice transfer from the BTU
Increased attractiveness as an employer
The Centre for Continuing Education is your partner when it comes to designing, organizing and implementing your continuing education event. Based on your experience and our competence, we develop joint trainings/coachings from which you and your staff will benefit. The Centre for Continuing Education of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg uses the potentials of the university for its offers and programs and guarantees you:
- a high degree of innovation in the knowledge imparted,
- the interdisciplinary networking of the contents,
- the promotion of interdisciplinary competencies
- the exchange with BTU professors about
- and further cooperation, as well as the possibility of direct
- the possibility of direct transfer to your professional practice.
On request, training courses, seminars/webinars and workshops in particular on:
- Working world 4.0 - transformation to new working and office worlds in the digital age
- Corporate development and organization
- Personnel development and management theory
- Legal project management
- Oracle database administration
- Customer-oriented communication
- Team development and support
- Motivation training
- Leadership (junior staff) training
- Targeted time and self-management
- Conflict management
- Specialist topics from the portfolio of the BTU's departments
We are happy to design further topics on request.
The Transfer of Knowledge and Technology Department and the Center for Scientific Continuing Education invite business and social partners from the region to a UNIverselle breakfast every quarter. In a creative atmosphere, important issues concerning the city and the region are discussed and new cooperations are initiated.
Partner of the UNIverselle Breakfast
Cottbus Employment Agency
IHK Education Center
German Trade Union Federation Region South Brandenburg Lausitz
Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Stadtmarketing- und Tourismusverband Cottbus e.V.
Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade
Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Cottbus Chamber of Crafts
Entwicklungsgesellschaft Cottbus mbH
Wirtschaftsinitiative Lausitz e.V.
Wirtschaftsförderung Brandenburg
Unternehmensverbände Berlin-Brandenburg
Energieregion Lausitz-Spreewald GmbH
Innovationsregion Lausitz GmbH
Unternehmensberatung Jupe & Pohl
The Transfer of Knowledge and Technology Department and the Center for Scientific Continuing Education invite business and social partners from the region to a UNIverselle breakfast every quarter. In a creative atmosphere, important issues concerning the city and the region are discussed and new cooperations are initiated.
Partner of the UNIverselle Breakfast
Cottbus Employment Agency
IHK Education Center
German Trade Union Federation Region South Brandenburg Lausitz
Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Stadtmarketing- und Tourismusverband Cottbus e.V.
Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade
Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Cottbus Chamber of Crafts
Entwicklungsgesellschaft Cottbus mbH
Wirtschaftsinitiative Lausitz e.V.
Wirtschaftsförderung Brandenburg
Unternehmensverbände Berlin-Brandenburg
Energieregion Lausitz-Spreewald GmbH
Innovationsregion Lausitz GmbH
Unternehmensberatung Jupe & Pohl