With 8,200 students, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is the second largest university and the only University of Technology in the Federal State of Brandenburg. BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg sees education from a holistic point of view. Due to its transparent structure of studies that allows transition paths between different types of study courses (university and applied study courses) it is unique within the German higher education landscape. Being a rather small and young university, they have the advantage that our professors know their students well and students are in direct contact with their faculty. Their facilities are modern and have high technical qualities. In addition, they are internationally recognized, since almost 21 percent of their students come from over 100 different countries around the world. They offer eleven study courses that are entirely taught in English and a large number of double degree courses being co-organized with their international partner universities.
Their forward-thinking research-orientated fields include:
They aim at making BTU an attractive place for international researchers and students to follow their careers while at the same time helping their German peers to strengthen international ties and partner university networks.