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Study, research and work at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Begutachtung von Steinen in einer Werkstatt der Konservierung und Restaurierung

Guest lectures on conservation and restoration

From the theory and practice of restoration // Next date: 18/11
Skizzen einer Studierenden bei der Bauaufnahme

Lecture series ‘Transformation and Continuity’

A look at architecture and urban planning // Next date: 12/11
Studierende der FH Potsdsam mit Deutschlandstipendium

Deutschlandstipendium

26 students receive funding

Laurynas Skeisgiela "Liump! Heuriger"

Installation – Community Lab* – Immersive Wine – Talk

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Award Ceremony
08/11/2025, 11.00 am – 1.00 pm

APPLAUS 2025 on the 08th of November, 2025

APPLAUS ceremony
Target audience: Professional audience, University members
Location: Main BuildingRoom Großer Hörsaal
Award Ceremony
08/11/2025, 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

APPLAUS 2025 on the 08th of November, 2025

Champagne reception APPLAUS
Target audience: Professional audience, University members
Location: House DRoom Foyer
Exhibition
10/11/2025, 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Laurynas Skeisgiela "Liump! Heuriger" Installation – Community Lab* – Immersive Wine – Talk

Opening Installation
Target audience: Professional audience, University members, Public, Prospective students
Präsenzstelle Luckenwalde
Exhibition
17/10–10/11/2025

Laurynas Skeisgiela "Liump! Heuriger" Installation – Community Lab* – Immersive Wine – Talk

Exhibition: Memory and photography - images as a language across borders
Target audience: Professional audience, University members, Public, Prospective students
Präsenzstelle Luckenwalde

Shape the FHP of tomorrow

With the Freiraum project, a comprehensive reform process for organisational development is taking place at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam until 2028. 

The aim is to improve internal structures, promote interdisciplinary collaboration and use resources more efficiently. 

The University Day 2025 was an important step: over 100 participants discussed specific approaches for a sustainable organisational structure. 

All details and results can be found online on the project page.

Departments & Degree Programmes at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

For 30 years, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam has offered a diverse range of courses with a personal working atmosphere in the departments of Social and Educational Sciences, CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Civil Engineering, Design as well as Information Sciences.

Social and Educational Sciences

Department 1 was the first department at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and is also the largest department with approximately 1,000 students.

CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE

The various degree programmes and focal points of department 2 are interlinked via a cultural and (cultural) design claim.

Civil Engineering

Department 3 has been training young people to become civil engineers for 25 years and has seven laboratories that are used for research and study.

Design

Characteristic of department 4 is the close integration of its degree programmes in Interface, Communication and Product Design and European Media Studies.

Information Sciences

Department 5 is known for its study concept of partially integrative training of archivists, librarians and information managers – also called the "Potsdam Model".

Degree Programmes

Find out about our more than 30 Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes and the various study options – from full-time face-to-face studies to dual degree programmes and part-time programmes.

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Free childcare places available from September 2025

Andrea Britz and Steffi Parlitz look after up to 10 children in the private childcare centre in House 5 on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. This is the right place for families who want their child(ren) to be looked after in a small group, who want direct contact with the…

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University of Applied Sciences Potsdam joins world-renowned iSchools organisation

The Information Sciences Department at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) will be a member of the prestigious iSchools organisation from November 2025. Admission was granted following a successful evaluation by the international iSchools Board, which selects members according to clearly…

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Civil Engineering student Friederike Horbrügger exhibits art installation in the Neue Nationalgalerie under her artist name Rike Horb

Friederike Horbrügger, a student on the Civil Engineering bachelor's degree programme, is taking part in the "Festival of Future Nows" at the Neue Nationalgalerie from the 31st of October to the 2nd of November, 2025 under her artist name Rike Horb.

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Lighten Up: Biology and Time at the MIT Museum

On the 28th of October, 2025, the exhibition Lighten Up: Biology and Time will open at the MIT Museum in Boston. A work by Prof Dr Helga Schmid will also be part of the exhibition: Circadian Dreams.