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

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Info day
20/06/2025, 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Our Degree Programmes introduced themselves!

Online Info Session Early Childhood Studies (MA)
Target audience: Prospective students
Location: Online
Workshop
20/06/2025, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Target audience: University members, Students
Location: OnlineRoom via Zoom
Info Event
24/06/2025, 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm

Digital Expert Talk: How do I publish an Anthology?

Target audience: Lecturers, Employees
Location: Online
Workshop
24/06/2025, 1.00 pm – 1.30 pm

Workshops on Digital Teaching

Moodle Usability: Designing learning paths with the Book activity
Target audience: Lecturers
Location: Online
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FHP starts pedalling: until 22nd of June!

Want to be active and reduce the impact on roads and the climate? From 2nd to 22nd of June, we will be cycling as many everyday journeys as possible together in Potsdam's STADTRADELN 2025. 

No matter how often you cycle: Support the FH Potsdam team! Simply register and search for "FHP" under "Join an existing team". 

We look forward to a lively participation and a high mileage!

Buchstaben FHP als Sitzgelegenheit
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Shape the FHP of tomorrow

With the Freiraum project, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is launching a comprehensive reform process to make its organisational structures fit for the future and develop them sustainably by 2028. 

The aim is to optimise internal structures, strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration and use resources more efficiently. 

You can find out more about the content and progress of the project 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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Anniversary and alumni party: 30 years of conservation and restoration at the University of Applied Sciences

The Conservation and Restoration degree programme at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Since 1995, the programme has been training highly qualified specialists who are dedicated to the preservation of historical objects, works of art and…

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Press release

Virtual Couture Exhibition: 3D Fashion − Digitised, Animated and Interpreted

The Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, the AMD Akademie Mode und Design and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam are presenting the exhibition "Virtual Couture − Fashion 3D: Digitised, Animated and Interpreted" as part of a collaboration. From the 20th of June to the 14th of…

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Development of a research kindergarten at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

In the near future, a large new building with offices, seminar rooms and workshops will be built on the grounds of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. A special feature for a new university building is that a kindergarten for 30 children aged zero to six will also be set up on the ground…

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Press release

Exhibition in Schwedt shows Students' Ideas for the Future of Urban Development

On the 13th of June, an exhibition entitled "Schwedt – Urban redevelopment and development perspectives" will open in Schwedt/Oder town hall, focusing on the sustainable transformation of Schwedt. As part of an interdisciplinary teaching and research project, students from the Architecture and Urban…