Master degree programme in Design
Study Conservation and Restoration
30 years Centre for Continuing Education
Dates
More eventsGuest lectures in conservation and restoration in the winter semester 2025/26
Senate meetings in the winter semester 2025/26
Workshop on effective self-management and time management
Guest lectures in conservation and restoration in the winter semester 2025/26
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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Eight designers of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam were honoured with the Brandenburg 2025 Design Award
This is the first time that so many designers have been nominated for the Brandenburg Design Award. Twelve of them managed to convince the jury, which included eight members of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. The awards ceremony took place on the 15th of December, 2025 at the Filmmuseum…
Interview
30 Years of ZEW - An Interview with Mustafa Turna on Continuing Education Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The Centre for Continuing Education (ZEW) celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. At the end of the year, we spoke to Mustafa Turna, Head of ZEW, about the past, present and future of continuing education at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.
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Christmas break
The Study Information Services, Study- and Examination Services, and the Student Counselling Services will be closed during the winter break and public holidays from the 22nd of December, 2025 to the 2nd of January, 2026.
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University of Applied Sciences Potsdam provides jury member for the Brandenburg Building Culture Award 2025
The Brandenburg Chamber of Architects (Brandenburgische Architektenkammer, BA) and the Brandenburg Chamber of Engineers (Brandenburgische Ingieneurkammer, BBIK), with the support of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning (Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Landesplanung, MIL), have…