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Getting to know and exchanging ideas with students from Wayne State University Detroit and experts from the fields of culture, music, art and community building were at the centre of the week-long Detroit Summer School, which ended last week.

Students and graduates meet potential employers at the Matching Day. All students who are looking for a job after graduation or an internship at sought-after regional companies are invited to take part. The FHP offers preparatory workshops to give students a solid basis for the interviews.

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The advancement scholarship supports experienced professionals in their first university degree programme: full-time or part-time, regardless of income and without age limit. Applications are still possible until 1st of June 2026.

In April, the Student Counselling Services and the University Library at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam are once again organising the "Writing Night" - an opportunity for concentrated writing and networking.

On 1 April 2026, Prof. Dr Helga Schmid, Professor of Design Theory and Design Research, will take over the four-year position of Dean in the Department of Design at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. She succeeds Prof Wiebke Loeper, Professor of Photography.

In the shared office of the design studio "woven", two inexpensive workplaces for FHP members will become available from the 1st of April 2026.

In the FLEX innovation seminar, students worked with a well-known radio station to develop new business models and realistic concepts for a sustainable family radio station.

This anthology, which brings together perspectives from history, media studies, art, art history and ethnology, examines the "nomadic camera" in the context of migration, flight and displacement. As a documentary and theoretical concept, it expands the understanding of migration and photography.

The Entrepeneurship School's FLEX courses are once again open for self-enrolment. There are 5 interdisciplinary courses to choose from in the summer semester 2026. The cooperation with the Waschhaus Potsdam is new.

Science Minister Dr Manja Schüle today opened the exhibition "Drängende Gegenwart - Fotografie als Forschungsinstrument" at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences (FHP). It will be on display at the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture (MWFK) in Potsdam from 23 January to 6 March 2026.

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…