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There are still places available at the FHP for the winter semester 2025/26

What actually happens at one of the largest library and information science conferences in Germany? What are the experiences of students attending for the first time? Four students from the Library Science degree programme share their experiences in the new video in the "Information(s)wissen" series…

At the start of the 2025/26 winter semester, the FH Potsdam Supporters’ Association is once again offering an attractive promotion for FHP students.

Good news: The EXIST-Women funding programme will continue and enter its third round in January 2026. The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is once again taking its budding female entrepreneurs on the exciting journey of founding a company. All (former) members of the FHP can apply until 30/10…

In November 2024, students from the Archive and Library Science degree programmes went on an excursion to Weimar as part of a first-semester workshop. The aim of the excursion was to get an idea of the library that burned down 20 years ago - and since it was an obvious choice, the Goethe-Schiller…

On 7/05/2025, the annual internship day took place at the Department of Information Sciences: a highlight for anyone interested in an internship at home and abroad or who would like to get an authentic impression of working life in the information industry.

The campus of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam had a lively and inspiring atmosphere at this year's Open Day on 24/05/2025. Visitors seized the opportunity to learn more about the Department of Information Sciences' degree programmes.

After a successful first run of the Work@Heart certificate programme, the additional qualification, which is independent of the degree programme, will be launched for the second time in the winter semester 2025/26 with a future-oriented new offer in the area of diversity and self-care.

From 30/06/2025 to 01/07/2025, the official kick-off meeting for the establishment of the national service point for Diamond Open Access (SeDOA) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) took place at the FU Berlin in Berlin-Dahlem.

Students Ioanna Danai Katsougiannopoulou and Ha-Thao-Suong Vu from the Department of Information Sciences at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences were honoured with the b.i.t. online innovation award at the Library Congress 2025 in Bremen. Their project "Queer Treasury - specialised database for…

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

The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam bid farewell to its graduates from the Bachelor's degree programmes in Archival Studies, Library Sciences and Information and Data Management at a festive event on the 16th of May 2025.