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In summer 2026, engineering students will have the opportunity to gain practical insights into the corporate culture of the USA as part of a fully-funded scholarship from the Fulbright Germany Commission. The application deadline is the 4th of March, 2026.

The DFG's Joint Committee has elected Dr Ulrike Wuttke, Professor of Library Science with a focus on Digital Humanities and Open Science, to the Committee for Academic Libraries and Information Systems (AWBI). She will support the committee in the 2026 to 2029 term of office with her expertise in…

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.

The town of Herzberg (Elster) has been selected in the nationwide "Land.OpenData" competition and will receive funding of around 50,000 euros from the Federal Rural Development and Regional Value Creation Programme (BULEplus) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs. On 21…

On the 12th ofJanuary, 2026, the two founders of DAHLEDOHR presented their DOPPELHOHRN 10.1 speakers, which won the Brandenburg Design Award, as part of the TINY HOUSE RAVE at the FHP Mobil.

The FAMteam's series of workshops on the topic of "Caring for relatives" is being expanded to include a free, external programme. Find out everything you need to know about dementia and how you can deal with your family members appropriately.

Through their commitment in the founding phase of the university, the three members have significantly shaped the association. The honorary memberships were presented at the New Year's reception of the Alumni and Friends Association of FH Potsdam on the 7th of January, 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…

Students from the Department of Design at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam will be presenting the picture books for children and adults they have developed in the Picture Book Lab at the University Library.

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.

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…

In November 2025, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) took part in the first Uzbekistan-Germany Universities Forum at the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Berlin. The forum focused on the expansion of German-Uzbek university relations and offered the participating institutions a…