All News of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

In the 2025/26 funding period, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is awarding 26 Germany Scholarships to particularly committed and high-achieving students. The scholarship holders receive 300 euros per month for one year. Since the start of the funding programme, the university - together with…

On the 16th of October 2020, the Brandenburg State Office for Archives and Public Libraries organised the seminar "Minetest in library work - digital, creative, connecting". Nico Giuffrida, prospective media educator and social worker at the KULTI youth club in Biesenthal, led the workshop. He…

Bundesverband Feuchte & Altbausanierung e.V. (BuFAS) has awarded the prestigious "Nachwuchs-Innovationspreis Bauwerkserhaltung 2025", and two students from University of Applied Sciences Potsdam were honoured for their exceptional professional achievements.

Lovingly preserved, carefully restored: The FHP presented selected projects from the conservation and restoration degree programme in an exhibition at the 2025 environmental festival in Potsdam and invited visitors to take part in exciting hands-on activities.

The successful completion of the IN-FDM-BB project marks the start of an exciting new phase for the State Initiative for Research Data Management (FDM) in Brandenburg, which will set new standards in research data management through the introduction of joint FDM services, the establishment of a…

Every holiday workshop organised by the FAMteam has a special theme, which is prepared with a great deal of dedication and creativity. Last summer holiday workshop took a completely new direction - no less imaginative, but with a special focus: under the title "On your marks, get set, go - let's…

In the summer semester of 2025, students of the Arts Management and Cultural Work degree programme had the special opportunity to take an in-depth look at the role of cultural actors in urban transformation processes as part of the English-language seminar "Doing Culture in Detroit: How Social Space…

The Conservation and Restoration degree programme travelled to Perleberg with the FHP Mobil in mid-September 2025 for the BRANDENBURG-DAY 2025 and presented objects from the three fields of study Wood, Stone and Wall Painting as well as the interdisciplinary subjects design basics and natural…

With our latest podcast episode "HILFE TRAUMA!", we stay close to the university enviroment. This time our guest is Bärbel Derksen, a long-time employee at our family centre. It's about developmental psychology, bonding, pregnancy and birth, early help and child protection. There will also be…

Under the theme "Libraries: a place of participation for people with dementia and their relatives", the Brandenburg State Office for Archives and Public Libraries organised a three-part training course for public library staff.

The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) is celebrating a special anniversary this year: for 30 years, the Centre for Continuing Education (ZEW) has stood for practical, interdisciplinary and future-oriented continuing education. On 18 September 2025, members of the university, teaching…

In June 2025, students at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (Bachelor of the Social Work (BA) degree programme) worked intensively on current social phenomena in youth work in rural areas. The focus was on the question of how young people in public spaces can be involved in shaping their…