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Award for international students of the FH Potsdam - Nomination deadline: 31st of May 2026

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 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.

How to take the next career step in the library and information sector? This question was the focus of the 5th virtual continuing education fair "What's next in your job?", which took place on the 23rd of January, 2026. The Department of Information Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences…

In February 2026, the book "Psychologie in der Sozialen Arbeit - Das Rätsel- und Ausmalbuch" was published on the OPUS server of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. This is an invitation to understand learning not only as a performance requirement, but also as a creative and self-caring…

The legal entitlement to all-day education and care at primary schools comes into force on 1st of August 2026. In the summer semester 2025, students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Early Childhood Education took part in the seminar "Reform and Primary School Pedagogy" to explore the question…

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.

For the 2025/26 winter semester, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is awarding nine international students with a Start-of-Studies Scholarship for the first time.

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…