From Theory to Practice: Projects at the FH Potsdam at a Glance

Here you will find a current overview of selected projects at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. You can filter the projects by departments and degree programs, by project type, or by content focus.

    perspektiv;wechsel – A Student Collective of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

    The collective consists of a group of students on the Bachelor's degree Architecture and Urban Design at the department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, which organises events by and for students.

    Project "Changing Perspectives" – Images of Innovative Learning in the Higher Education Context

    Under the direction of Wiebke Loeper, photographs from different universities and research fields were created in the course "Changing Perspectives", which were subsequently exhibited in the Foundation's rooms in Hamburg.

    Cheek To cheek

    Unfolding Spaces

    Development of an English-language online course between the Design Department and the College of Design at the partner university National Taipei University of Technology in Taipei

    Digital Teaching: PeP – Electronic Examination Project

    In the interdisciplinary project "PeP – Projekt elektronische Prüfung", digital examination formats are to be developed, used and evaluated for 12 digitised lectures in four departments at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

    A False Fairy Tale

    laeneAS: The Rural Educational Environments of Young Refugees in Professorial Recruitment

    laeneAs identifies barriers to education and develops innovative educational programmes for refugees in two rural real-world laboratories in Bavaria and Brandenburg.

    students4students Peer-2-Peer-Mentoring (s4s)

    The "students4students" project was launched in 2021 at the Department of Social Sciences and Education to offer students in their first and second semesters continuous support. The aim is to provide students with targeted counselling to help them succeed in their studies. From winter semester 2023/24, a three-year support and research project will be carried out with funding from the European…

    Leaving Care - Experiences of Care Leavers in Poland and Germany

    How do young people in Poland and Germany experience the process of transitioning from foster care and residential care homes to independent living?

    Course Project on Dealing with Typeface in Virtual Reality

    Virtual reality, mixed reality and augmented reality have now become design spaces for very different action scenarios. And although the use of text is necessary for a large number of applications, it is noticeable overall that the handling of type and typography in VR/AR/XR is treated as a lower priority. We want to change this.

    Modernisation of the Servo-Hydraulic Control of the Test Cylinder

    With the modernisation of the servo-hydraulic test cylinder control system procured in this ERDF project from the InfraFEI 2021 funding programme, the laboratory is able to carry out examinations of building structures, components and fasteners as part of research projects and final theses with a focus on building maintenance.

    Measuring Equipment for Fast Electrical Recording of Mechanical, Climatic Parameters in Mobile and Stationary Use

    With the measurement technology equipment procured in this ERDF project from the InfraFEI 2021 funding programme, building reactions can be recorded, evaluated, analysed, assessed and findings derived.