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Urban Futures

The Master's programme Urban Futures is a full-time programme including a research internship therein and concludes with a Master of Arts degree. The programme is designed as a four-semester course that offers students from different disciplinary backgrounds the possibility of inter- and transdisciplinary study.

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Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures (IaF)

The Institute for Applied Research takes up inter- and transdisciplinary issues of urban developments and works on them in research projects of the Master's programme Urban Futures.

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Transdisciplinary research at universities of applied sciencesSciences - Status quo and potentials of a sleeping giant

The project consortium analyses research at universities of applied sciences (HAW) with a special focus on transdisciplinary research projects.

GraDiM: Granularities of dispersion and Materiality: Visualisation of a Photo Archive on Diaspora

In collaboration with the photographer Frédéric Brenner and his international project team, the GraDiM research project is developing theoretical and technical concepts for the visualisation of a photographic archive, with particular sensitivity towards a collection documenting the Jewish diaspora.

InNoWest - Just do it! Sustainable and digital together in North-West Brandenburg

The three partners in the InNoWest project are Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE), the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) and the Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences (THB). Together with regional stakeholders from politics, administration, municipalities, small and medium-sized enterprises (KMU) and the Federal Agency for Civic Eduacation, transfer projects…

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Lena Stumpe Wins the Development Award of the Institute of Civic Arts for Urban Design 2026

Lena Stumpe, a MA student on the Architecture and Urban Design degree programme, has been awarded "Das städtische Haus" student's prize for Institute of Civic Arts.

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Lists containing numbered transaction numbers (TANs) are being phased out

The TAN lists currently used by both students and examiners will shortly be replaced by a more modern and secure authentication procedure.

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Volunteer Award 2026: Two Initiatives Recognised for Outstanding Student Involvement

The 2026 Volunteer Award goes to two initiatives that have made a particular mark on student engagement this year: PunktPunktPunkt and the organising team behind the nationwide "Gremienkonferenz". Both initiatives offer formats that open up new opportunities for students to engage with one another…

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Obituary for Prof Dr habil Arthur Engelbert

The Arts Management and Cultural Work degree programme and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam mourn the loss of Prof Dr habil Arthur Engelbert.

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15/09
12:00 – 13:00
Location: Online
02/09–01/10
Exhibition
Location: Main Building Foyer

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Research professor for resource-optimised and climate-adapted construction
Head of Urban Future (M. A.)

Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures (IaF)

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