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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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TDR4HAW: Transdisciplinary Research at Universities of Applied Sciences – Status Quo and Potential of a Sleeping Giant

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

GraDiM: Granularities of Dispersion and Materiality – Visualising a Photo Archive on Diaspora

In collaboration with photographer Frédéric Brenner and his international project team, the GraDiM research project is developing theoretical and technical concepts for the visualisation of a photo archive with particular sensitivity for 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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register now: Long Night of Writing for FHP students on 23th of October 2025

In October, the Student Counselling Service and the University Library at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam are once again organising the "Long Night of Writing" - an opportunity for concentrated writing and networking.

Study & Teaching

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Adobe student promotion

At the start of the 2025/26 winter semester, the FH Potsdam Supporters’ Association is once again offering an attractive promotion for FHP students.

Service information

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Application start for EXIST-Women 2026

Good news: The EXIST-Women funding programme will continue and enter its third round in January 2026. The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is once again taking its budding female entrepreneurs on the exciting journey of founding a company. All (former) members of the FHP can apply until 30/10…

Further education

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Job upgrade for everyone! Restart of the certificate programme with an exciting additional offer

After a successful first run of the Work@Heart certificate programme, the additional qualification, which is independent of the degree programme, will be launched for the second time in the winter semester 2025/26 with a future-oriented new offer in the area of diversity and self-care.

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Info Event
08/10/2025, 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Information session on the Job Upgrade – The certificate programme

Target audience: University members, Students
Location: Online
Fair
09/10/2025

herCAREER Expo: The career event for female students

Target audience: Students
MOC Event Center Messe München
Fair
10/10/2025

herCAREER Expo: The career event for female students

Target audience: Students
MOC Event Center Messe München

Contact

Programme Management

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

IaF – Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures

Room 3.09a