The CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE Department consists of the degree programmes architecture and urban design, conservation and restoration, arts management and cultural work and urban futures. These different courses of study and focal points of the department interlink via a cultural and (cultural) design claim. The broad spectrum of the department is reflected in the diverse projects of the degree programmes.

CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE Department
Degree programmes at the CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE Department
More coursesAre you interested in one of our degree programmes? Find out more about the course content, the study programme and the application process on the page of your preferred degree programme.
Department | Degree programme | Teaching language | Start of study | Application deadline |
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Architecture and Urban Design (BA) | German | Winter semester | 15/05 – 15/07 (restricted admission) |
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Architecture and Urban Design (MA) | German | Winter semester | 15/05 – 15/06 (restricted admission) |
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Arts Management and Cultural Work (BA) | German | Winter semester | 15/05 – 15/07 (restricted admission) | Dates of the selection interviews: 27/06 – 28/06 und 18/07 – 19/07 |
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Conservation and Restoration (BA) | German | Winter semester | 15/05 – 15/07 (restricted admission) Registration for the qualifying examination:
01/11 – 18/01 |
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Conservation and Restoration (MA) | German | Summer semester | 15/01 – 10/03 (free of admission) |
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Urban Futures (MA) | German | Winter semester | 15/05 – 15/06 (restricted admission) |
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Course catalogue
Here you will find the annotated course offerings by weekday for all degree programmes in the CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE department. Select your degree programme and then the semester whose courses you would like to see.
Dates
More eventsInformation session on the Job Upgrade – The certificate programme
FIDA conference "Where does the shoe pinch? - Current questions on causes of damage and conservation"
herCAREER Expo: The career event for female students
herCAREER Expo: The career event for female students
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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.
Retrospective
Excursion to Detroit and Chicago - experiencing and designing cultural spaces
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…
Retrospective
With the FHP Mobil to Perleberg for the BRANDENBURG-DAY 2025
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…
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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.