University of Applied Sciences Potsdam – Interdisciplinary & Familiar
The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) was founded in 1991 and is located in the north of Potsdam. The range of subjects includes information science, engineering, socio-cultural and design courses. In addition, there is a broad portfolio of transfer and continuing education programs. As an employer, the university offers attractive employment opportunities and development prospects.
Shaping the world of tomorrow is what we are working on in teaching, practice and research. We offer inspiring learning, diversity and interdisciplinarity at a family university.
Departments & degree programs of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Social and Educational Sciences
Department 1 was the first department at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and is also the largest department with approximately 1,000 students.
City| Building| Culture
The different courses of study and focal points of Department 2 are interlinked by a cultural and (cultural) design claim.
Civil Engineering
Faculty 3 has been training young people as civil engineers for over 30 years and has seven laboratories that are used for research and study.
Design
Department 4 is characterized by the close integration of its interface, communication and product design and European media studies programs.
Information Sciences
Department 5 is known for its study concept of partially integrative training of archivists, librarians and documentalists - also called the "Potsdam Model".
Degree Programs
Find out more about our more than 30 bachelor's and master's degree programs and the various study options – from full-time face-to-face studies to dual degree programs and part-time programs.
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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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New podcast episode "HILFE TRAUMA!" Episode 8 with Bärbel Derksen: Early Stress - Early Help
With our latest podcast episode "HILFE TRAUMA!", we stay close to the university enviroment. This time our guest is Bärbel Derksen, a long-time employee at our family centre. It's about developmental psychology, bonding, pregnancy and birth, early help and child protection. There will also be…