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Study, research and work at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

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Master degree programme in Design

New opportunities in three tracks
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Study Conservation and Restoration

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Profilbild Mustafa Turna

30 years Centre for Continuing Education

Interview with director Mustafa Turna

Dates

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Presentation/Lecture
06/01/2026, 5.30 pm

Guest lectures in conservation and restoration in the winter semester 2025/26

Guest lecture by Birgit Schlieps
Target audience: Professional audience, University members, Public
Location: House DRoom 011
Meeting
07/01/2026, 3.00 pm

Senate meetings in the winter semester 2025/26

284th meeting
Target audience: University members
Location: Main Building (H)Room 219 und MS Teams
Workshop
09/01/2026, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm

Workshop on effective self-management and time management

Target audience: University members, Lecturers, Employees, Students
Location: House 1Room 3.07
External Offer
13/01/2026, 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm

Study and health: online webinars from Techniker Krankenkasse

Crisis Management - Building Mental Strength
Target audience: Students
Location: Online

Shape the FHP of tomorrow

With the Freiraum project, a comprehensive reform process for organisational development is taking place at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam until 2028. 

The aim is to improve internal structures, promote interdisciplinary collaboration and use resources more efficiently. 

The University Day 2025 was an important step: over 100 participants discussed specific approaches for a sustainable organisational structure. 

All details and results can be found online on the project page.

Departments & Degree Programmes at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

For 30 years, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam has offered a diverse range of courses with a personal working atmosphere in the departments of Social and Educational Sciences, CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, Civil Engineering, Design as well as Information Sciences.

Social and Educational Sciences

Department 1 was the first department at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and is also the largest department with approximately 1,000 students.

CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE

The various degree programmes and focal points of department 2 are interlinked via a cultural and (cultural) design claim.

Civil Engineering

Department 3 has been training young people to become civil engineers for 25 years and has seven laboratories that are used for research and study.

Design

Characteristic of department 4 is the close integration of its degree programmes in Interface, Communication and Product Design and European Media Studies.

Information Sciences

Department 5 is known for its study concept of partially integrative training of archivists, librarians and information managers – also called the "Potsdam Model".

Degree Programmes

Find out about our more than 30 Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes and the various study options – from full-time face-to-face studies to dual degree programmes and part-time programmes.

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Further education

Interview

30 Years of ZEW - An Interview with Mustafa Turna on Continuing Education Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

The Centre for Continuing Education (ZEW) celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. At the end of the year, we spoke to Mustafa Turna, Head of ZEW, about the past, present and future of continuing education at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.

Awards

News

University of Applied Sciences Potsdam provides jury member for the Brandenburg Building Culture Award 2025

The Brandenburg Chamber of Architects (Brandenburgische Architektenkammer, BA) and the Brandenburg Chamber of Engineers (Brandenburgische Ingieneurkammer, BBIK), with the support of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning (Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Landesplanung, MIL), have…

Event

Press release

University of Applied Sciences Potsdam takes part in the first Uzbekistan-Germany Universities Forum in Berlin

In November 2025, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) took part in the first Uzbekistan-Germany Universities Forum at the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Berlin. The forum focused on the expansion of German-Uzbek university relations and offered the participating institutions a…

Study & Teaching

News

Start-of-Studies Scholarships for International Students at FHP

For the 2025/26 winter semester, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is awarding nine international students with a Start-of-Studies Scholarship for the first time.