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24/06
14:00 – 17:00
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24/06
Canceled: Railway Construction among Northern European neighbours - Cultural Differences and Similarities
17:00 – 19:00
25/06
A System Dynamics-based Theory on Self-Sustaining Communities of Practice
13:00 – 14:00
Location: Online

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Study & Teaching
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New MA programme at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam: Digital Information Management equips students to design data-driven information processes

University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is expanding its range of degree programmes in the Department of Information Sciences to include a new MA programme in ‘Digital Information Management’. This practice-oriented degree programme equips students with the skills needed to design, manage and further…

Campus life
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University of Applied Sciences Potsdam launches a project on student health management in partnership with Techniker Krankenkasse

The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam has launched the FHP Health and Well Being Project “FHPgesund 2.0” in collaboration with Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), which will run until 31th of May 2029. The aim of the project is to specifically promote and sustainably improve the health and wellbeing…

University policy
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Prof. Dr. Gerlind Große is to become the new dean of the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

On 11th if June, Prof. Dr. Gerlind Große, Research Professor in Early Childhood Education Research, took up the four-year post of dean of the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. She succeeds Prof. Dr. Frank Früchtel.

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20th German Concrete Canoe Regatta 2026: The FH;PeliKanus Are Back!

Preparations for the 20th Concrete Canoe Regatta on the 19th and 20th of June are in full swing. The Department of Civil Engineering is already training hard.

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.