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Stone Days 2026 - Event organised by the Stone Conservation Section of the Restaurationsverband VDR
Workshops on Digital Teaching
Work@Heart: Open Consultation Hour for Career Guidance
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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Stone Days 2026 at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences: symposium on stone conservation
The Steintage 2026 will take place from 12 to 14 February 2026 at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences (FHP). The symposium of the Stone Conservation Section of the Association of Conservators (VDR) offers a central forum for professional exchange on current topics and challenges in stone…
Retrospective
Successful Launch: Introduction to Business Archives in a New Cooperative Format
Practice-oriented, up to date, and well connected: The Introduction to Business Archives course was successfully launched in December 2025 as part of the new cooperation between the Association of Business Archivists (VdW) and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. With 25 participants from…
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The Department of Social and Educational Sciences is now represented on Instagram
The Department of Social and Educational Sciences is now also represented on Instagram. The channel is intended to provide insights into studying, teaching, research and everyday life at the department - from the perspective of students, teaching staff and employees.
Press release
Prof Dr Ulrike Wuttke launches science podcast on data tracking and digital sovereignty
On 1 February 2026, the new science podcast "Die Wissensarchitekt*innen" was launched, initiated and produced by Prof. Dr Ulrike Wuttke, digital humanities scholar and information scientist as well as professor of library science with a focus on strategies, service development and science…