Brandenburg Technical University
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The Brandenburg University of Technology ( - BTU Cottbus) was founded in 1991 as the only technical university in Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

, Germany
Germany
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. Located in Cottbus
Cottbus
Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...

, in English it is often called Technical University of Cottbus or TU Cottbus.
The university hosts 6,400 students and 1,218 employees. 125 of these are professors, 526 are scientific assistants and 562 are non-scientific assistants. About 15% (930 students) of the student population are of foreign origin.

History

The university has been a school for construction engineering in the former GDR starting from 1954. After the German reunification the school became a Technical University and was finally renamed into Brandenburg Technical University in 1994. In the following years the university has undergone major construction efforts and the number of students has continuously grown ever since.

Structure

The University is separated into 4 faculties (German: Fakultät) each of them having a focus on certain study and research areas. Each faculty is further subdivided into departments (Institut). The following faculties exist:
  • Faculty 1: Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Computer Science
  • Faculty 2: Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning
  • Faculty 3: Mechanical, Electrical and Industrial Engineering
  • Faculty 4: Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering

Library

The new library was opened in the year 2004 and is called Informations-, Kommunikations- und Medienzentrum (IKMZ). It was designed by the famous architects Herzog & de Meuron
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.

Academic year

Like for most universities in Germany, the academic year at BTU is divided into two semesters. The winter term (Wintersemester) is the official beginning of the academic year and lasts from October 1 to March 31. The summer term (Sommersemester) lasts from April 1 to September 30. The teaching takes place in only 15 weeks per semester and is followed by an examination period (Prüfungszeitraum) where usually no lectures are held.

Tuition and Fees

All students, regardless if German or non-German, need to pay a fee of 217.45 Euro per semester. The fee includes a student transit pass (Semesterticket) which allows the students to travel with all public transportation services in the states Berlin
Berlin
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 and Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

 for free. There is no further fee collected as the parliament of the federal-state Brandenburg decided not to introduce further study fees (Studiengebühr)

Academic Programmes

BTU has introduced the international Bachelor/Master degree system for all its study programmes. The following programmes are offered:
  • Applied Mathematics (Master)
  • Architecture (Bachelor/Master)
  • Communicating Architecture (Master)
  • Building and Conservation (Master)
  • Business Administration (Bachelor/Master)
  • Business Administration and Engineering (Bachelor/Master)
  • Business Law for technology companies (Master)
  • Business Mathematics (Bachelor)
  • Biomedical Electronic Engineering (Master)
  • Civil Engineering (Bachelor/Master)
  • Computer Science (Bachelor/Master)
  • Culture and Technology (Bachelor/Master)
  • eBusiness (Bachelor/Master)
  • Environmental Engineering Process Technology (Bachelor/Master)
  • Fuel from Biomass and Waste (Master)
  • Electrical Engineering (Bachelor/Master)
  • Environmental and Resource Management* (Bachelor/Master)
  • Euro Hydro-Informatics and Water Management* (Master)
  • Information and Media Technology (Bachelor/Master)
  • Land Use and Water Management (Bachelor/Master)
  • Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor/Master)
  • Mathematics (Bachelor/Master)
  • Renewable Raw Materials and Renewable Energy (Master)
  • Physics (Bachelor/Master)
  • Power Engineering* (Master)
  • Process Technology (Bachelor)
  • Structural Engineering (Master)
  • Technology and Innovation Management (Master)
  • Technologies of Biogenic Raw Materials (Bachelor)
  • Urban and Regional Planning (Bachelor/Master)
  • Environmental Engineering (Bachelor)
  • World Heritage Studies* (Master)


  • The programmes marked with the star symbol are tought in English.

    International Partnerships

    The BTU has a worldwide network of partner universities and allows students to take part in European Erasmus Programme
    Erasmus Programme
    The Erasmus Programme , a.k.a. Erasmus Project is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987...

    or oversea programmes such as STUDEXA or
    GE4. Studens who want to participate in an exchange programme do not need to pay the tuition fee of the hosting university.

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