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Faculties

Audimax at the Campus New Palais
Photo: Karla Fritze
The University of Potsdam is one of Germany’s most beautifully situated institutions of higher education and is distinguished by its broad diversity of degree programs and its distinctive interdisciplinary research profile.

Seven Faculties - Three Locations

Embedded in Potsdam’s unique cultural landscape, in close proximity to the Prussian palaces and gardens, the still relatively young University of Potsdam has established itself at three locations. The campus Am Neuen Palais, which is in the immediate proximity of the Park of Sanssouci, is home to the Faculty of Arts. In rural Golm, where one of the largest science parks of the region has grown, there are the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Human Sciences. The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, the Law Faculty and Faculty of Digital Engineering are in Griebnitzsee, not very far from Babelsberg with its historical film studios.

House 14 at Campus Golm. The link leads to the website of the Faculty of Human Sciences.

Faculty of Human Sciences

Interdisciplinary research and the development of international courses of studies are one focus of the Faculty of Human Sciences

House 9 at Campus Griebnitzsee. The link leads to the website of the Law Faculty. Photo: Karla Fritze

Law Faculty

At Potsdam’s Law Faculty, there is a kind of French faculté de droit en miniature. This cannot be found at any other German university

Students at Campus Golm. The links leads to the website of the Faculty of Science.

Faculty of Science

Conveying the fundamental principles of mathematics and natural sciences and their practical application in research projects already during studies is the formula for the success of the Faculty.

The Artium between house 9 and the library at Campus Neues Palais. The link leads to the website of the Faculty of Arts.

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts of the University of Potsdam defines itself as a faculty of interdisciplinary cultural studies

Students at Campus Griebnitzsee. The link leads to the website of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences.

Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences has continuously renewed itself and created its own unique and independent brand label

The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Griebnitzsee. The link leads to the website of the faculty. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Digital Engineering Faculty

A Joint Faculty of the University of Potsdam and the Hasso Plattner Institute

Das Bild zeigt ein weißes Gebäude aus der Vogelperspektive.

Faculty of Health Sciences

The joint faculty of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg, the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and the University of Potsdam.