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Vier Personen stehen auf der Freitreppe des Süd-Communs

Strong development boost for the science location Brandenburg and the science hub Potsdam – University of Potsdam to receive a new campus on the Brauhausberg and Hasso Plattner Institute to be significantly expanded at Grieb-nitzsee

The University of Potsdam (UP) is adding a new campus: Over the next ten years, the historic site of the former state parliament on the Brauhausberg …
Spokespersons of the University Research Focuses and Emerging Fields receive their certificates at the beginning of the new funding period.

Profiled – New Research Focuses of the University of Potsdam

In 2025, the University will sharpen its profile with new University Research Focuses. In addition to the already existing “Cognitive Sciences” and …
Lucia Steinmeyer teaches English to a fourth grade.

The Country Teacher – Graduate Lucia Steinmeyer teaches at a primary school in Zülichendorf, Brandenburg

She could have become a miller. As a child, Lucia Steinmeyer watched her grandparents in Luckenwalde grind grain into flour. For a long time, she …
Physics didact Andreas Borowski

Professionally Competent and Qualified for the Job – How the University of Potsdam is training urgently needed teachers

There is a shortage of teachers at schools everywhere. In order to meet the great demand, the University of Potsdam, funded by the state of …
Symbolische Darstellung eines Netzwerks

“The Aim is to Increase the Competitiveness and Visibility of Young Universities” – The Young European Research Universities Network YERUN

The European Union has transformed a continent that was divided and even hostile for centuries into a community that exchanges ideas, makes joint …
Sven Dinklage (l.) and Liliana Mayer

“A Three-Month Stay in Brazil or Argentina Is the Equivalent of Two Years at Home” – Sven Dinklage and Liliana Mayer Build Bridges to South America for the University of Potsdam

Sven Dinklage represents the University of Potsdam in Brazil. He supports students, researchers, and administration employees with regard to …
Christina Wolff, Central Equal Opportunity Commissioner and head of the Equal Opportunity Coordination Office at the University of Potsdam

“A Culture That Is Less Misogynistic Benefits Everyone at the University” – Christina Wolff on the Long Road to Equal Rights at Universities

We have been celebrating International Women's Day in March for over 100 years. It has its roots in the female workers' movement formed around …

"Reclaiming Europe" – University of Potsdam Supports Manifesto by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The University of Potsdam is one of the first signatories of the "Reclaiming Europe" appeal published today by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of …
Brandenburgs Ministerin für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Dr. Manja Schüle

“That would be an accolade!” – Dr. Manja Schüle, Minister for Science, Research, and Culture of the Federal State of Brandenburg, hopes that Potsdam will succeed in the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal Government

The University of Potsdam will submit three applications for the next round of the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal and State Governments …
Uni-Präsident Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D.

“Ambitious But Not Presumptuous” – President Oliver Günther about research excellence at the University of Potsdam

The University of Potsdam wants to establish itself in the top tier of international research universities. For this purpose, it has submitted three …