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Partnerships

This site offers an overview of the university's partnerships.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/international/profile/international-calls

Calls for Proposals

This site offers an overview to all recent international calls for proposals and fellowships

International Students

Information for International Students

Are you interested in studying at the University of Potsdam or are you already a student here? These pages provide specific information to international students.

Stories of Internationalization

International Student of the Month

These pages offer you authentic insights into the everyday and student life of both international students here at the UP and Potsdam students abroad.

http://www.welcome-center-potsdam.de/index.php?sid=8&uid=&lang=eng

Welcome Center Potsdam

The Welcome Center offers service and support for international scientists and their hosts before and during their research stay.

Focus on

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2025-04-08-developing-strategic-partnerships-in-australia-the-university-of-potsdam-is-planning-to-expand-its-cooperation-with-australian-universities
University of Melbourne
Photo: Katharina Schmitt

The University of Potsdam is planning to expand its cooperation with Australian universities

The University of Potsdam is seeking to strengthen its good relations with Australian universities and further expand its internationalization

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/pressreleases/detail/2025-06-19-Protect-science-save-democracy-researchers-publish-anti-autocracy-handbook

Protect science, save democracy – researchers publish anti-autocracy handbook

Democracy is in danger. Two out of three people worldwide currently live in an autocracy; 20 years ago, it was only one in two.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2025-07-07-im-netzwerk-gruener-wie-europaeische-hochschulen-gemeinsam-nachhaltiger-werden-koennen
Gemeinsam nachhaltig werden - Motto und Thema der EDUC-Staff Week
Photo: EDUC/Dávid Molnár

Greener networking – How European universities can become more sustainable together

Universities are places where new knowledge is created and taught, and they are increasingly becoming pioneers when it comes to putting this knowledge into practice.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/educ/index
EDUC Logo

EDUC – "European Digital UniverCity"

EDUC" stands for an innovative form of cooperation in the European Higher Education and Research Area.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/pressreleases/detail/2025-07-04-gemeinsam-gegen-wuestenbildung-namtip-projekt-staerkt-den-wissenstransfer-in-namibia
Photo: Anja Linstädter

NamTip project fosters knowledge transfer in Namibia

How can desertification be tackled effectively? And how can scientific findings be translated into practical action on the ground? These questions were at the heart of the German-Namibian research project NamTip, which explored the causes of ecological tipping points and strategies to prevent land degradation in Namibia – one of the driest countries on Earth.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2025-06-12-Study-Trip-to-Namibia-Understanding-and-Managing-Tipping-Points-in-Dryland-Ecosystems
NamTip - Wissenschaftler*innen bei der Feldarbeit
Photo: Anja Linstädter

Study Trip to Namibia – Understanding and Managing Tipping Points in Dryland Ecosystems

From 16 to 26 June 2025, a delegation from the University of Potsdam will travel to Namibia to participate in a series of academic and stakeholder events alongside Namibian colleagues.