The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is attracting more and more scientists from abroad as a research and teaching institution. Researchers from Sweden, Austria, Africa and Australia, among others, have recently recognized the opportunities in structural change to work on future topics such as energy transition, electric drives or climate neutrality. Such opportunities are also being recognized internationally, BTU President Gesine Grande told the German Press Agency. "This enriches us incredibly as a cosmopolitan, diverse and creative university."
According to the BTU President, an estimated 1000 additional scientists and employees will be hired at the university and at scientific partner institutions within a few years - including the German Aerospace Institute (DLR), the Fraunhofer Institute with various divisions and the Center for Hybrid Electric Systems Cottbus (Chesco). Chesco alone, for example, is expected to employ up to 400 people by 2026.
With around 7,600 students, the university in Lusatia is the only technical university in Brandenburg to record more first-year students for the third year in a row. "This is clearly a trend," observed Grande, who finds this fact remarkable with regard to other institutions in Germany. Other universities with a comparable focus on engineering and natural sciences have recorded significant declines in student numbers.
