University of Potsdam

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University of Potsdam
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founding 1991
Sponsorship state
place DEU Potsdam COA.svg Potsdam
state BrandenburgBrandenburg Brandenburg
country GermanyGermany Germany
president Oliver Günther
Students 21,229 (WS 19/20)
Employee 2,893
including professors 317
Annual budget EUR 128.8 million

58.9 million euros - third-party funding

Networks DFH , MGU
University location Am Neuen Palais in the western part of Sanssouci Park (aerial photo 2008)

The University of Potsdam is the largest of the four universities in the state of Brandenburg and at the same time the only one that trains future teachers. The facility is spread over three locations in Potsdam, each of which is located on the outskirts of the city. There are also several small buildings in various locations in the city.

170 courses are offered. Expressions of the university's internationality include a. their good placements in the annual Humboldt ranking. The university has around 21,000 students.

history

The university was founded on July 15, 1991 after the adoption of the law on universities of the state of Brandenburg . It was created as a successor to the existing 1990 Brandenburg State College Potsdam (BLH), its predecessor, the 1948 established "Karl Liebknecht" College of Education , was. Therefore there is a focus on teacher training . Even before the university itself was founded, the “Faculty of Law” was formed in January 1991 and incorporated into the BLH with all the buildings of the University of Law and Administration (formerly the German Academy for Political Science and Law “Walter Ulbricht” ). This meant the transfer of non-academic staff and material resources from two legal sections and the university library. Also in this phase, the area of ​​the liquidated "Law School" of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR was transferred to the university, including the still existing technology and property management.

In 1994 the faculties of human sciences, philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences, and the economics and social sciences faculties were founded and the chemist Rolf Mitzner was elected the first rector. One year later, the first graduate college for the promotion of young scientists was set up by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Since 1998, numerous cooperation agreements have been concluded with non-university research institutions as well as cooperation with the Hans Otto Theater and the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences . The software system technology course has been set up at the Hasso Plattner Institute since 1999. In 2000 the first research group of the German Research Foundation was set up at the university. The Brandenburg Institute for Business Start-ups and SME Promotion ( BIEM ) was founded in 2001 together with the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences , and in 2003 the university's first special research area was established.

In 2009 the university was one of the winners of the federal government's funding program for cutting-edge research and innovation in the new federal states . In the same year a new research network with 20 non-university partner institutes was founded.

In 2013, the School of Jewish Theology with the subject “Jewish Theology” was installed at the Philosophical Faculty . The university has been a member of the State University of New York's e-learning network since 2014 .

The university maintains cooperative relationships and a. with Berlin universities and research associations.

Rectors and Presidents since its inception

Faculties

The University of Potsdam is divided into seven faculties . However, it is not a full university in the classic sense. In addition to medical training, there is also a lack of a broader range of applied natural sciences or engineering-oriented courses.

Law Faculty

The courses offered by the Faculty of Law include the basic and compulsory subjects for legal training . These include civil law , criminal law and public law. The main topics in research and teaching in Potsdam are the fundamentals of law, civil justice, commercial law , international law, public administration as well as commercial, tax and environmental criminal law. Further training and further education events are offered by the Municipal Science Institute for the municipal area and the Human Rights Center for international relations .

The German-French law course , which is carried out in cooperation with the University of Paris-Nanterre / La Défense , is a special facility in the Faculty of Law in Germany . In addition to an exchange program, it offers students the opportunity during their first two years of study at the University of Potsdam to complete a self-contained additional degree in French law in addition to the standard German law degree. This part of the teaching is carried out in French by French guest lecturers from the partner university.

Philosophical Faculty

The Philosophical Faculty consists of the Institutes for Jewish Studies and Religious Studies, Jewish Theology, Philosophy, History, Lifestyle, Ethics and Religious Studies (LER), Classical Philology, German Studies, English and American Studies, Romance Studies, Slavic Studies, and the Arts and Media. With the opening of the “School of Jewish Theology” in November 2013, the University of Potsdam became the first university in Germany to include Jewish theology in its range of subjects. As a scientific institution, the Theodor Fontane Archive has also been part of the faculty since 2014 .

Faculty of Human Sciences

The human sciences faculty is divided into the structural units cognitive sciences and educational sciences. The main research areas are action and behavior, language, health, popular and professional sport, school and teaching, and learning over the lifespan. Teaching at the Faculty is organized in the Departments of Psychology, Linguistics, Sports and Health Sciences, Education and Teacher Training.

The Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences consists of the areas of business administration and economics , political and administrative science and sociology. Another focus is currently being developed on innovation and technology. Important cooperation partners of the faculty include the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and the Berlin Science Center for Social Research (WZB). The business informatics of the WiSo Faculty offers - unique in Germany - students of all Bachelor programs at the university an interdisciplinary event on digitization and digital transformation.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

University of Potsdam, Institute for Mathematics , Physics and Astronomy , Golm site

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences combines the institutes for biochemistry and biology, chemistry, nutritional science, geosciences, computer science and computational science, mathematics, physics and astronomy , environmental sciences and geography and the Potsdam Botanical Garden. The biology, toxicology and geo-study programs are particularly popular.

Digital engineering faculty

The Digital Engineering Faculty, founded jointly by the University of Potsdam and the Hasso Plattner Institute , is the first privately financed faculty of a state university in Germany. The joint faculty is to be expanded into a university center of excellence in the field of digital engineering and is fully financed by the Hasso Plattner Foundation. The faculty offers bachelor's and master's degrees in IT systems engineering, data engineering, digital health and cybersecurity.

Faculty of Health Sciences

The Faculty of Health Sciences was founded in 2018 together with the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg . The goal is u. a. the development of new types of medical care and innovative courses on current health issues as well as the promotion of research in cooperation with other universities and non-university research institutions with the involvement of a broad network of clinics. After the gradual development, the first professorships are to be advertised for appointment in 2019.

Institutes and scientific institutions

In addition to the faculties, there are a number of affiliated institutes , colleges and research centers at the University of Potsdam :

Scientific institutions

  • Canon Institute e. V.
  • KWI, Municipal Science Institute of the University of Potsdam
  • Potsdam Transfer - Center for founding, innovation, knowledge and technology transfer at the University of Potsdam
  • Human Rights Center
  • Network of Study Quality Brandenburg
  • Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism
  • Theodor Fontane Archive
  • Forum Religions in Context

Affiliated institutes

  • The Abraham Geiger College is the first rabbinical seminary in Central Europe after the Shoah . The AGK has set itself the goal of training rabbis for Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to rabbinical training, the candidates complete a regular course of study, which is anchored in the comprehensive curriculum of the College of Jewish Studies at the University of Potsdam.
  • Zacharias Frankel College
  • The Academy for Psychotherapy and Intervention Research (API) was founded in 1998 and has been an affiliate of the University of Potsdam since 1999. Since it was recognized by the state in 1999, new training courses for child and adolescent psychotherapists leading to a license to practice medicine have started every year . The API training is a university training course for child and adolescent psychotherapy that has been accredited by the German Society for Psychology since 2002.
  • Evangelical Institute for Canon Law eV
  • The Institute for Applied Family, Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Potsdam (IFK eV) is an independent research institution in which competencies from different scientific disciplines are brought together. Scientists at the institute develop concepts and measures to promote family and child-friendliness as well as quality assurance in the areas of schools, child day care, youth welfare and crime prevention. In addition, experienced practitioners advise on questions of partnership, parenting, separation and divorce. In the field of traffic research, projects in the fields of traffic pedagogical didactics, pedagogical psychology and test psychology are implemented.
  • Johannes Overath Institute eV
  • The Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies , as an affiliated institute of the University of Potsdam, is significantly involved in the “ Jewish Studies ” course. His research interests are in the history, religion and culture of the Jews and Judaism in the countries of Europe. The Moses Mendelssohn Center has a comprehensive and publicly accessible special library whose holdings currently comprise around 50,000 volumes.
  • The Institute for Further Qualification in Education at the University of Potsdam (WiB) offers extra-occupational, postgraduate training and further education at university level, in particular for teachers and university graduates who aspire to the teaching profession.
  • The Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research (ZeLB) is a joint, decentralized organizational unit of the teacher training faculties.

Other research institutions

Central and supporting institutions

  • The Center for Languages ​​and Key Competencies (Zessko) bundles numerous offers for all students relating to foreign languages, the introductory phase and key competencies.
  • The Potsdam Graduate School (PoGS) is the competence and advice center for young and advanced scientists.
  • The ZIM (Center for Information Technology and Media Management) supplies the University of Potsdam with IT infrastructures, technical equipment as well as media and IT services. The ZIM offers services in the areas of data networks, communication, the Internet and multimedia production.
  • The central department is responsible for tasks in the field of internal services and postal services. In addition, she takes care of central departmental and cross-departmental projects.
  • The Center for University Sports organizes the leisure sports program twice a semester with over 15,000 places for students and employees of the University of Potsdam. It also maintains a fitness club and offers numerous events, competitions and special offers (such as the break express) for these target groups.
  • In the middle of the world heritage of Sanssouci is the botanical garden of the university, in which teaching and research for the protection of nature and species is carried out. The area with arboretum, gardens and greenhouses is home to around 10,000 plant species from all over the world.
  • The Coordination Office for Equal Opportunities, the office of the Equal Opportunities Officer, advocates equality between men and women in all areas of the University of Potsdam. Through the office of the central equal opportunities officer, she coordinates all matters relating to more equal opportunities and diversity.
  • The Career Service supports students and graduates on their way to work with the help of qualification, advice and practical formats.
  • The Welcome Center supports guest researchers with all questions relating to their stay in Potsdam.
  • In the Unishop there are products related to the University of Potsdam.
  • UP Transfer GmbH offers advanced training for specialists and managers (Executive Education), applied research and development (Applied Research & Development) as well as supporting services for science and business (UPT Services).
  • As an association of friends, sponsors and alumni, the Universitätsgesellschaft Potsdam eV supports scientific and cultural projects as well as the festive events of the University of Potsdam.

University library

University of Potsdam, university library, Golm location

The University Library Potsdam was founded in 1991 and is located with its three departmental libraries at all locations of the University of Potsdam, at the New Palais, in Golm and in Babelsberg. It is the largest academic library in the state of Brandenburg and one of the medium-sized university libraries.

The holdings from the previous libraries, the Karl Liebknecht University of Education at the New Palais and the Academy for Political Science and Law of the GDR in Babelsberg, have been integrated into the new university library. It has a valuable Judaica and Hebraica collection that was built up after it was founded.

Locations

Landmark of the University of Potsdam: Communs on the Neues Palais campus (buildings 9 and 11)
Campus Neues Palais: House 8
Lecture hall building of the Hasso Plattner Institute

Central complexes

The university is divided into the following three university complexes (I – III):

  • University Complex I Am Neuen Palais : The central campus of the university with the maximum auditorium is in the immediate vicinity of Sanssouci Park . In the Communs, the representative outbuildings of the New Palais, there are some institutes of the Philosophical Faculty and lecture rooms. The baroque buildings from the 18th century also house the presidium and parts of the university administration. In the other buildings from different epochs there are further institutes of the Philosophical Faculty, parts of the Department of Sports and Health Sciences as well as the university outpatient department.
  • University complex II Golm : The institutes of the mathematical and natural sciences and the human sciences faculty are located in Potsdam-Golm, where one of the largest science parks in the region has arisen with the construction of modern research buildings. Three Max Planck and two Fraunhofer Institutes as well as the GO: IN start-up center have settled here.
  • University complex III Babelsberg am Griebnitzsee : The Griebnitzsee campus on the city limits of Berlin, not far from the traditional Babelsberg film studios, is the seat of the law and economics and social science faculties. The Institute for Computer Science and Computational Science is also located here and benefits from the proximity to the Digital Engineering Faculty, the first fully privately financed faculty in Germany at a state university. The faculty is jointly supported by the University of Potsdam and the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Technology .

Since 2000 the Golm campus has been expanded with several new buildings, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) and the State of Brandenburg. On the Am Neuen Palais campus , the entire area west of the Am Neuen Palais street will also be redesigned by 2020 through extensive new construction measures. The Griebnitzsee campus is also being expanded with new buildings from the Digital Engineering Faculty.

Other university locations

  • Mulberry Allee: Botanical Garden . Teaching and research facility of the Institute for Biochemistry and Biology. Training in botany.
  • Karl-Marx-Straße in Babelsberg: Professorships for economics are housed in one of the representative villas.
  • Bergholz-Rehbrücke : The Institute for Nutritional Science of the University of Potsdam is also located in the building of the German Institute for Nutritional Research Potsdam-Rehbrücke ( DIfE ).

Historic Buildings

Some parts of the university are housed in historical buildings, some of which have even been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List . Some buildings on the Am Neuen Palais campus are part of the ensemble of the palace of the same name, which is located in Sanssouci Park . The two communs were built together with the New Palais during the reign of Friedrich II between 1766 and 1769. West of the southern commune is the Imperial Marstall , which Kaiser Wilhelm II had completed by 1894. It contained not only stables, but also a riding arena - which later became the maximum auditorium . The building, based on the Marstall, opposite the Nordcommun, which houses the site's cafeteria , was built between 1954 and 1958 for the college of education .

The Babelsberg and Golm locations are also of historical interest. The oldest buildings of the Golmer Institute were built in the 1930s for the air intelligence department of the Air Force , including four barracks (House 1, 3, 5, 7), a casino (House 4), a boiler house (House 2) and three vehicles - and equipment halls (building 8, 10, 11). In the center, a rectangular area 240 meters long and 45 meters wide was laid out, which served as a parade ground. After the end of the Second World War , Stasi cadres were trained there from 1951 onwards at the newly founded university of the Ministry for State Security .

The law faculty and the economics and social science faculty of the university are housed in the former presidential and administrative building of the German Red Cross (1939/1940) on the Griebnitzsee campus in Babelsberg. After the end of the war and the Potsdam Conference , the group of Soviet occupation troops in Germany used the location as a high command. More classrooms and buildings were in the 1950s, immediately after the Babelsberg Palace for the Academy of Law and Political Sciences of the GDR erected. They have since been torn down. The three student residences there, which were built between 1949 and 1951, are to be maintained until at least 2040.

Studies and students

The university is the largest university in the state of Brandenburg. Her teaching has received several awards from the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs with the “Excellence in Teaching” prize. 170 courses are offered. It is not a full university because there are no facilities for medical or engineering training. The university also offers English-language master’s degrees and courses. In addition, u. a. Seminars, workshops and Executive Master’s degree programs are offered for both young professionals and managers.

There are no tuition fees in Brandenburg. The semester fee, which u. a. includes a six-month local transport ticket for the states of Brandenburg and Berlin, amounted to 296.77 euros in 2018.

courses

The University of Potsdam awards the following academic degrees for its undergraduate and postgraduate courses:

  • Bachelor of Arts (BA)
  • Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
  • First legal exam or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
  • Master of Arts (MA)
  • Master of Education (M.Ed.)
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.)
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Master of Public Management (MPM)
  • Master of European Governance and Administration
  • Magister Legum (LL.M.)

Overview of subjects

List of single-subject Bachelor courses
A.
Applied Culture and Translation Studies (German-Polish) | One-subject Bachelor
B.
Business Administration | One-subject Bachelor
Life Sciences | One-subject Bachelor
C.
Chemistry | One-subject Bachelor
Computational Linguistics | One-subject Bachelor
E.
Nutritional Science | One-subject Bachelor
European media studies | One-subject Bachelor
G
Geoecology | One-subject Bachelor
Earth Sciences | One-subject Bachelor
History , Politics and Society | One-subject Bachelor
I.
Informatics / Computational Science | One-subject Bachelor
Interdisciplinary Russia Studies | One-subject Bachelor
IT systems engineering | One-subject Bachelor
J
Jewish theology | One-subject Bachelor
L.
Linguistics | One-subject Bachelor
M.
Mathematics | One-subject Bachelor
P
Patholinguistics | One-subject Bachelor
Philological Studies | Single-subject bachelor's degree (course with orientation phase)
Philosophy | One-subject Bachelor
Physics | One-subject Bachelor
Politics and Economy | One-subject Bachelor
Politics , Administration and Organization | One-subject Bachelor
Psychology | One-subject Bachelor
S.
Sociology | One-subject Bachelor
Sports Management | One-subject Bachelor
Sports Therapy and Prevention | One-subject Bachelor
V
Economics | One-subject Bachelor
W.
Business Informatics | One-subject Bachelor
List of subjects in the two-subject bachelor's degree
A.
English / American Studies (first or second subject)
B.
Business Administration (first or second subject)
E.
Education (first or second subject)
F.
French Philology (first or second subject)
G
German Studies (first or second subject)
History (first or second subject)
Greek Studies (second subject)
I.
Italian Philology (first or second subject)
J
Jewish studies (first or second subject)
K
Cultural Studies (first subject)
L.
Latin Studies (first or second subject)
Linguistics (second subject)
Ö
Public Law (Second Subject)
P
Philosophy (first or second subject)
Polish studies (first or second subject)
R.
Religious Studies (first or second subject)
Russian Studies (first or second subject)
S.
Sociology (first or second subject)
Spanish Philology (first or second subject)
List of subjects in the teacher training course
Teaching qualification for the primary level
German | Primary school teacher training
English | Primary school teacher training
Inclusive Education ( German & Mathematics ) | Emphasis in teaching at the primary level
Art | Primary school teacher training
Mathematics | Primary school teacher training
Music | Primary school teacher training
Science teaching | Primary school teacher training
Sport | Primary school teacher training
Teacher training for special needs education
German | Teaching qualification for special education
English | Teaching qualification for special education
Mathematics | Teaching qualification for special education
Teacher training for secondary level I and II (general subjects)
Biology | Secondary level I and II teaching qualification
Chemistry | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
German | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
English | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
French | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Geography | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
History | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Computer science | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Art | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Latin | Secondary level I and II teacher training (only focus on upper secondary level in the master's program)
Lifestyle-Ethics-Religious Studies | Secondary level I and II teaching degree (only focus on lower secondary level in the master's program)
Mathematics | Secondary level I and II teaching qualification
Combined mathematics and physics | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Music | Secondary level I and II teaching qualification
Physics | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Political Education | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Polish | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Russian | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Spanish | Secondary level I and II teaching qualification
Sport | Teaching qualification for secondary levels I and II
Economy-Work-Technology | Secondary level I and II teaching degree (only focus on lower secondary level in the master's program)
List of master's courses
A.
Applied cultural studies and cultural semiotics | master
Anglophone Modernities in Literature and Culture | master
Astrophysics | master
B.
Business Administration | master
Education Science | master
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | master
Bioinformatics | master
Business Administration (MBA) | master
C.
Chemistry | master
Clinical Exercise Science | Master / Ph.D.
Cognitive Science : Embodied Cognition | Master / Ph.D.
Cognitive Systems : Language, Learning, and Reasoning | master
Computational Science | master
Cybersecurity | master
D.
Data engineering | master
Data Science | master
Digital Health | master
E.
Ecology , Evolution , and Conservation | master
Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods | master
Nutritional Science | Master / Ph.D.
European media studies | master
European Governance and Administration | master
F.
Foreign language linguistics | master
Early Childhood Educational Research | master
G
Geoecology | master
Earth Sciences | master
German Studies | master
History | master
I.
Integrative Sports, Exercise and Health Science | master
Intercultural business communication | master
International applied cultural studies and cultural semiotics | master
International Relations | master
International Experimental and Clinical Linguistics | Master / Ph.D.
International War Studies | master
IT systems engineering | master
J
Jewish Studies | master
Jewish theology | master
K
Cultural meeting places of the early modern period | master
L.
Linguistics: Empirical and Theoretical Foundations | master
Linguistics : Communication-Variation- Multilingualism | master
M.
Mathematics | master
Media Law and Management - Digital Media Law and Management | Master (LL.M.)
Media Law and Management - Digital Media Law and Management | Master (MBA)
N
National and International Administration and Policy | Master / Ph.D.
O
Eastern European Cultural Studies | master
P
Philosophy | master
Physics | master
Political Science | master
Polymer Science | master
Psychology | master
Public Management | master
R.
Law | Magister Legum
Remote Sensing, geoInformation and Visualization | master
Romance Philology | master
S.
School and Education Management | master
Sociology | master
Tax law | master
T
Toxicology | master
U
Corporate and Tax Law | master
V
Comparative literature and art studies | master
Public Administration | master
W.
War and Conflict Studies | master
Business informatics and digital transformation | master
Z
Contemporary history | master
List of English-language courses
A.
Anglophone Modernities in Literature and Culture | master
Astrophysics | master
B.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | master
Bioinformatics | master
Business Administration (MBA) | master
C.
Clinical Exercise Science | Master / Ph.D.
Cognitive Science : Embodied Cognition | Master / Ph.D.
Cognitive Systems : Language, Learning, and Reasoning | master
Computational Science | master
Cybersecurity | master
D.
Data engineering | master
Data Science | master
Digital Health | master
E.
Ecology , Evolution , and Conservation | master
Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods | master
European Governance and Administration | master
I.
International Experimental and Clinical Linguistics | Master / Ph.D.
International War Studies | master
IT systems engineering | master
J
Jewish Theology | master
L.
Linguistics: Empirical and Theoretical Foundations | master
M.
Mathematics | master
N
National and International Administration and Policy | Master / Ph.D.
P
Polymer Science | master
Public Management | master
R.
Remote Sensing, geoInformation and Visualization | master
T
Toxicology | master
W.
War and Conflict Studies | master
List of further education master’s courses
B.
Business Administration (MBA) | Master (further education)
E.
European Governance and Administration (MEGA) | Master (further education)
I.
Intercultural business communication | Master (further education)
M.
Media Law and Management - Digital Media Law and Management | Master (LL.M., further education)
Media Law and Management - Digital Media Law and Management | Master (MBA, advanced training)
P
Public Management (MPM) | Master (further education)
R.
Law | Magister Legum
S.
School and Education Management | Master (further education)
Tax law | Master (further education)
U
Corporate and Tax Law | Master (further education)

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Dates and numbers

The University of Potsdam has 21,229 students in the 2019/2020 winter semester. International students make up 14% of the student body. In the 2019/2020 winter semester, 5,422 students began their studies at the Alma Mater in Potsdam.

Students by faculty

  • Law Faculty: 2,695
  • Philosophical Faculty: 5,340
  • Faculty of Human Sciences: 3,783
  • Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences: 3.622
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: 5,048
  • Digital Engineering Faculty: 741
  • Faculty of Health Science: 0 (still under construction)

Student representatives

The students are about the student parliament , the General Student Committee and the Student Councils directly represented.

Student life

More than 60 university groups are registered at the university. There, students can pursue political or cultural interests, organize social projects, such as a student-run pastoral helpline, and make contacts beyond their degree program. The Center for University Sports offers up to 200 different courses. Unusual sports, such as historical sword fighting, can also be taken there for a small fee. The Studentenwerk Potsdam operates its own cafeteria on each campus, with main courses starting at 1.50 euros. The Studentenwerk also provides 2,855 student living spaces in the city area. Since 1999, a student club has been run on the Am Neuen Palais campus, the “Nil”. In downtown Potsdam, the students run the student cultural center “KuZe” and the pub “Pub à la Pub”.

research

Cooperative relationships and research networks

In cooperation with the Berlin universities, courses can also be taken at the cooperating universities as part of the curriculum of the respective degree program, for example at the Humboldt University of Berlin , the Technical University of Berlin and the Free University of Berlin .

The University of Potsdam coordinates or is involved in the following large research associations in the Berlin-Brandenburg region:

Cooperation partner (selection)

The University of Potsdam cooperates with many institutes on a scientific and advisory level. These include:

  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam Research Center
  • DESY Hamburg
  • DESY Zeuthen
  • German Institute for Nutritional Research
  • German Institute for Economic Research
  • Einstein Forum Potsdam
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research Golm
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology / Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB) Golm
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Center for Materials and Coastal Research
  • Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy
  • Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research
  • Helmholtz Center Potsdam German Research Center for Geosciences
  • Institute for Thin Film Technology and Microsensors
  • Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning
  • Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim
  • Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research
  • Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
  • Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
  • Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
  • Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces Research
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology
  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  • Social Science Institute of the Bundeswehr
  • Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
  • Association of business associations in Berlin-Brandenburg eV
  • Center for Contemporary History Potsdam
  • Brandenburg Future Agency

Research priorities and research initiatives

The University of Potsdam focuses on the following four main research areas:

  • Earth and Environmental Systems
  • Cognitive science
  • Data-Centric Sciences
  • Evolutionary Systems Biology

In addition to these focal points, the University of Potsdam supports individual innovative research initiatives:

  • Network digital humanities
  • Establishment of a graduate school " Jewish Theology "
  • Establishment of a Center for Molecular Water Science

Rankings

National rankings

The University of Potsdam is the winner of the “ Excellence in Teaching ” competition organized by the Donors' Association for German Science and the Conference of Ministers of Education . In October 2009 it was recognized as one of ten technical colleges and universities for excellent teaching.

A reputation study by the German Association for Political Science distinguishes the University of Potsdam as one of the three most important German universities and research institutions in the field of policy research and administrative science. According to the Center for University Development, the master’s and doctoral programs offered at the University of Potsdam belong to the top group in Europe.

In 2009, the university was the winner in a university ranking carried out by the Chair of Economic Geography and Tourism Research at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , "From student to entrepreneur - which university offers the best opportunities?" Entrepreneurship and support for prospective entrepreneurs were compared.

In 2010, the Center for University Sports at the University of Potsdam took first place in the education ranking of the General German University Association in the category “Universities with more than 15,000 students”.

In 2017, the university was ranked 11th among 79 universities in the Humboldt Ranking. The DFG Funding Atlas 2018 places the University of Potsdam among the 40 universities with the highest grants in the humanities and social sciences (22nd place), life sciences (40th place) and in the natural sciences (34th place) for the acquisition of third-party funding from the DFG for 2014– 2016 in total.

In the CEWS “University Ranking According to Equal Opportunities” published in 2017, the University of Potsdam was able to place itself in the top group in the overall rating. The University of Potsdam and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ranked third in the start-up radar 2018.

International rankings

The University of Potsdam has been participating in international rankings every year since 2017. There, the University of Potsdam was ranked 251–300 out of a total of 1369 universities in 2020 and ranked 26th in the national comparison. In the THE World University Ranking of Young Universities, the University of Potsdam ranked 24th in the global Shanghai Ranking in 2019 the University of Potsdam was listed as one of 40 German universities in 2019 and included in the 401–500 group. In the QS World University Ranking with more than 1000 listed universities, the University of Potsdam reached a place in the 701–750 group in 2020 and was ranked 41st out of 46 German universities in a national comparison. In 2016, the University of Potsdam was the first university to receive the EU's "Human Resources Excellence in Research" (HRS4R) certificate.

internationalization

The University of Potsdam has developed an internationalization strategy that is carried out as a cross-sectional task by the university management, accompanied by the internal university advisory board for internationalization and is linked to the internationalization strategy of the state of Brandenburg. In particular, through cooperation with countries such as Poland, France and Israel, “ foreign language skills, intercultural competence and international mobility ” should be improved. The university maintains partnerships with institutions all over the world and particularly supports partnerships in defined priority regions (Australia, France, Israel, Poland, Russia, Turkey, USA, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Argentina as well as the southern Africa region) in order to encourage third-party funding . In addition, two universities were defined as strategic partners: Macquarie University , Tel Aviv University .

The University of Potsdam is the leading partner of the "European Digital UniverCity (EDUC)", one of 17 pilot university alliances of the European Union. With partners in France, Italy, Hungary and the Czech Republic, EDUC aims to create an integrated European university where students, researchers and administrators across five countries work together.

The percentage of foreign students is currently 14% of the student body, and 18% of the master’s students. In terms of the number of international courses, the university is currently in 2nd place in Germany, in the number of mobile lecturers in 2nd place and in the number of foreign students among the completed doctorates in 3rd place of 32 large universities in Germany (profile data on the internationality of German universities 2019).

The internationalization of the university was given a special status by the appointment of a Vice President for International Affairs in 2011, which is currently being perceived by Florian Schweigert.

See also

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

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