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Where Knowledge Grows – Studying with Profile and for the Future |
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Young, modern, oriented towards the future: With its just 21 years
the University of Potsdam has already achieved an outstanding position among the universities and scientific institutions
of Berlin and Brandenburg. It convinces with its great variety of programs and courses as well as with its distinct interdisciplinary
research profile. Students can develop their individual aptitudes and talents in numerous one-major programs or combination courses.
Some subjects you can study only at the University of Potsdam in this form. Among them are Jewish Studies, Patholinguistics or IT Systems
Engineering at the affiliated Hasso Plattner Institute of Software Systems Engineering. Furthermore, the University of Potsdam is
the only teacher-training institute in the Federal Land Brandenburg. In addition to education in their subjects, students can acquire important skills that help them to start their career. The Career Service, some institutes, and Potsdam Transfer, the short form for “Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Knowledge- and Technology- Transfer”, support them with their expertise in seeking a job or setting up a business. The university’s efforts for more “Excellence in Teaching” do not go unnoticed. The concept was awarded with a first price in the competition of the same name of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (the business community’s innovation agency for the German science system) and the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Laender in the Federal Republic of Germany. The university is committed to maintain and expand these high standards. It primarily relies on the feedback of the students and student committees. The existing is evaluated jointly and new ideas are conceived in a common dialog. |
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Embedded in Potsdam’s unique cultural and research landscape, there are the three campuses of the University of Potsdam evenly distributed over the city: the Campus of the Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Science in the Science Park Golm, the Faculty of Arts opposite the palace Neuen Palais in the Park of Sanssouci and the Law Faculty, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and Computer Sciences in Griebnitzsee not far from Babelsberg with its historical film studios. By bus or train, it does not take long to go to the city center or to the other campuses. The so-called “Students Shuttle” between Griebnitzsee, Golm, and Park Sanssouci runs every hour. In the evening, when the city lures, it takes just 30 minutes by city train to get to the center of Berlin. The semester-pass for public transportation means mobility around the clock. Potsdam provides the opportunity to experience German history and culture first hand. This attracts
many international students. The personal atmosphere at the university makes it easier to socialize with your fellow students and to make new friends.
The Tandem Program of the International Office helps international and German students to get to know each other – a project beneficial for both sides.
The open and tolerant ambiance at the university also creates ideal conditions for students with chronic diseases or for challenged students. We deliberately
break with old ways of thinking that were based on the idea of need for help. Instead, students with and without handicaps create a barrier-free university
together. The University of Potsdam is also known as a distinctly family-friendly university with many childcare facilities and playgrounds. There is a wide range
of services that help young mothers and fathers to balance studies and family. Of course, all other students too will find people at the faculties and central
institutions who have an open ear for their problems. |
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