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Current Situation in Iran

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the escalating conflict in Iran and throughout the Middle East. We know that these events can be deeply distressing for members of our university community, especially those with family and personal ties to the region. In these extraordinary stressful situations, we would like to offer our support to affected students and academics:

Counseling for international students:
www.uni-potsdam.de/en/international/incoming/international-students/degree

Psychological counseling service at the University of Potsdam:
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/studium/advising-and-services/mental-health-counseling

Central student advisory service and subject counseling:
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/studium/advising-and-services/zsb/contact-us
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/studium/advising-and-services/index-a-z

Social counseling service of the Studierendenwerk West:Brandenburg
https://www.stwwb.de/en/counselling-social/social-consulting

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

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

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Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann
Photo: Tobias Hopfgarten

Key Network for European Public Administration – Prof. Sabine Kuhlmann Becomes President of the EGPA

How can public administration take on an ever-growing range of tasks while simultaneously reducing bureaucracy? How can artificial intelligence be meaningfully integrated into this process? Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann addresses questions such as these both in her academic research and in her role as Vice President of the German National Regulatory Control Council.

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Photo: Matthias Zimmermann

“Spaces for Intercultural Exchange” – Carolina Girones Promotes EDUC as a Student Representative

Studying in Potsdam already offers a rich experience. But thanks to the European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) — a European university alliance — students at the University of Potsdam can go even further, taking part in courses, summer schools, internships, or student-led research projects across Europe, both online and in person.

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Portraitaufnahme von Dr. Marta Lupica Spagnolo in goldenfarbender Wiese.
Photo: Kevin Ryl

From Potsdam to Europe: Exploring Linguistic Landscapes through EDUC

Every day, we encounter multiple languages — through music, signage, written texts, and, of course, through the people who speak them. But how does this linguistic diversity shape the world around us? For many years, Potsdam-based linguist Marta Lupica Spagnolo has explored questions of multilingualism in her research and regularly invites students in her courses to take a closer look.

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/educ/index
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EDUC – "European Digital UniverCity"

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

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Photo: Sandra Cava

Improving education for everyone with AI – Potsdam students win the YERUN DigiEduHack 2025

Hacking the future of education – with artificial intelligence and with a focus on the people it is intended to help. That was the task of a hackathon to which YERUN, the network of young European research universities, had invited students from all participating universities.

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Brandenburg strengthens cooperation with India

On 8 January 2026, Minister of Science Dr Manja Schüle and Dr Ranjit Kumar Sinha, Secretary of State for Technical Education of the Government of Uttarakhand, signed an agreement on future science and research cooperation between the State of Brandenburg and the Indian state of Uttarakhand.