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University of Applied Sciences Potsdam – Interdisciplinary & Familiar
The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (FHP) was founded in 1991 and is located in the north of Potsdam. The range of subjects includes information science, engineering, socio-cultural and design courses. In addition, there is a broad portfolio of transfer and continuing education programs. As an employer, the university offers attractive employment opportunities and development prospects.
Shaping the world of tomorrow is what we are working on in teaching, practice and research. We offer inspiring learning, diversity and interdisciplinarity at a family university.
Departments & degree programs of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Social and Educational Sciences
Department 1 was the first department at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and is also the largest department with approximately 1,000 students.
City| Building| Culture
The different courses of study and focal points of Department 2 are interlinked by a cultural and (cultural) design claim.
Civil Engineering
Faculty 3 has been training young people as civil engineers for over 30 years and has seven laboratories that are used for research and study.
Design
Department 4 is characterized by the close integration of its interface, communication and product design and European media studies programs.
Information Sciences
Department 5 is known for its study concept of partially integrative training of archivists, librarians and documentalists - also called the "Potsdam Model".
Degree Programs
Find out more about our more than 30 bachelor's and master's degree programs and the various study options – from full-time face-to-face studies to dual degree programs and part-time programs.
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Retrospective
Criminological insights in London
As part of a study trip from the 18th of June,2025 to the 21st of June, 2025, students of the degree programme Social Work spent a day at the University of Westminster, which enabled them to gain deeper insights into the field of criminology. Here, student Pia Enterlein reports on the study trip.
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Free childcare places available from September 2025
Andrea Britz and Steffi Parlitz look after up to 10 children in the private childcare centre in House 5 on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. This is the right place for families who want their child(ren) to be looked after in a small group, who want direct contact with the…
Interview
30 Years of ZEW: Prof. Dr Susanne Freund on Ways into Archival Science
In this interview, Prof. Dr. Susanne Freund talks about how the master's degree programme "Archive Science" and "Archives in the Information Age" came about at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. She also discusses what makes the programmes unique, and shares some of the success stories she…
Retrospective
Vernissage "Souls of Future Homes" - Time travel through living in the day after tomorrow
On Friday the 25th of July, 2025, students from the Design- and Urban Future degree programmes celebrated the opening of their exhibition "Souls of Future Homes" at BHROX bauhaus reuse at the Ernst-Reuter-Platz in Berlin-Charlottenburg.