University of Applied Sciences Potsdam – Interdisciplinary & Familiar
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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 25 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.
Latest news
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News
How do you work? Insights into the everyday Working Life of former FHP Students
Call for Participation! Planned Job Shadowing by Alumnae/Alumni for Students shows Career Prospects at close Quarters.
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Retrospective
First FHP Beer brewed on Campus
Members of the FH Potsdam Supporters’ Association brew the first university beer on campus.
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Interview
From Theory to Practice: Organisational Development and Financing in Compact Form
In September 2024, the CAS further education course "Organisational Development and Financing Compact" will start again. Ale? Janou?ek completed the course as a module as part of the degree programme Social Management at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. In this interview, he talks about…
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Retrospective
Students attended the Conference "Archive Pedagogy in Migration Society" at the NRW State Archive in Duisburg
Germany is a country of immigration! On the 14th and 15th of June 2024, representatives from archives, schools and other educational institutions met in Duisburg for the 35th Archive Pedagogy Conference on the topic of "Archive Pedagogy in Migration Society"!