University of Potsdam

Not to be confused with the State University of New York at Potsdam in the United States.

University of Potsdam
Universität Potsdam
TypePublic
Established1991
Academic affiliation
TPC
Budget€ 261.1 million[1]
PresidentOliver Günther
Academic staff
1,874[2]
Administrative staff
1,121[2]
Students20,406 (2023–24)[3]
Location
Potsdam
,
Brandenburg
,
Germany

52°24′04″N 13°00′43″E / 52.40111°N 13.01194°E / 52.40111; 13.01194
CampusMultiple sites
Websiteuni-potsdam.de/en
Part of the University of Potsdam campus: the Commons building at the New Palace.

The University of Potsdam is a public university in Potsdam, capital of the state of Brandenburg, northeastern Germany.

The university is mainly situated across three campuses in the city. Some faculty buildings are part of the New Palace of Sanssouci which is known for its UNESCO World Heritage status.[4]

The University of Potsdam is Brandenburg's largest university and the fourth largest in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area. More than 8,000 people are working in scholarship and science.

In 2009 the University of Potsdam became a winner in the "Excellence in Teaching" initiative of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Business innovation agency for the German science system).

  1. ^ https://www.uni-potsdam.de/fileadmin/projects/verwaltung/docs/Dezernat1/Statistiken/UP-AKT.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Statistiken & Zahlen".
  3. ^ "Statistiken & Zahlen".
  4. ^ "UniPotsdam-History". W3-TEAM Universität Potsdam. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009.