
Potsdam Science Day on May 10, 2025, at the Potsdam Science Park
On May 10, 2025, the research institutions of the Potsdam Science Park will host Potsdam Science Day 2025. On this day, Potsdam Science Park will transform into a vibrant festival venue for science. Around the Brandenburg Main State Archive, the Fraunhofer Campus, the Max Planck Campus and the University of Potsdam, we are planning a diverse program in collaboration with around 40 research institutions and universities. Together, we will showcase the richness and diversity of Potsdam’s and Brandenburg’s scientific and cultural landscape.
We warmly invite our community to contribute to this special showcase of science in 2025 with informative lectures, exciting hands-on experiments, and other presentations from your institutions! As in previous years, scientific institutions will have the opportunity to present themselves to visitors through various formats, including lectures, workshops, interactive experiments, guided tours, and cultural side programs. In 2025, there will once again be the Research Camp, offering guests fascinating insights into the practical work of scientists.
Save the Date
Potsdam Science Day 2025
on May 10, 2025
from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
at the Potsdam Science Park
– Free admission –
Joint Program With Over 40 Participating Institutions
Potsdam Science Day 2025 once again offers exciting insights into the diversity of Potsdam’s research landscape. Guests can look forward to a varied program featuring interactive experiments, engaging lectures, games, and fun hands-on activities. More than 40 scientific institutions will present their latest research projects and invite visitors to experience science up close. This year, the event will be hosted by the research institutes of Potsdam Science Park, the largest science park in Brandenburg, which, with its renowned institutes and the University of Potsdam, provides the ideal setting for this science festival. We are especially excited to welcome well-known cultural institutions from Potsdam in 2025!
The full program will soon be available online at potsdamertagderwissenschaften.de.
Host Institutions 2025
Hosts of the Potsdam Science Day 2025 are the affiliated institutions, scientists and neighbours of the Potsdam Science Park:
- University of Potsdam
- Brandenburg Main State Archive
- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP
- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses IZI-BB
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI)
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP)
- Site Management of the Potsdam Science Park
Participating institutions
- AG Smart City, Landeshauptstadt Potsdam
- the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
- Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium Babelsberg
- Biosphäre Potsdam
- Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke
- Energie und Wasser Potsdam GmbH
- Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
- University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- ESAB University of Applied Sciences for Sport and Management Potsdam
- Filmpark Babelsberg GmbH
- Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
- Research Institute for Sustainability
- GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
- Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gymnasium Potsdam
- HMU Health and Medical University
- Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences for Sustainable Development ADAPT-Wald-Holz
- Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Potsdam
- The Institute for Food and Environmental Research e. V. (ILU)
- INNO West – Einfach machen!
- Potsdam Institute of Inland Fisheries
- Daycare center Springfrosch
- State Surveying and Geobasic Information Brandenburg (LGB)
- Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V.
- Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg CAMPUS GmbH
- Museum Barberini
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- proWissen Potsdam e.V.
- Volkspark Potsdam
- Economic Development Agency Brandenburg
- Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr
Participating on Potsdam Science Day
Information on registration for Potsdam Science Day 2025 can be found on the website 2025.potsdamertagderwissenschaften.de.
The official registration deadline ended on January 8, 2025. If you are interested in participating in PTDW or have any questions about the event, please contact the project management team of P3 Projekt GmbH.
About the Event
The event is financed by public and private third-party funds as well as contributions from scientific institutions.
The project sponsor is the association proWissen Potsdam e.V. The project office will also be set up at proWissen.
Questions & Enquiries
If you have any questions about the overall project, please contact the proWissen Potsdam e.V. association.
Please send technical queries regarding registration to P3 Projekt GmbH.
Together with all those involved and proWissen, we look forward to PTDW 2025!
Contacts at the Potsdam Science Park

Karen Esser
PR & Communications
karen.esser@potsdam-sciencepark.de + 49 331 237 351 103
Julia Hinz
Site marketing
julia.hinz@potsdam-sciencepark.de + 49 331 237 351 109