 In February 2013 the Landtag of Brandenburg decided to merge the BTU and the Hochschule Lausitz on July 1, 2013 to found the new university "Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg" (abbreviated BTU).Today, the university has 7,280 students, 2,190 of whom come from abroad.The university is separated into six faculties ("Fakultäten") each of them having a focus on certain study and research areas.