Editing Brandenburg (section)

==Education and research==
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===Higher education===
[[File:Potsdam Sanssouci 07-2017 img3.jpg|thumb|[[University of Potsdam]]|right]]
In 2016, around 49,000 students were enrolled in Brandenburg universities and higher education facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dateien|url=https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/BBHeft_derivate_00013085|access-date=6 March 2021|website=www.statistischebibliothek.de}}</ref> The largest institution is the [[University of Potsdam]], located southwest of [[Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article209248369/Statistikamt-Berlin-Brandenburg-feiert-zehnten-Geburtstag.html|title=Brandenburg auf dem Sprung zu 2,5 Millionen-Einwohner-Marke|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113140209/http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article209248369/Statistikamt-Berlin-Brandenburg-feiert-zehnten-Geburtstag.html}}</ref> In 2019 the state of Brandenburg adopted an [[Open Access]] strategy calling on universities to develop transformation strategies to make knowledge from Brandenburg freely accessible to all.<ref name=Euler2019>{{citation |last1=Euler |first1=Ellen|date=2019|title=Open-Access-Strategie des Landes Brandenburg|doi=10.5281/zenodo.2581783|doi-access=free}}</ref>

'''Universities in Brandenburg:'''
* [[University of Potsdam]]
* [[Brandenburg University of Technology]] in Cottbus and Senftenberg
* [[European University Viadrina]] in Frankfurt (Oder)
* [[Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg]]
* Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane
* Medizinische Universität Lausitz – Carl Thiem