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Potsdam, the Regional Capital

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The Business Location Potsdam

Potsdam is the state capital of Brandenburg with over 160,000 inhabitants.

Innovative power and creativity – this is what marks out Potsdam as a business location. Sector-specific expertise has emerged in the interplay between science and economy, giving the city its own and distinctive profile. There is particular momentum in the following growth sectors: media, IT, biotechnology, healthcare/life sciences and geo-information. With visible success. Whether daily soaps or Oscar-winning Hollywood productions, satellite remote sensing or tsunami warning systems (TWSs) in the Indian Ocean, innovative medications for malaria and diabetes: all of these are “Made in Potsdam”.

Business location Potsdam

Business location Potsdam

Regional growth area:

RGA Potsdam

Research

University

Automotive

Life sciences

Geo-information industry

Port

IKT/Media

With six higher education institutions and over 40 non-university research institutes, the city is already a science centre of international standing. Whether climate or colloids in global or microscopic contexts, leading international research is conducted in Potsdam. In almost no other German city is the number of scientists and students in proportion to the total population as high as in Potsdam.

There are many good reasons why it is worth investing in Potsdam as a regional growth centre. And there are numerous opportunities. There are attractive locations in Potsdam for scientifically oriented companies and institutions like the Potsdam-Golm Science Park and the Albert Einstein Science Park. Software and IT companies are moving closer to the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), while film and media professionals are coming to the district of Babelsberg.

Potsdam is also an attractive city to live in. With its world-famous castles and parks, its sights and lovingly restored town quarters, the city is an attractive place to be: not only for tourists, but also companies and scientists from all over the world.

Contacts

Mark Hartfiel

Senior Manager

Germany

Potsdam

T +49 331 – 730 61-266
F +49 331 – 730 61-149
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Regional contact

HWK Potsdam
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Potsdam
Wirtschaftsförderung Potsdam

Brandenburg Business Guide

BBG Potsdam

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Potsdam, the state's capital city
media-city in Babelsberg
Regional growth area Potsdam 

Education and science

Hasso Plattner Institute
Higher Education in Potsdam
Potsdam-Golm Science Park

Wirtschaftsförderung Land Brandenburg GmbH

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