The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering

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The Hasso Plattner Institute Brief Introduction Contents

4 Studying at HPI The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering gGmbH (HPI) at IT Education and Excellent Career Opportunities the University of Potsdam is Germany’s university excellence center for IT Systems Engineering. With its Bachelor’s and Master’s programs, the 6 Studying at HPI joint Faculty of Digital Engineering at the University of Potsdam and HPI Top conditions for young IT talents offers a practical and engineering-oriented study program in computer science that is unique throughout Germany. At present, over 500 students 8 Studying at HPI are enrolled in the program. HPI’s teaching and research focuses on the Team Spirit in Studies and Student Life foundation and application of large, highly complex and networked IT systems. In addition, HPI concentrates on the development and research of 10 Teaching and Research at HPI user-oriented innovations for all areas of life. HPI consistently earns a top Successful International Cooperation place in the CHE University Ranking. The Institute is fi nanced entirely through private funds donated by its founder Professor Hasso Plattner, 12 Teaching and Research at HPI who co-founded the software company SAP and is head of one of HPI’s Outstanding Partners, Ideal Conditions research areas. The HPI School of Design Thinking is Europe’s fi rst innovation school for university students. It is based on the Stanford model 14 Developing Innovative Solutions at HPI of the d.school and offers 240 places yearly for a supplementary study. Design Thinking: Creative Lateral Thinking in Multidisciplinary Teams HPI carries out research noted for its high standard of excellence in its IT topic areas. Research work is conducted at the Potsdam HPI Research Supplement School for PhD candidates as well as at its branches in Cape Town, Haifa Your Personal Contact: Professors and Their Research Groups and Nanjing. In June 2017, HPI also established a branch in New York. Following the vision of its founder, HPI is continuing its strong growth 16 Collaboration with HPI over the next few years. A Close-Knit Network of Key Contacts

18 HPI’s Founder Exceptional and Exemplary Commitment

20 HPI Graduates Sought-After Graduates for Junior Management Positions For further information please visit the HPI website at www.hpi.de/en 22 HPI Graduates An HPI Degree: Your Ticket to a Great Career

24 Advanced Training at HPI Accessing Expert Knowledge Anytime, Anywhere

26 Studying and Working in Potsdam HPI: Connecting Two Capitals

28 Living in the Berlin Area Enjoying the Benefits of the Nearby Capital City 4 5

Studying at HPI IT Education and Excellent Career Opportunities The HPI in Potsdam: The start of a great career

Working on complex IT systems

Many high school graduates still think programming know-how is a pre-requisite to studying More than just computer science. While strictly speaking this is not the case, it is definitely an advantage to programming skills have some “coding” experience beforehand. Our German-wide unique IT Systems Engineering degree program covers much more than the solitary task of coding individual application at a PC. Besides the fundamentals of computer science, we teach our Bachelor and Master students to understand, develop, implement, and maintain large, highly complex and networked IT systems.

The students in our Bachelor and Master’s programs are highly talented and very dedicated. Outstanding They thrive on intellectual challenges, enjoy mathematics, value team work, and appreciate the talent and great dedication practical dimensions of their studies. Computer science offers an ongoing challenge to those hungry for knowledge. Every day brings new issues from industry and society that we love to solve — as digitalization has long since entered all areas of life.

We invite excellent graduates from around the world to take up their postgraduate studies at Postgraduate the Faculty of Digital Engineering in one of the research groups or at the HPI Research School — opportunities for top candidates the graduate school for exceptionally talented junior researchers, also funded by our founder. Every year more scholarships are available.

HPI graduates do not need to worry about finding a good job. Their excellent business-oriented Qualifying education perfectly equips them to assume executive positions as software architects, project students for management managers, or chief information officers (CIO). With HPI Connect, HPI has its own career platform positions where students, alumni, and companies can present themselves. Well-trained IT professionals are in constant demand worldwide. HPI students are also well prepared to start their own IT company. As part of their studies, students can attend courses in the field of entreuprenership and regularly take part in talks by leading start-up entrepreneurs.

Those who want to start their own business with an innovative business idea can benefit from the financial and management support offered by Hasso Plattner Ventures (HPV), our venture capital fund and business incubator. HPI and HPV encourage students’ entrepreneurial spirit with an annual, highly endowed business plan competition.

Further course information: www.hpi.de/en/studies 6 7

Studying at HPI Top Conditions for young IT Talents

The results of two-semester Bachelor projects are presented once a year at the Bachelor podium

A system with 240 processor cores allows the control of Every year we select the 80 of the best applicants for our Bachelor pro- 80 Bachelor and 120 Master’s huge amounts of data at the In-Memory Research Lab gram in the Faculty of Digital Engineering, which starts in the winter students admitted semester. The main decisive factors are the average grades of the Abitur each year (school-leaving examination) and evaluation of the academic aptitude test, where students explain their reason and motivation for wanting to study IT Systems Engineering at HPI. Postgraduates with an excellent Bachelor’s degree in IT Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from a different university, can apply for one of the 120 places in our Master’s program awarded to the top candidates each year.

Located directly at the city limits of Berlin, students find excellent condi- Outstanding tions at the Griebnitzsee campus in Potsdam-Babelsberg, which are usually facilities and no tuition fees only available at private educational institutes. This applies not only to the technical equipment, but also to the campus itself — and all without tuition fees, as founder and patron Professor Hasso Plattner finances all of HPI’s work.

An excellent student-teacher ratio ensures that each student can bene- Intensive fit from an intensive personal mentoring. There are plenty of computer mentoring work stations available in the labs and seminar rooms, and the computers and software are updated and renewed regularly. Wi-Fi Internet access is available throughout the campus. The onsite buildings and technical facilities are state-of-the-art and continuously maintained. The campus, which also has its own cafeteria, is just a few steps from the adjacent student dormitories.

With its expansive lawns, sports facilities, and shade trees, the HPI campus Ideal place to relax is an ideal place to relax, have a barbeque or play sports. Even club rooms and showers are found in the HPI building complex. A prayer room provides a place for quiet reflection.

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Studying at HPI Team Spirit in Studies and Student Life

A wide variety HPI student clubs give students the opportunity to of opportunities actively participate in everyday life at the institute. for students There are plenty of team activities for students to choose from ranging from sports, dancing, cooking, music, photography, art, merchandising, creating the HPI student magazine, helping to organize parties or activities for high school students, or working on IT-related topics, such as websites, apps and robotics.

Support from the first day: An orientation session and a mentor for each first-year student ensure a good start at HPI

Many possibilities: Summer party, HPI also arranges internships and study visits abroad. Students can develop interdisciplinary Projects with practical relevance the campus, sports fields “soft skills” such as team and communication skills. Intercultural communication is a part of everyday life at HPI, with people from more than a dozen nations working together under one roof.

Teams of six to eight students, working independently on their Bachelor’s projects in their “On stage” at the fifth and sixth semesters, develop innovative IT solutions for real-life problems from industry Bachelor Podium and society. Our project partners are prestigious companies and institutions from all over Germany. The students present their results to the public at the annual “Bachelor Podium” and are prepared for the event by professional trainers and the institute’s PR officers.

Graduation is celebrated every year in a festive setting, with the students in traditional We work hard and caps and gowns. The best graduates receive attractive financial rewards or scholarships. play hard We know how to enjoy ourselves too — for instance at our annual on-campus summer party. Alumni are invited to celebrate with us.

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Teaching and Research at HPI Successful International Cooperation

Research and teaching closely intertwined

The Research School – an international community Research plays a prominent role at HPI alongside the Research findings Bachelor and Master’s programs. The latest research are immediately incorporated into findings are continuously integrated into the curricula to teaching the benefit of our students. This is one of the reasons HPI is consistently ranked as having one of the best IT faculties in German-speaking countries by the German higher education ranking system CHE.

Our PhD programs are a good example of the successful PhD programs research endeavors at HPI. We offer the PhD program in the Research School in each research area and, since 2005, in our multi-disciplinary Service-Oriented Systems Engineering Research School, which is modeled on the Research Training Groups run by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The HPI Research School offers places to exceptionally talented postgraduate and postdoctoral students. Each year HPI welcomes up-and-coming scientists and supports them with a scholarship.The students are supervised jointly by all HPI professors and work on service-oriented systems engineering from the vantage point of their respective specializations.

The HPI Research School also operates locations abroad. Research School So far there is one in South Africa (University of Cape locations in Cape Town, Haifa Town), one in Israel (Technion, Haifa), and another in the and Nanjing eastern China city of Nanjing (Nanjing University). Joint workshops are held at participating universities annually and provide graduate students the opportunity to become part of a global research network.

Further information on research activities at www.hpi.de/en/research 12 13

Teaching and Research at HPI Outstanding Partners, Ideal Conditions

Close cooperation HPI and its research groups cooperate with academic partners who enjoy with universities an excellent global reputation. In a joint program with Stanford University, worldwide we explore, for example, why the innovative design thinking method is so successful and under what conditions it needs to flourish. Through our New York office, we are in close contact with universities and research institutes in New York. In the field of digital health, we are partnering with one of leading academic health systems in the U.S., the renowned Mount Sinai Health System, to operate the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai. Close contacts are also maintained with other universities, especially in other parts of the US, Scandinavia and Luxemburg.

Highest quality Since 2010, HPI has operated the cutting-edge research laboratory for of research at the Service Oriented Computing, the HPI Future SOC Lab. The HPI Future SOC Future SOC Lab Lab is also open to interested researchers from other universities all over the world. Using the latest hardware and state-of-the-art software provided by partners from the IT industry, the lab provides a realistic environment Cutting-edge technology at the Future SOC Lab for testing new approaches based on highly parallel computing, on-demand

computing methods, and innovative memory organization and access concepts. The focus includes exploiting the potential of the latest computer architectures.

Researchers also experiment with virtualization techniques and cloud computing; a cluster Making better of GPU servers is available for applications such as machine learning and deep learning. use of tomorrow’s hardware Researchers are provided with the actual and up-to-the minute economic data gleaned from the business practices of large companies — a resource unmatched anywhere in the world.

The HPI lab conducts research into how huge amounts of such data can be processed and Research based analyzed at unprecedented speeds and with virtually no time delay. on actual industry data

Researchers from HPI and Stanford University meet frequently to discuss their results. Further information on research activities at www.hpi.de/en/research 14 15

Developing innovative solutions at HPI Design Thinking: Creative Lateral Thinking in Multi disciplinary Teams

Developing creative ideas in multi-disciplinary teams

Using the design thinking method, small teams of four to six students from diverse subject Creative areas are able to come up with better, more practical solutions than individual experts or single advantage of multi-disciplinary discipline groups ever could. Some examples of the discipline at work have involved solving teams labor market problems, improving energy-efficient household behavior, or introducing innovative shopping possibilities for grocery retailers.

The supplementary training in creative lateral thinking extends over one or two semesters with Additional training two attendance days per week. It is intended for students from different disciplines who are for students from all areas of study nearing the completion of their studies. The course begins with a “D-camp” to familiarize students Rapid visualization of ideas: A design thinking principle with the method. After that, participants are taught how to apply design thinking in multiple projects focusing on increasingly complex problems. These real-life projects come from partners in industry, politics and society. The “chalk and talk” teaching method is unknown at the HPI School of Design Thinking. Instead, small student teams from very different fields, each supervised by several “coaches,” learn to work together through mutual exchange and interaction. User-centeredness “Design Thinking” helps to solve problems creatively and quickly — through multidisciplinary as the key teams and with the user in the focus. A mindset, a method, and a process at the same time, At the D-School, instead of a lecture hall, there are “learning spaces” furnished with movable Movable sofas, to innovation design thinking first unfolds its full potential when small teams of people with very different red sofas and colorful seating cubes. The creative process is traced visibly and tangibly using mobile display panels, sticky expertise search for solutions that put the needs of customers and users in the forefront. hundreds of neon sticky notes, sketches, lists on mobile display panels, and prototype designs notes galore Design thinking can create a vibrant culture of innovation that benefits industry, research and for new ideas. The teaching staff is made up of professors and assistants from various universi- politics alike. Students from all disciplines can learn how design thinking works in detail at ties, and the language of instruction is English. Hasso Plattner Institute. In collaboration with the HPI Academy, the HPI School of Design Thinking also offers custom- Tailor-made offers Schools of Design thinking is taught at the HPI School of Design Thinking in Potsdam and the Hasso ized workshops and programs to introduce executives to the basic features of design thinking for professionals innovation in Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. Researchers from Stanford University and and help them implement the method in their own companies. Potsdam, Palo Alto HPI also investigate the method in a joint program. It was Prof. Hasso Plattner who initiated and Cape Town the creation of both innovation schools in Potsdam and Palo Alto, and who sponsors them generously. Since 2016 he has sponsored a third design thinking school in South Africa: the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Thinking at the University of Cape Town.

For more information on design thinking, visit www.hpi.de/en/d-school and www.hpi-academy.de/en 16 17

Collaboration with HPI A Close-Knit Network of Key Contacts

Open to new The Hasso Plattner Institute has established close ties with its partners from the fields of partners education, academia, business, public administration and healthcare. This network is always open to new partners with a view to enhancing the benefits for research and teaching.

Projects with HPI professors work on exciting, application-oriented research projects in collaboration with ICT companies renowned international companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Siemens, SAP, and Deutsche Telekom, as well as with public institutions and SME partners. This intensive exchange between researchers frequently stimulates new developments in the field of digital engineering. These ideas are then taken up and developed by our Master’s and PhD students, and our close contacts with industry also enable us to offer our students internships around the world.

Every year, HPI brings together leading experts from politics, business and science at confer- ences addressing society-relevant topics, such as cyber security, Industry 4.0 or the future of work. In the Digital IT Summit process of the Federal Government, HPI does content-related work in the focus groups: intelligent networking and digitalization in education and science. Those whose contribution to the Hasso HPI students interview distinguished representatives from politics, business and science for Plattner Institute has been of particular merit the Institute’s student video blog. are named „HPI Fellows.“ The award has been bestowed fourteen times up to now

We are also committed to motivating and inspiring talented young Germans to pursue a career Activities in IT. Under the auspices of our Youth Academy, we offer customized events for high school for talented IT students students who would like information on our IT Systems Engineering programs or who are gen- erally interested in mathematics and information technology. For example, HPI runs a Youth College for high school students in grades 7 through 12 who, besides their normal school work, are also interested in regularly participating in exciting IT activities. Those interested in learning more about the contents of the program can arrange a private meeting with our student guidance services during one of HPI’s open days or Girls’ Days. HPI offers workshops and project days tailored to specific target groups — perfect for teachers who want to give their students a taste of the creativity of an IT study program. HPI also runs camps in Potsdam and supports partners such as the German National Computer Science Competition (BWINF), the network of schools MINT-EC and the “Komm mach MINT” initiative. In addition, “HPI student ambassadors” HPI graduates are highly sought-after candidates among travel to schools in the “mobile campus” (a colorfully painted van) to give talks in person. companies as well as private and public institutions

For more information on the Youth Academy, visit www.hpi.de/en/open-campus/youth-academy For more information on Fellows, visit www.hpi.de/en/the-hpi/people/hpi-fellows-and-guests 18 19

HPI’s founder Exceptional and Exemplary Commitment

Patron and HPI Unique in Germany: In 2017 HPI and the University of Potsdam (UP) jointly founded the Faculty Professor in one of Digital Engineering (DEF), which is fully funded by private donor Professor Hasso Plattner. The co-founder, former CEO and current chairman of the supervisory board of global software company SAP, Plattner is dedicated to scientific work and academia. Plattner holds the Enter- prise Platform and Integration Concepts chair, regularly gives seminars, and actively promotes research and development at HPI. Findings in Plattner’s area of expertise are paving the way for high-speed databases, which help large corporations and institutions carry out flexible analyses of huge amounts of data in a matter of seconds rather than days, as was previously the case.

A venture capitalist Plattner is particularly committed to supporting innovative start-ups in the IT sector. It was supporting this goal that motivated him to set up the HPI School of Design Thinking. marketable ideas

Close personal Plattner, who also teaches at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University contact in Palo Alto, California, enjoys working closely with junior researchers. He is proud of the internationally recognized performance of “his” students. The Berlin-born cosmopolite regularly returns to the Berlin/Brandenburg region for business and leisure.

The award-winning founder of HPI on campus

Plattner has received numerous awards for his entrepreneurial and academic merits. In addition Much more than a to establishing the Hasso Plattner Institute, Plattner has also set up the charitable foundation: patron of science Hasso Plattner Förderstiftung. This foundation supports projects beyond the realm of science and academia, such as the fight against AIDS and projects for disadvantaged children and teen- agers – both in South Africa. Plattner’s foundation is also involved in cultural projects and the conservation of historical buildings and monuments. It provided funding, for example, for the reconstruction of the historical façade and copper roof of Potsdam’s City Palace. Since January 2014, this building has housed the Brandenburg state parliament. In the immediate vicinity, Plattner opened the art museum Barberini in 2017, which attracts visitors from all over the world with its international exhibits. The Museum Barberini also features a collection of paint- ings by artists from the former GDR. Prof. Plattner was awarded honorary citizenship by the city of Potsdam for his engagement. Dynamism comes into play at the HPI summer party

More on the founder: www.hpi.de/en/the-hpi/founder 20 21

HPI Graduates Sought-after Graduates for Junior Management Positions

Girl Power: Women HPI graduates

Sought-after Every year a large number of students graduate as IT engineers from HPI. The support given to graduate students has enabled graduates for junior These graduates are highly sought-after as junior executives. Since its more than 140 successfully completed PhDs management inception in 1998 more than 1,700 graduates have earned a Bachelor or positions Master of Science or a PhD, thus preparing them for a career in business or academia.

Top positions for The annual HPI Connect networking event provides an opportunity HPI graduates for employers to meet Bachelor and Master’s graduates face to face on campus. Companies are advised to make early use of this opportunity, since virtually all our graduates are offered top positions as soon as they leave the institute. IT professional are in great demand worldwide.

Job offers welcome Our new career portal HPI Connect is also a popular platform for companies and institutions. Here, employers can get in contact with HPI students directly via www.hpi.de/en/connect. Companies can use the portal to adver- tise their job or internship opportunities and present themselves through a company profile. Those who book our “Partner Package” are authorized to view the database containing the profiles of HPI students and alumni.

Supporting HPI Connect is intended to help HR managers actively search for highly direct search qualified and particularly business-savvy junior employees. At the same time, it allows our students to make early contacts in the industry, gain additional practical experience, and start thinking seriously about their future careers. This information platform supplements our annual business networking event. HPI has also integrated its existing Alumni Service into the portal, giving former students the opportunity to share first-hand experiences from the world of work in special “job portraits.” HPI students who are keen to start their own businesses will also find information about entrepreneur- ship on the platform, as well as exciting reports by HPI graduates on their successful start-up businesses and experiences.

Further information on alumni at www.hpi.de/en/the-hpi/people/alumni For more information on recruiting: www.hpi.de/en/connect 22 23

HPI Graduates An HPI Degree: Your Ticket to a Great Career

Some of our successful HPI graduates: Dr. Anja Bog, Jonas Gebhardt, A practice-oriented study program and work on Lars Schmidt-Bielicke, Marvin Killing excellent research enables a smooth career start and Christian Reß

HR managers An HPI education has helped many of our alumni find friends for life. And the HPI seal of Example 3: Lars Schmidt-Bielicke. After completing his Bachelor’s degree at HPI, Schmidt- Software architect regard an HPI quality is also an excellent career springboard. A great number of graduates have their employ- Bielicke moved to Munich to work for automotive manufacturer BMW. At the subsidiary BMW M at BMW degree as a mark ment contracts secured before they complete their degree; others need to make just a few GmbH, he is responsible for designing the electrical systems and electronics features of the of quality. applications before they are swiftly accepted into a new job. A number of HPI graduates have company’s especially sporty M cars. His scope of responsibility encompasses all systems, from gone on to become successful founders and managers of start-up companies. engine control to driving dynamics control and infotainment. Schmidt-Bielicke provides the framework for functional and software development and ensures that the complexity of the A female Example 1: Dr. Anja Bog. She was one of the first women to graduate from HPI with a PhD. so-called E/E systems is manageable. Working in a multi-project environment, individual project IT specialist in Since early 2013, the IT specialist from Saxony-Anhalt has been working at the SAP labs in demands and building-block objectives must be taken into account. Silicon Valley Silicon Valley. Her focus is on the development of innovative applications to improve healthcare through personalized medicine. The analysis of genome data plays an important role in her Example 4: While still completing their Master’s studies, Marvin Killing and Christian Reß CEO of a start-up work. Bog and her team aim to aid scientists in university hospitals or at pharmaceutical com- founded PlaytestCloud GmbH (www.playtestcloud.com). Their online platform helps companies panies in identifying links between a person’s health and his or her DNA. In this way, patients in the booming mobiles games sector to design their products to be more customer-oriented can get faster and more targeted treatment with fewer side effects. Bog hopes to improve the and user-friendly. The concept behind the startup came about as a result of a business plan tools used to analyze the data. competition initiated by the Hasso Plattner Institute and Hasso Plattner Ventures in 2012, which was won by Killing and Reß. The Potsdam-based company now counts many of the larg- Engineer at Example 2: Jonas Gebhardt. After earning his Bachelor’s degree at HPI, Gebhardt completed his est games studios in the world among its customer base. Facebook Master’s in the US and then started working as a front-end engineer at Facebook in California. In Menlo Park, he initially worked on web products of Instagram, a platform that allows users to Example 5: Dr. Stefanie Müller. She completed her studies at HPI with a PhD, and since the Assistant professor upload photos and videos and edit them using different filters, and then to post them using beginning of 2017 has been working as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Electrical at the MIT the Instagram network. He changed his team at Facebook in 2015 and since then has been Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in working in programming environments. Boston. There she has set up her own research lab and is involved in research on the future of 3D printing. Her focus is on the interaction between man and machine and of making this technology accessible for everyone. Müller is convinced that in a few years the 3D printer will be as normal for people as their own computer.

Further information on alumni at www.hpi.de/en/the-hpi/people/alumni 24 25

Advanced Training at HPI The HPI platform www.tele-task.de offers several thousand podcasts for mobile learning Podcasts for on the go. The learning videos can also be accessed via Apple’s iTunes U (www.itunes.hpi.de). mobile learning Via HPI Academy, HPI’s provider of professional training, the institute also offers customized and highly regarded educational programs for working people who have completed university Anytime, Anywhere or other education (www.hpi-academy.de/en). Additionally, the HPI podcast series “Neuland” provides entry into the unchartered territory of the digital world through discussions with the Access to Expert Knowledge institute’s scientists (www.hpi.de/podcast). The Institute offers professionals and companies training in tailor-made courses in Design Customized Thinking and innovation via the “HPI Academy”. This includes a joint program with the lifelong learning programs at prestigious Stanford Center for Professional Development, preparing executives for digital the HPI Academy transformation. Participants undertake methodical training courses and conduct work on an actual project. They can then use their fresh innovation concepts in their own companies or organizations. As a partner in the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Berlin, the Hasso Advanced Advanced training is becoming more and more important in the Plattner Insitute also provides small and medium-sized companies answers to their questions training in the fast-paced IT sector. There is increasing demand for professional, on digitalization. Entrepreneurs, managers and employees receive regular training in work- high-tech sector industry-specific knowledge transfer, with life-long learning shops in the areas of business model, marketing, human resources and value creation 4.0. now a prerequisite for professional success. That’s why the Hasso Plattner Institute’s online learning platforms openHPI.de, mooc. house, and tele-task.de let people get their IT knowledge up to date, anytime, anywhere, and free of charge. Continuing to learn – even after your studies

Free HPI learning The interactive learning platform openHPI provides users access platform openHPI to the institute’s IT expertise in the fields of research, development and teaching. Course participants do not simply sit in front of a computer and learn alone. Embedded social media elements enable every participant to become part of an ambitious global learning community. Each course focusing on a specific topic, reaches thou- sands of participants and lasts two to six weeks. Course materials include instructional videos, reading material, self-tests, weekly homework, and a final exam. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the course. With the certificate, students can also receive so-called credit points (ECTS credits).

HPI educational videos and podcasts offer an IT refresher course free of charge

More information on openHPI at www.open.HPI.de More on mooc.house: www.mooc.house More on e-learning at www.hpi.de/en/studies/studium-digitale More on the HPI Academy at www.hpi-academy.de/en More on Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center: www.hpi.de/projekte/gemeinsam-digital-mittelstand-40-kompetenzzentrum.html 26 27

Studying and Working in Potsdam HPI: Connecting Two Capitals

Benefit from The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering campus in Potsdam’s Babelsberg the advantages of district is right on Berlin’s city limits. HPI therefore connects the Brandenburg state capital two capitals with Germany’s capital city, which together form one of Europe’s largest and most diverse centers of science and research. HPI staff and students can benefit from all the advantages offered by the two cities as well as the beautiful surrounding landscape.

Potsdam: An Potsdam, a city more than 1,000 years old situated on the banks of the River Havel, has unparalleled magnificent scenery, world-famous palaces, gardens and monuments, a vibrant cultural scene concentration and a concentration of science and research institutions that is unparalleled in Germany: more of scientific institutions than 10,000 of the city’s 170,000 inhabitants work at scientific institutions. No other city in Germany has more scientists per capita than Potsdam. There is a total of almost 25,000 students at Potsdam University, the University of Applied Sciences, the Film and Television Acade- my, the Sports and Management School and the Hoffbauer Vocational College. And we can add to this the more than 150,000 virtual students from over 180 countries who have registered for courses on the Hasso Plattner Institute’s online educational platform openHPI. HPI plays a special role among the more than 40 science and research institutions that are based in Pots- dam or the immediate vicinity.

HPI – a comfortable, Our campus is right next to the famous Babelsberg Filmpark and close to Lake Griebnitzsee. inviting campus Train and bus connections are nearby the 30,000 m² lush, naturally maintained grounds. Ample parking space is also available. The campus grounds, with large trees, a small lake and foun- tains, provide a stimulating working environment and relaxing atmosphere. The elegant modern buildings house numerous works of art. The campus also features modern sports facilities and several pavilions for working outdoors, undisturbed. The campus library, adjacent student hous- ing, cafeteria, and dining and grocery store options are all within easy walking distance.

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Living in the Berlin Area Enjoying the Benefits of the Nearby Capital City

HPI is located at Lake Griebnitzsee in Babelsberg, only a few minutes by rail from the center Just 30 minutes to of Potsdam. The vibrant central district of the federal capital Berlin is about 30 minutes away. the heart of Berlin Berlin covers an area of 890 km² and is home to some 3.5 million people – including Germans from every region and more than a half million immigrants from over 190 countries. Twenty percent of Berlin’s population is younger than 25. The formerly divided city is now home to the federal parliament and government, and hosts intensive daily discussions between politicians, journalists, scientists and managers.

Some 200,000 people from all over the world study, work, research and teach at Berlin’s Something to suit higher education facilities, which include four universities, the Charité university hospital, seven every taste universities of applied sciences, four art colleges, a number of private universities, and over 60 research institutes. With its attractive mix of traditional cultural institutions and an inde pendent, experimental scene, the German capital caters to every taste. It is home to world- famous art galleries and museums, internationally acclaimed music ensembles and theatre companies, and a creative literature, gastronomy, and film scene. Berlin is one of Europe’s most attractive locations in the startup-up sector. The comparatively reasonable costs of living and rent are reasons for this, but also the close proximity to scientific institutions, such as HPI, is an important factor.

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