Hasso Plattner Institute

For the design thinking institute at Stanford University in the United States, see Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.
Hasso Plattner Institute
Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH
MottoDesign IT. Create Knowledge.
Typeprivately financed university institute
EstablishedOctober 1998[1]
DirectorTobias Friedrich, Ralf Herbrich, Marcus Kölling
Administrative staff
about 120[2]
Studentsabout 800[2]
Location
Potsdam
,
Germany
CampusGriebnitzsee
AffiliationsUniversity of Potsdam
Websitewww.hpi.de

The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering gGmbH (German: Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH; HPI) is an information technology non-profit company affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Potsdam, Brandenburg, northeastern Germany.

The teaching and research of HPI are focused on "IT-Systems Engineering". HPI was founded in 1998, and is the first, and as of 2018, the only entirely privately funded faculty[3] in Germany. It is financed entirely through private funds donated by billionaire Hasso Plattner,[4] who co-founded the software company SAP SE, and is currently the chairman of SAP's supervisory board. From 2004 to 2023 the institute was headed by Christoph Meinel. On April 1, 2023, a team consisting of Tobias Friedrich, Marcus Kölling and Ralf Herbrich took over the management of the institute.[5]

Lecture halls (old picture without main building in the background)
Campus panorama view
A-B-C building (former main building)
  1. ^ "Organization". Hasso Plattner Institute. Retrieved 5 October 2019. ...founded in October 1998 as part of a public-private partnership...
  2. ^ a b "People". Hasso Plattner Institute. Retrieved 18 December 2023. ...about 800 students are enrolled in the bachelor and master degree programs...
  3. ^ Mallwitz, Gudrun (4 April 2017). "Bundesweit erste privat finanzierte Fakultät an Uni". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. ^ roinsider (24 July 2018). "German billionaire makes biggest donation to a Romanian university in 30 years". Romania Insider. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Hasso-Plattner-Institut verabschiedet langjährigen Direktor Christoph Meinel". hpi.de (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2024.