Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH | |
Motto | Design IT. Create Knowledge. |
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Type | privately financed university institute |
Established | 1998 |
Director | Tobias Friedrich, Ralf Herbrich, Marcus Kölling |
Total staff | 389 |
Students | 1,000 |
Location | , Germany 52°23′38″N 13°8′1″E |
Affiliations | University of Potsdam |
Website | https://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[1] in Germany. It is financed entirely through private funds donated by billionaire Hasso Plattner,[2] 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.[3]