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Course Starts and Campaigns on openHPI

Dear Learning Community,

we are happy to provide you with the latest course tips and information about the openHPI platform today.

Let's Git starts on June 3rd

only a few days left until the sta...

Tatort Internet - New online course on Internet safety starts on 13 May

Dear Learning Community,

in one week the six-week online course "Tatort Internet - attack vectors and protection measures" (in German) will start, to which we cordially invite you. In this "crim...

Course tip: Let's Git starts on 3 June

Dear learning enthusiasts on openHPI,

June 3rd we will see the start of the course "Let's Git - Version Management and Open Source" (in German), to which we would like to invite you.

What is it a...

Special offer: Get a Record of Achievement in Selected Courses

Time and again openHPI users ask for certificates for archived courses. Especially now, in times when many people have to spend more time at home than usual due to the coronavirus, the demand for f...