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A General Education in Digital Knowledge—Free for Everyone!

Hasso Plattner Institute welcomes you to openHPI, our online learning platform for topics of information technology (IT) and innovation. Here we offer five-fold benefits to those who are interested in gaining the knowledge required to master digitalization technologies.
  1. Stay up to date anywhere and anytime with free online courses.
  2. Acquire the latest knowledge, regardless of educational qualifications, location or time of day.
  3. Engage in learning as an event: Exchange ideas with others in a virtual community and have fun.
  4. Gain a better understanding of the digital world through interactive learning and have a hand in shaping it.
  5. Keep pace with the challenges of the rapidly changing world of work.

In a short video, our director Prof. Christoph Meinel, would like to welcome you personally.
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openHPI. Easily understandable university knowledge-At no cost

Register now and benefit from these advantages:
  • A general education in digital technology at the university level, conveyed in a clear, accessible way
  • Motivated learning: multimedia contents with playful elements and learning at your own pace.
  • Flexible learning: use any device that enables Internet access, whether at home, at work or on the go.
  • Free of costs—thanks to funding by HPI founder Prof. Hasso Plattner (SAP co-founder).

Our short video gives you a look at how online learning with openHPI works.

Current and upcoming courses

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Objektorientierte Programmierung in Java - Schulversion
Apr 25, 2022 - Jun 26, 2022
Programming
Record of Achievement
de
Programmieren lernen mit Python - Schulversion
Apr 25, 2022 - Jun 26, 2022
Programming
Record of Achievement
de
Spieleentwicklung mit JavaScript: Flappy Bird
May 4, 2022 - Jun 1, 2022
Programming
Confirmation of Participation
de
Cloud-Computing für alle
May 18, 2022 - Jun 1, 2022
Cloud and Operating Systems
Record of Achievement
de
Einführung in das Quantencomputing - Teil 1
Jun 1, 2022 - Jun 14, 2022
Quantum Computing
Record of Achievement
de
Quanteninformation und -kryptographie - Teil 1
Jun 15, 2022 - Jun 28, 2022
Quantum Computing
Record of Achievement
de
Applied Edge AI: Deep Learning Outside of the Cloud
Sep 6, 2022 - Oct 25, 2022
Cloud and Operating Systems, Big Data and AI
Record of Achievement
en
Quantenalgorithmen und Implementierung
Dec 7, 2022 - Dec 20, 2022
Quantum Computing
Record of Achievement
de

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