Lectures and question and answer sessions via video conference

Online appointments will take place via Zoom. We recommend that you register for Zoom. Without registration, Zoom is available to you via an app. You can join the respective online appointment via a link:

We will publish the respective link to the online meeting approx. 30 minutes before the meeting begins. You will find the current link above the agenda in a red box.

As an additional security measure, you as a participant are not allowed to switch on your microphone yourself. If you would like to ask a question, we ask you to "raise your hand" (you can find out how to do this here) and write your question in the chat. Subsequent a moderator will give you the floor. Be careful with links that are shared in chat. We strongly recommend not to open them.

social media program

Check out our stories on Facebook and Instagram regularly today. Here you will find the presentation of the FQ Lounge, as well as the virtual campus tour. 

> Instagram: hpi_en
> Facebook: HassoPlattnerInstitute

HPI students get practical and future-oriented training in small study groups and receive excellent supervision from high-ranking professors. The broad range of courses at HPI promotes versatility. HPI students benefit from national and international cooperation with business and industry. Studying at HPI promises excellent job prospects.

No. Knowledge of computer science is not absolutely necessary for admission to the Bachelor´s program, though it is an advantage.

The program is offered every year in the winter semester. This year, the application portals open on July 1 and close at July 15.

For a valid application, the following documents must be submitted by the set deadlines:

> The completed and signed application form
> A proof of university entrance qualification
> A completed study ability test
> A curriculum vitae including e-mail address (if available including proof of additional qualifications and, in case of foreign applicants, proof of German language skills).

The study ability test is a letter of motivation. Applicants answer the questions listed in the study aptitude test - on a maximum of two A4 pages. In teh letter, you should explain why you would like to study at HPI and why you think you are particularly suited to this course of study. Inform us about your knowledge, talents and why the Bachelor IT-Systems Engineering program is the right one for you.

You can find the aptitude test here.

A grade is then awarded for the study aptitude test, which is included in the procedure grade with 25 %.

> 1,0: Excellent
> 2,0: Good
> 3,0: Satisfactory
> 4.0: Sufficient
> 5,0: Insufficient

The application is given a procedure grade. It is calculated as follows:

• 51 percent: Average grade of the university entrance qualification
• 24 percent: Average of the weighted individual grades of higher eductaion entrance qualification for the subjects mathematics (double weighting), German, English and computer science (if no grade is documented on the proof of the university entrance entitlement for one of these subjects, the average grade is calculated from the documented grades of the above subjects)
• 25 percent: grade of the subject-specifc study ability test

If you have acquired your Abitur abroad, please contact the Cottbus State Eductaion Authority. You will submit the necessary documents there. You will then receive a university entrance entitlement valid in Germany from the Cottbus school authority.

The official start of the semester is October 1. The introductory events usually take place the second week of October. Lectures then begin in the third week of October. This year, the start of lectures is postponed to November 1.

It is not yet possible to predict what percentage of teaching will be done digitally from November onwards and which lectures can take place on site.

The Hasso-Plattner-Institute is privately financed, so there are no tuition fees for this program. The semester fee that is charged is EUR 304.16.

Accoring to the Studentenwerk Potsdam. the average student pas approximately 700 Euros per month for living expenses.

The Studentenwerk´s sample calculation can be found here.