HPI Academy
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Find out more about the workshops at the HPI Academy. Participants will experience high educational units for professionals in the field of innovation.

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Learn flexibly online with the HPI Academy.

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You want your team to use Design Thinking? The HPI Academy is experienced in creating individual coaching concepts that guide you through your innovationprojects.

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Design Thinking is a structured approach to innovation that creates user-centric products, services or experiences through multidisciplinary teams, flexible working environments and a creative process. The formats of the HPI Academy support you in learning the methods of Design Thinking and/or applying them to your own projects.

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We are driven by our passion and enthusiasm for Design Thinking and IT. Our expertise and profound experience with numerous projects make us a competent and reliable partner.

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How to reach us

Situated directly next to the Griebnitzsee train (S-Bahn) station, the HPI Academy in Potsdam-Babelsberg is quickly accessible via S-Bahn line S7 from the city centers of Potsdam as well as Berlin, the vibrant capital of Germany.

The HPI Academy workshop rooms are located in Building E on Campus II (August-Bebel-Str. 88) as well as in the main building (Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Str. 2-3) of the Hasso Plattner Institute.

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Arrival from Berlin airport

by public transport

  • From Airport BER - Terminal 1-2 with regional train RB22, direction Friedrichstraße to S Griebnitzsee (travel time approx. 60 minutes) ; Ticket for zones Berlin ABC required.
  • Alternatively From Airport BER - Terminal 1-2 with RB14 direction Nauen or RE7 direction Dessau to S Ostkreuz (travel time approx. 15 minutes).
    Next, S-Bahn line S7 in the direction of Potsdam-Hauptbahnhof to S Griebnitzsee (travel time approx. 45 min).
    Total travel time approx. 60 minutes; Ticket for zones Berlin ABC required.

 

Taxi rides to HPI cost between 40 and 50 Euros and take 45 to 60 minutes.

 

Arrival by train

  • From Berlin central station take S-Bahn line S7 (direction Potsdam Hbf) and travel to Griebnitzsee Station (Potsdam) (travel time approx. 35 min).
  • From Berlin Zoologischer Garten take S-Bahn line S7 (direction Potsdam Hbf) and travel to Griebnitzsee Station (Potsdam) (travel time approx. 25 min).
  • From Potsdam central station take S-Bahn line S7 (direction Ahrensfelde) to Griebnitzsee Station (Potsdam) (travel time approx. 10 min).
  • Directions to the workshop room in Building E on HPI Campus II:

    At the Station Griebnitzsee, go downstairs and exit to the right. Leave the underpass and keep right. Follow Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße to the end and turn left onto August-Bebel-Straße. You will find Campus II on the corner August-Bebel-Straße and Stahnsdorfer Straße.

  • Directions to the workshop room in the HPI main building: Leave the underpass in the direction of “Universität“ (university), turn left at the bus loop, pass the level crossing and keep walking straight. The main building is located at the end of the path.

Taxi rides from the Berlin stations to HPI cost between 30 and 40 Euros and take approx. 45 minutes.
A taxi ride from Potsdam central station takes around 15 minutes and will cost approx. 10 Euros.

 

Arrival by car

  • From the A10 (Berlin beltway), change onto the A115 at the intersection “Dreieck Nuthetal”.
  • Leave the A115 at the Potsdam-Babelsberg exit (dual exit!) and continue in the direction of Potsdam-Babelsberg.
  • Follow Nuthestraße towards the city center (“Zentrum”) and exit at Wetzlarer Straße (Medienstadt Babelsberg).
  • Turn right, pass the BMW car dealer and turn left in the direction of Babelsberg.
  • At the next intersection (Großbeerenstraße/Wetzlarer Straße) keep going straight onto August-Bebel-Straße until corner August-Bebel-Straße/Stahnsdorfer Straße.

Directions to HPI Academy

Addresses

Hasso-Plattner-Institut Academy GmbH

 

Workshop room in House E:
August-Bebel-Str. 88
14482 Potsdam

 

Workshop room in the HPI main building:

Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße 2-3
14482 Potsdam

The HPI

The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam is one of Germany‘s most noted university institutes for IT and Europe’s biggest hub for Design Thinking education.

Situated directly next to the Griebnitzsee metropolitan train (S-Bahn) station, the HPI in Potsdam-Babelsberg is superbly located in terms of accessibility. On S-Bahn line S7, it is just a short ride to both the capital Berlin and Potsdam’s city center.The lake-side campus is an impressive oasis of greenery set in beautifully tended grounds providing modern facilities for any event.

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