Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI): List of all tuition-free study programs (2026/27)

HPI: Tuition-free

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The Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), named after one of the founders of SAP, is a unique phenomenon in the German university landscape. Academically structured as the independent Faculty of Digital Engineering at the (public) University of Potsdam, HPI unites excellent research and teaching with the advantages of a privately financed institute and a tuition-free study program. The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering is, in legal terms, a gGmbH (a non-profit Ltd.). It was founded in October 1998 as part of a public-private partnership and is funded by the non-profit Hasso Plattner Foundation for Software Systems Engineering, which is also the sole interest holder in the company.

The HPI in Potsdam is the only university faculty in Germany where all degree programs are completely and privately financed while being part of the public University of Potsdam.

HPI offers a handful of innovation-oriented and practically-based studies, e.g.

Type

University (private (state-approved))

of international students

No data provided

No. of students (2021)

700

Term model

Semester

Tuition-free programs at HPI: Overview

German Students

Tuition-free

Master

Tuition-free

Bachelor

Tuition-free

MBA

Tuition-free

LL.M.

Tuition-free

State Examination

Note: Semester contribution of approx. €100-400 still applies.

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Disclaimer: You should use this text as a general guide, but it cannot serve as a guarantee. Keep in mind that there is no universal tuition fee & semester contribution that applies to all study programs and all student groups. Hence, we urge you to always individually double-check the specific fees of the specific study programs on their official websites.