Hasso Plattner Institute
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The Hasso Plattner Institute (Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH), or HPI, is a German
information technology
college, affiliated to the University of Potsdam
and located in Potsdam-Babelsberg near Berlin
. It was founded in 1998 and is the first, and still the only, entirely privately-funded college in Germany. The eponymous donor is Hasso Plattner
, one of the co-founders of the largest European software companies, SAP AG
.
. Hasso Plattner created the non-profit "Hasso Plattner Foundation for Software Systems Engineering", which is the administrative body responsible for the HPI and its only corporate member. The foundation’s legal status is that of a GmbH, a limited-liability company according to German law.
As the public part of the partnership, the Bundesland
Brandenburg
provided the estate where three multi-story buildings were built. Half of the 36 million euro construction costs were paid by the European Union
, the remainder by Hasso Plattner.
Plattner has pledged 50 million euros of his personal fortune over a period of 20 years. Since its inception, Plattner's commitment to the HPI has quadrupled to over 200 million euros. He not only fully finances the HPI, but is also actively involved as a director and lecturer in Enterprise Platforms and Integration Concepts. In 2004 he received his honorary professorship from the University of Potsdam
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
college, affiliated to the University of Potsdam
University of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
and located in Potsdam-Babelsberg near Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. It was founded in 1998 and is the first, and still the only, entirely privately-funded college in Germany. The eponymous donor is Hasso Plattner
Hasso Plattner
Hasso Plattner is a cofounder of software giant SAP AG. Today he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP AG.- Biography :Hasso Plattner is a German entrepreneur...
, one of the co-founders of the largest European software companies, SAP AG
SAP AG
SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...
.
History
The HPI was founded in 1998 as a public-private partnershipPublic-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...
. Hasso Plattner created the non-profit "Hasso Plattner Foundation for Software Systems Engineering", which is the administrative body responsible for the HPI and its only corporate member. The foundation’s legal status is that of a GmbH, a limited-liability company according to German law.
As the public part of the partnership, the Bundesland
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
provided the estate where three multi-story buildings were built. Half of the 36 million euro construction costs were paid by the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, the remainder by Hasso Plattner.
Plattner has pledged 50 million euros of his personal fortune over a period of 20 years. Since its inception, Plattner's commitment to the HPI has quadrupled to over 200 million euros. He not only fully finances the HPI, but is also actively involved as a director and lecturer in Enterprise Platforms and Integration Concepts. In 2004 he received his honorary professorship from the University of Potsdam
University of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
.