To support Software Campus participants in their start-up activities, we once again invited them to an entrepreneurship workshop in Berlin. We also joined forces with AI Grid, which connects master's and doctoral students in the field of AI. A total of 20 participants...
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New cohort of 2025 kicks off in Berlin
The newly admitted cohort of the Software Campus met for the first time in Berlin on the 7th of July, 2025. We were hosted by the Einstein Center Digital Future for the half-day event, followed by an evening event. As every year, it was important to us to warmly...
Interview with Software Campus-Alumnus Dr. Moritz Fuchs & -participant Yannik Frisch
Software Campus alumnus Dr. Moritz Fuchs was and participant Yannik Frisch is pursuing their doctorates at TU Darmstadt in the field of computer vision. They are researching how to create synthetic data sets for highly realistic simulations that can be used for cataract surgery trainings.
Software Campus projects and founders at the GITEX Europe tech fair
The tech and start-up community and investors gathered at GITEX Europe in Berlin from 21 to 23 May 2025. The trade fair, a spin-off of GITEX Global in Dubai, took place in Europe for the first time. It was expected to attract 1,400 international tech companies, 750...
Communities of Practice continue to grow with the onboarding of the new cohort
Around 100 participants and graduates of the Software Campus are already engaged in the nine Communities of Practice. They have continued to grow with the onboarding of the 41 doctoral students from the 2024 cohort, who are currently starting their projects. The...
Kicking Off 2025 with Celonis into Conflict Management
Conflict is inevitable—but when handled well, it can boost growth and build a stronger team. This week, Software Campus participants had the privilege of participating in Celonis’ first-ever training in our network, marking the start of this year’s training season....
Reflecting the first year of Communities of Practice
Every year, about 40 new participants join the Software Campus, while the previous class is still working on its projects and the class before is (slowly) finalizing its work. This means that around 100 researchers are actively part of the community simultaneously. In...
Summit 2024: Software Campus network meets in Berlin
From November 18th to 19th, 2024, the Software Campus community met for the annual summit event in Berlin. Dr Stephan Pfisterer from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research welcomed programme participants, alumni, partners and representatives of the DLR Project...
Starting a business while studying: Omar El Nahhas shares his experiences
PhD student Omar El Nahhas is doing his doctorate at TU Dresden, has been a Software Campus participant since 2023 - and he did gain some experiences within the field of founding during his bachelor's degree. For our article series “Behind the Code” Dr. Natalia...
How to Foster the Adoption of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
Although data privacy is a crucial topic, given how many digital technologies we use every day, assuring it from a technical perspective can still be a challenging task. While data protection regulations such as the GDPR provide a legal mandate and guidance for...
Cooperation extended with IFI programme
Building Bridges Mit großer Spannung haben wir auf den Start eines besonderen und neuen Trainings gewartet. Nun ist es soweit, die Workshopsaison von Bosch – einem unserer jüngsten Software Campus Partner – hat begonnen. Am 09. 10. Juli 2024 haben 12 Teilnehmende des Software Campus am Training „Fit for Business with the big 5: ABBA, Change, Pitch, Innovation Entrepreneurship” im Bosch Hauptsitz in Stuttgart-Feuerbach teilgenommen.
First Workshop at Bosch
Building Bridges
Since Bosch became our industry partner earlier this year, it is exciting news that their Software Campus training season has finally started.
From the 9th to the 10th of July,2024, 12 Software Campus participants attended the training “Fit for Business with the big 5: ABBA, Change, Pitch, Innovation & Entrepreneurship” at the Bosch headquarters in Stuttgart-Feuerbach.
New networking communities kicked off
Software Campus participants not only benefit from specialised training and funding for their own research project, but also from networking with each other and with companies, our industry partners in the program. A new environment for collaborative exchange and...
Entrepreneurship Workshop at K.I.E.Z.
Ready to take off
For the first time, we did organize an entrepreneurship workshop in collaboration with K.I.E.Z. in Berlin for 20 participants from the 15th to the 16th of May 2024.
The first day began with a short Q&A Session, to visualize and substantiate every participant’s expectation, and to make the workshop more individual and interactive. Followed by an introduction into the topic entrepreneurship.
Alumnus Felix Beierle as Postdoc in Tokyo with the German Academic Exchange Service
From Berlin to Tokyo
After the promotion at the Technische Universität Berlin – Software Campus, since mid-2022, the alumnus Dr. Felix Beierle does research at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) with the IFI-Program funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Tokyo. The IFI-Program of DAAD boosts the international mobility of German experts with scholarships; since 2021, there has been a collaboration between Felix Beierle and the Software Campus.
Bosch becomes a Software Campus partner
We would like to say a warm welcome to one of our latest Partners in our network, Robert Bosch GmbH, which has been part of the program since 01 January, they did join again.
Celonis is a new partner of Software Campus
We welcome a new industry partner to the program: Celonis joined the Software Campus as a partner on 1 January 2024. The company is the global market leader in the field of process mining, and empowers companies to pilot their business processes intelligently and data...
Software Campus supports Common Grounds Forum
Who will shape the digital policy of tomorrow? Who is asked? And who has a say? The Common Grounds Forum (CGF) supports young people between the ages of 16 and 35 to get involved in the discussion - whether they are activists, researchers or students. The Common...
Software Campus begins a new application round with more intensive networking, a higher funding budget and a new training format
On 14.03.2023 a new round of applications will start in the Software Campus: We are looking for leadership talents with a background in technology. Within the funding program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), researchers together with...
New training: Sustainability as a corporate strategy at SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar
Sustainable consuming is important to many people. For example, they buy organic or Fairtrade products, live a vegetarian lifestyle, save energy where possible, use low emission means of transport, or use second-hand and upcycled products. But how does sustainability...



















