Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering

The Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering gGmbH (German: Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH; HPI) is an academic institute based in Potsdam, Brandenburg, northeastern Germany, focusing primarily on information technology. Legally, it has the form of a non-profit limited liability company. It has a close partnership with the University of Potsdam, where it established and runs the Digital Engineering Faculty.

The teaching and research of HPI are focused on "IT-Systems Engineering". HPI was founded in 1998, and is the first, and as of 2018, the only entirely privately funded faculty in Germany. It is financed entirely through private funds donated by billionaire Hasso Plattner, who co-founded the software company SAP SE, and is currently the chairman of SAP's supervisory board. From 2004 to 2023 the institute was headed by Christoph Meinel. On April 1, 2023, a team consisting of Tobias Friedrich, Marcus Kölling and Ralf Herbrich took over the management of the institute. Since October 1, 2025, Tobias Friedrich and Henrik Haenecke have been leading the institute. On August 1, 2026, Daniela Gerd tom Markotten was appointed Managing Director Partnerships and Transfer.