The Capital Region: Capital of Talent

The capital region offers an extraordinarily highly trained pool of specialists.
With over 250 technology-oriented research institutions, Berlin is an optimal environment for innovative companies.

There are 85 scientific institutions devoted to research and teaching in the field of computer science and software development.

About forty percent of Berlin's companies say that the city's strength in research and development is its most important attribute.

(Sources: Netzwerk Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin Partner GmbH, 2006)

Research Hub

  • 250 state and private research institutions
  • 85 institutions in the software field
  • Internationally renowned research and development organizations
  • 50 media and communication-related programs at four universities, one university of the arts, three universities of applied sciences and one co-op program
  • Total of 22,000 students in media and communication programs
  • Every year, over 6,500 university graduates enter the growth industries of media, information and communication technology, bioinformatics and transportation technology.
  • About two thirds of them studied computer science or a related field.
Research Areas of Focus
  • Network technologies
  • Network management
  • Business
  • 3D display
  • Broadband communication
  • ATM (asynchronous transfer mode)
  • XML applications
(Source: Training and Education in the Media and Communication Sector (Ausbildung in der Medien- und Kommunikationsbranche), Berlin Senate Administration for the Economy, Labor and Women 2004; Berlin Partner GmbH, 2004; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, 2007)

Training and Career Development Institutions in IT, E-Business and Microsystems Technology

Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin)
Internet: www.tu-berlin.de

Faculty IV - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Internet: http://iv.tu-berlin.de


Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
Internet: www.fu-berlin.de

Institute of Computer Science (Institut für Informatik der Freien Universität Berlin)
Internet: www.inf.fu-berlin.de


Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin)
Internet: www.udk-berlin.de

Institute of Electronic Business
Internet: www.ieb.net


Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Internet: www.hu-berlin.de

Institute of Computer Science (Institut für Informatik)
Internet: www.informatik.hu-berlin.de

Institute of Business Information Technology (Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik)
Internet: iwi.wiwi.hu-berlin.de


Beuth University of Applied Sciences
Internet: www.beuth-hochschule.de

Department VI - Computer Science and Media
Internet: http://fb6.tfh-berlin.de


HTW University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft - HTW)
Internet: www.htw-berlin.de

Department of Computer Engineering
Internet: www.f1.htw-berlin.de/studiengaenge.html


University of Potsdam
Internet: www.uni-potsdam.de 


Hasso Plattner Institute
Internet: www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de


Technical University of Cottbus
Internet: www.tu-cottbus.de


Microsystems Technology Education in Northeast Germany (Mikrosystemtechnik Ausbildung in Nordstdeutschland - MANO)
Internet: www.m-a-n-o.net


Center for Microsystems Technology (Zentrum für Mikrosystemtechnik - ZEMI) in Berlin-Adlershof
Internet: www.zemi-berlin.de

Education Projects in Multimedia

Computer Science Network
  • Cooperation between the economic sector in general and Berlin's universities.
  • Enhancement of computer science programs at institutions of higher learning
  • University lectures, courses and seminars
  • Dissertation fellowships
  • Implementation of research and development projects (such as www.fireball.de)
  • Funding endowed chairs

Education Information
talentguide: medien.IT
The Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) publishes an informational brochure about the various programs available for developing careers in media and IT.

IHK Berlin Service Center at the Ludwig Erhard House
Fasanenstrasse 85
D - 10623 Berlin
E-mail: service@berlin.ihk.de
Internet: www.ihk-berlin.de


Berlin Continuing Education Database
Internet: www.wdb.de


German Education Server (Deutscher Bildungsserver)
Internet: www.bildungsserver.de

Research Institutes and Their Partners

  • Research institutes already work closely with their partners in the industry.
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Assembly and Packaging Technologies for Microelectronics and Power Electronics (Fraunhofer Institut für Zuverläsigkeit und Mikrointegration - IZM)
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik - IPK)
  • Fraunhofer Institute für Software and Systems Engineering (Fraunhofer Institut für Software- und Systemtechnik - ISST),
    Partners: debis, HP, IBM Deutschland
  • Institute for Future Strategies and Technology Assessment (Institut für Zukunftsstrategien und Technologiebewertung - IZT)
    Partners: Daimler AG, Deutsche Telekom, Heinz-Nixdorf Institute
  • Fraunhofer FOKUS, Institute for Open Communication Systems (Institut für offene Kommunikationssysteme),
    Partners: Daimler AG, Bosch, AT&T
  • Fraunhofer First, Research Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology (Forschungsinstitut für Computerarchitektur und Softwaretechnologie),
    Partners: Daimler AG, Bosch, Microsoft
  • Research Institute, AT&T Research Institute
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut - HHI),
    Partners: Bosch, Alcatel, Fujitsu Microelectronic, France Telecom, British Telecom
  • Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) with the research institute Interdisciplinary Research Focus on Network Technologies and Multimedia
    Partners: 3Com, CiscoSystems, Siemens
  • Konrad-Zuse-Center for Information Technology (ZIB),
    Partners: HP, BSD Medical Corporation
  • DAI-Laboratory – Sun Technology and Research Excellence Center for Intelligent Agents in Telecommunications,
    Partners: Deutsche Telekom, Sun, Siemens, Daimler AG
  • T-Lab: an Institute of Deutsche Telekom at the TU Berlin
(Source: Netzwerk Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin Partner GmbH, 2005)

The Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI)

The Heinrich Hertz Institute has developed new technologies in the area of optical networks and mobile broadband systems.
  • Indoor mobile system with a bandwidth of 150Mbit/s carries data using infrared light.
  • High power switch module for communication networks - key building block of the internet (Philip Morris Research Prize for HHI in 1999)
Successful HHI spinoffs:
  • Virtual Photonics
  • Visionpearls
  • Usability Lab at the HHI
  • U2t Innovative Optoelectronic Components GmbH
  • DSPecialists GmbH Berlin
  • MikroM

Science and Technology Park Adlershof

100 companies are currently active in the areas of information and media technology. The company's activities include:
  • Multimedia
  • Perspectives for design aids
  • Software Technologies
  • Production Planning Systems

Technology companies include:
  • Rohde & Schwarz SIT GmbH
  • Controlware GmbH
  • ADVA Optical Network AG

Adlershof is surrounded by an excellent university and extra-university research environment, which offers favorable conditions for growth the dynamic technology companies located there. One of these high-performance partners is the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology (FIRST).

The Humboldt University's Institute for Computer Science further bolsters the business environment for technology firms at Adlershof.

The Center for IT and Media offers flexible rental units starting at 25 m².

Susann Niemeyer
Team leader Center for IT and Media
Phone: +49 30 6392-2237
Fax: +49 30 6392-2244
E-mail: niemeyer@wista.de
Internet: www.adlershof.de