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The CODE University of Applied Sciences (see: CODE; Code University) is a private, state-recognized University of Applied Sciences for digital product development in Berlin.
The university was founded in 2017 by Thomas Bachem, Manuel Dolderer and Jonathan Rüth, along with 24 internet entrepreneurs and startup investors. It was officially recognized on July 14, 2017 by the Senate of Berlin department for science and research.
Bachem stated that his personal experience learning that German universities’ computer science study programs were of an outdated didactic and theoretical nature sparked the idea for CODE. Being an autodidact coder since his early youth, he saw no fitting institution for his kind.
Known supporters of CODE are Rolf Schrömgens (founder of Trivago), Benjamin Otto (heir of the Otto Group), Stephan Schambach, Patrick Adenauer, Ijad Madisch (founder of ResearchGate), Verena Pausder (founder of Fox and Sheep), Heiko Hubertz (founder of Bigpoint), Rafael Laguna (founder of Open-Xchange), Gabriele Pulvermüller (formerly Host Europe Group), Klaas Kersting (founder of Gameforge), Florian Heinemann (founder of Project A) and Christian Vollmann (a.o. founder of EDarling).
According to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, “CODE University is doing important work educating the next generation of students in advanced technological skills.” She is “(...)confident those students will go on to do incredible things – they’ll change our communities, our industries, and the world.”
The university offers three international English-language Bachelor's degree courses, each being six semesters long:
All three courses are accredited by the German state and matching the European Bologna process.