July 3, 2025. New basic AI courses from IBM SkillsBuild are now available free of charge on the Stifterverband’s AI Campus. With a learning time of just two hours each, the online courses provide a compact introduction to artificial intelligence.
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As part of the “Future Mission Education”, the Stifterverband, IBM SkillsBuild and the AI Campus are joining forces to specifically promote future skills and the confident use of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational institutions and the world of work. IBM SkillsBuild’s free learning opportunities are now available on the KI-Campus digital learning platform. The aim of the cooperation is to empower people of all ages for the digital and sustainable transformation – with a special focus on AI and data skills.
Learners can complete the IBM SkillsBuild courses “Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence” and “Machine Learning and Deep Learning”, among others, on the AI Campus. In around two hours of learning per course, the new offerings provide a low-threshold introduction to central AI concepts and demonstrate practical applications.
Those who complete all six courses in the AI series will also receive a “micro-degree” as proof of achievement in addition to the individual course certificates. Online webinars from IBM are planned to accompany the courses, which will take up and deepen the course content.
“A central goal of the Stifterverband is open, accessible and practical AI education. That’s why it’s important to us that IBM is a strong partner supporting this cause,” says Florian Rampelt, Program Manager for Future Skills & AI and Head of the AI Campus at the Stifterverband. “In addition to a fundamental understanding of AI systems, the focus is particularly on the practical application and critical classification of AI. This requires strong cooperation between science and business.”
Wolfgang Wendt, Chairman of the Management Board of IBM Deutschland GmbH and General Manager IBM Germany, Austria and Switzerland, adds: “Artificial intelligence is changing our working world and is having an impact on both the way companies work and the activities of their employees. Education combined with knowledge is the key to actively shaping this transformation and remaining technologically competitive. With IBM SkillsBuild on the AI Campus, we are making AI skills accessible to everyone – practical, future-oriented and free of charge. Together with the Stifterverband, we are sending a strong signal for an equitable and innovative educational landscape in Germany with the “Future Mission Education”.”
The focus of the collaboration will be on IBM SkillsBuild courses and certificates related to AI and other technical skills. This reinforces IBM’s global commitment to train 30 million people worldwide by 2030.
The AI education project is part of the Alliance for Future Skills in the Future Mission Education. The Alliance for Future Skills aims to significantly increase the proportion of universities that include AI competencies and future skills in their educational programs. IBM is involved as a sponsor of the Alliance and as a member company on the board of the Stifterverband.
IBM is a leader in global hybrid cloud, AI and consulting. We help clients in over 175 countries commercialize insights from their data, optimize business processes, reduce costs and stay at the forefront of their industry. Thousands of government agencies and organizations in critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift for fast, efficient and secure digital transformation. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting provide our clients with open and flexible options. All backed by IBM’s long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, accountability, inclusion and service. For more information, visit www.ibm.com.
The Stifterverband is a community of around 3,500 committed people, companies and organizations from business, science and civil society. The aim of its work is to rethink and reshape education and science in order to sustainably strengthen society’s innovative power. For more information, visit: www.stifterverband.org
IBM SkillsBuild is a free educational program that aims to improve access to technology education. Through the program, IBM helps adult learners as well as high school and college students and faculty develop valuable new skills and career opportunities. The program includes an online platform complemented by customized hands-on learning experiences delivered in collaboration with a global network of partners.
The open version of IBM SkillsBuild is an online platform that offers over 1,000 courses in 20 languages on AI, cybersecurity, data analytics, cloud computing and many other technical disciplines – as well as workplace skills such as design thinking. Participants can earn IBM digital certificates that are recognized by the market. Further information can be found at: www.skillsbuild.org
The AI Campus is the learning platform for artificial intelligence with free online courses, videos, podcasts and tools to strengthen AI skills. The Stifterverband is responsible for the AI Campus office and coordinates several projects together with numerous partners. Further information can be found at www.ki-campus.org.
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