Background of the Digital Campus

The process of digitization affects all areas of life and work, it employs people involved in business, science, research and urban society. In order to keep pace with rapid development in the areas of infrastructure and technologies, data and algorithms, prerequisites must be created. New ways of thinking and working should be encouraged, new digital entrepreneurship enabled and an urban society that is networked online should be built up. Most of the skilled workers are not yet sufficiently qualified to develop and operate digital applications and related business models. Increasingly digitalization administrations, municipal and private companies need employees who have key and special skills in the field of digitalization. As digitalization progresses, there is therefore a need for education and further training for students, trainees in all disciplines, those working in administration and business and, conversely, also for teachers. Leipzig’s urban society also does not yet have the option of acquiring digital skills in a central offering in order to be able to understand the strategic decisions of the city at any time and to help shape them in a participatory manner. The Digital Campus would like to close this gap.