In this course, you’ll explore why data management matters and get comfortable with key ideas like data quality, integration, and consistency, while also learning how to design and query simple databases that meet real organizational needs. You’ll build a foundation in creating basic data models and choosing appropriate data storage strategies, and you’ll become familiar with common tools and platforms used for data management, including cloud-based and big data technologies. Throughout the course, you’ll also take time to reflect on ethical considerations around data use, helping you develop a thoughtful and responsible approach to working with data.

Welcome to Design Lab. This course focuses on Human-Centered Innovation through Design Thinking, user research, ideation, prototyping, testing, and evidence-based iteration. You will work collaboratively to explore real-world transformation challenges and develop meaningful digital or service-based solutions grounded in user needs. This course combines self-paced learning, collaborative workshops, applied project work, reflection, and iterative design activities. Throughout the course, you will move from problem framing and research toward concept development, prototyping, usability testing, and final presentation.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how organizations operate, make decisions, and create value. However, understanding AI requires more than simply learning how to use new tools. It requires the ability to evaluate opportunities, redesign workflows, and apply AI responsibly within real organizational contexts.
This certificate provides a practical introduction to the strategic and applied use of artificial intelligence in modern organizations. Throughout the course, participants explore how AI technologies such as predictive AI, generative AI, and emerging agentic systems are changing business processes, communication, decision-making, and innovation.
The course combines conceptual foundations with hands-on application. Participants engage with interactive activities, real-world scenarios, collaborative discussions, and project-based work designed to connect theory directly to practice. Alongside the course activities, participants continuously work on developing their own AI-enabled business concept within a chosen industry or domain.
The course is designed for individuals who want to move beyond theoretical discussions of AI and develop practical capabilities for applying AI within professional and organizational contexts. No advanced technical background or programming experience is required.
By the end of the course, participants will have developed and presented an AI-enabled business model and transformation concept supported by practical application, strategic reasoning, and prototype-level solution design.
- Academic Expert : Matthias Handrich
- Practice Expert : Sebastian Hakan Akinci

- Academic Expert : Janet Weßler
- Practice Expert : Katja Königstein

This course provides you with concepts, reflective practices, and practical tools to support your ongoing personal growth and transformation. You will deepen your understanding of self-awareness, mindset development, emotional intelligence, and purposeful action, while strengthening your ability to navigate change and uncertainty. Through guided exercises and applied learning, you will build on prior insights to refine your personal goals, habits, and values. By the end of the course, you will be able to integrate these learnings into your daily life, make intentional decisions, and continue your personal transformation journey with greater clarity, resilience, and confidence.

- Academic Expert : Matthias Bromba

- Academic Expert : Sarah Schwender

- Academic Expert : Sarah Schwender

- Academic Expert : Pascal Peter
- Practice Expert : Laura Bies
- Practice Expert : Annika Wilhelm

- Academic Expert : Matthias Bromba