Excellent Training and Development

Fraunhofer’s continuing education programs help companies bring innovations to market faster, drive transformation and strengthen their long-term competitive advantage. How? By training technical professionals and managers through practical, research-based courses and programs, backed by more than 20 years of experience. Offerings include:

• certification courses and seminars
• degree programs for working professionals
• customized continuing education programs for companies, offered either at Fraunhofer or on-site at the customer’s location
• innovative training approaches, such as challenge-based workshops, agile learning sprints and hackathons
• online training
  
  

Companies and organizations benefit from insights from applied research and translate them directly into market-ready solutions. They build the skills needed to meet today’s challenges, including digital transformation, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the energy transition, while strengthening their organization’s future readiness.

As a provider of high-quality professional development and continuing education, the Fraunhofer Academy brings together the training programs of the Fraunhofer institutes and ensures their high instructional standards. All instructors are experts in their fields and know how to bridge the gap between research expertise and practical application. This enables us to help companies, government agencies and public-sector organizations stay current on topics such as cybersecurity, the circular economy, digital transformation, the energy transition, decarbonization and much more—always in line with the latest trends, technological standards and regulatory requirements.

Continuing education at Fraunhofer also offers a high degree of flexibility. Courses, workshops and training programs can be tailored to the specific needs of companies and public-sector customers and delivered in a variety of forms. Whether in person at learning labs and production facilities or online anytime, anywhere, these programs adapt to learners’ needs and learning habits.

The Fraunhofer Academy is your partner for practical, targeted and needs-based training—helping you prepare for what’s next and guiding you through transformation.