Hacker School teaches teenagers necessary digital skills for the twenty-first century. It enables them not only to develop a better understanding of the digital world but also to help design it too. By co-operating with universities and companies, Hacker School makes it possible for students and trainees to pass on their IT skills and their enthusiasm for programming to the teenagers, assist them with independent learning, and inspire them to stay on the ball by providing fascinating practical examples from the digital world.

Hacker School focuses on three target groups: entire school groups and classes, for whom the course @yourschool was devised; girls and young women who can attend the GIRLS Hacker school; and socially disadvantaged young people, for whom Hacker School Plus has been designed in cooperation with Joblinge e.V. Over two days, small groups of teenagers complete fun exercises that teach them about programming languages. Once they acquire a fundamental understanding of IT they will have the opportunity to experiment and achieve their first programming success.