TechAcademy
Since its founding in 2018, I volunteer at TechAcademy e.V.. After co-leading the organization as an executive board member for several years, my current role as an supervisory board member is to ensure TechAcademy’s long-term viability and successful development.
TechAcademy e.V. is a student initiative at Goethe University Frankfurt training the next digital leaders. Students of any discipline get the opportunity to acquire coding skills in Data Science and Web Development programs. Students apply their acquired tech skills in projects, solving real-world problems digitally.
In addition to regular coding meetups, TechAcademy actively supports students in developing and implementing their projects through workshops, lectures, and company visits. In this way, participants gain practical experience in the tech sector while still studying and establish contact with relevant companies. TechAcademy currently provides more than 100 students per semester with the opportunity to participate in the educational program and counts more than 600 students as alumnae.
In addition, TechAcademy organizes the annual TechConference — a digitization conference with high-ranking speakers from business, politics and science.
For this voluntary engagement TechAcademy won the national award “Students of the Year 2021,” awarded jointly by the German National Association for Student Affairs (Deutsches Studentenwerk) and the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband).
Videos
Short Advertisement about Our Program
TechConference 2022, 2021, and 2020
Newspaper Articles
- Obinja, Antea (October 28, 2020): “Initiative ‚TechAcademy’: Mit Facebook gegen Corona”, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- Haerdle, Benjamin (June 4, 2020) “Studenteninitiative: Fit im Programmieren,” in: Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Press Releases
- TechAcademy (September 21, 2021): “TechConference 2021: With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility,” Press Release.
- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (September 29, 2021): “8. Oktober / Digitale TechConference zum verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Big Data”, Press Release.
- Deutsches Studentenwerk (March 18, 2020): “‘TechAcademy’ der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main sind Studierende des Jahres”, Press Release.
- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (March 18, 2020): “‘Studierende des Jahres’ — TechAcademy ausgezeichnet”, Press Release.
- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (October 7, 2020): “Digitale TechConference an der Goethe-Universität mit hochkarätigen Teilnehmern”, Press Release.
- TechAcademy e.V. (October 5, 2020): “TechConference: Can Tech Save the World?”, Press Release.
More Information
Please find more information on TechAcademy e.V. on the organization’s website https://tech-academy.io/.