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New project “Leuphana AI Campus” provides students with AI skills

2026-03-26

Artificial intelligence is changing the way we study. Students and lecturers at Leuphana University Lüneburg are therefore testing how artificial intelligence can be integrated into their studies. At the kick-off event for project  “Leuphana AI Campus”, participants laid the foundation for future AI literacy education at their university. 

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The team of project “Leuphana AI Campus” is testing and evaluating how artificial intelligence can be integrated responsibly into studies, teaching, and exams. Project leaders Prof. Dr. Jelena Bäumler (not pictured) and Dr. Julia Webersik (front, second from right), together with their team, laid the foundation for future AI literacy education at their university at the project’s kick-off on 17 March 2026. Copyright: Leuphana/Tengo Tabatadze.

“It’s not about everyone learning to code right now,” explained Professor Jelena Bäumler on 17th March 2026 at the start of the kick-off event in Leuphana’s main building, “It’s about students understanding how AI works.” Bäumler, Vice President for Leuphana College, has been leading project  “Leuphana AI Campus” (LAICA)  together with Julia Webersik since the beginning of the year. The project allows students to explore the topic of artificial intelligence outside the context of traditional computer science programmes. It provides them with the skills to understand and apply AI in practice. The goal of project “Leuphana AI Campus” is to foster AI literacy education across all stages of study, from bachelor’s to doctoral programmes. This is going to be achieved by offering new courses. 

 “The diverse changes brought about by artificial intelligence require a comprehensive overhaul of the teaching architecture,” emphasised Julia Webersik, who co-leads the project with Bäumler. As head of the Leuphana Teaching Service, she also focuses on the skills and tools that university faculty should be equipped with in the age of AI. These can range from AI licenses to continuing education programmes and legal consulting. 

 In the future, students and lecturers will jointly test and evaluate artificial intelligence as a tool and subject for study, teaching, and exams at the LAICA Hub. The LAICA Hub in the library’s Creative Space serves as the project’s central location, offering dynamic workshops for students and lecturers. Here, first results from the project’s kick-off will also be compiled and further developed in the coming weeks. Through the end of 2029, “Leuphana AI Campus” will receive up to 4,6 million euros in funding from the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education. 

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