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KI-Zusatzzertifikat für Auszubildende — Augsburg's Award-Winning AI Certificate for Industrial & Craft Apprentices

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University of Augsburg, IHK Schwaben and HWK für Schwaben run a modular AI certificate for industrial and craft apprentices — nearly 500 trainees from 164 companies completed it since spring 2024 — winning Germany's Hermann-Schmidt-Preis 2025 for vocational-education innovation.

~500
Apprentices completing certificate (since spring 2024)
164
Companies represented
24
Competing projects for the 2025 award (2025)
KI-Zusatzzertifikat für Auszubildende — Augsburg's Award-Winning AI Certificate for Industrial & Craft Apprentices

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
University of Augsburg (Zentrum für Produktion der Zukunft / KI-Produktionsnetzwerk), IHK Schwaben, HWK für Schwaben
Period
2024–present
Region (NUTS)
DE27
Keywords
vocational education, AI literacy, manufacturing, crafts, apprenticeship, micro-credentials

Context

The KI-Produktionsnetzwerk at the University of Augsburg, with IHK Schwaben and HWK fur Schwaben, runs a modular AI additional certificate for apprentices in industrial and craft trades, combining an online course with two practical days at the 5,300 m2 'Halle 43' AI experience centre.

Activities

Since regular operation began spring 2024, nearly 500 apprentices from 164 companies have completed the certificate; on 27 January 2026 the project won the Hermann-Schmidt-Preis 2025, Germany's national vocational-education innovation prize, selected from 24 competing projects.

Conclusions

The available evidence is participation and award recognition rather than an independent, controlled measurement of skills gained; the next step is expansion into other Bavarian districts, widening the evidence base beyond the Augsburg pilot region.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
University of Augsburg KI-Produktionsnetzwerk instructors, IHK Schwaben, HWK fur Schwaben

Conditions for success

  • Access to the Halle 43 facility
  • Chamber-of-industry and chamber-of-crafts partnerships

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