With around 25,000 participants on our training programmes, imbus is now one of the world's leading providers of training in software quality management and software testing.

Below, you will find the most important milestones in the history of our Academy:

June 2025 imbus receives accreditation for its brand-new course on ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management V3.0.
June 2025 As we celebrate our 25th anniversary, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers, partners and colleagues for joining us on this exciting journey!
May 2025 imbus receives accreditation for its cutting-edge training course on Prompt Engineering for Software-Testing course for efficient and innovative testing with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude & Co.
January 2025 imbus is the first training provider to receive accreditation from the German Testing Board (GTB) for the ISTQB® Certified Tester Agile Test Leadership At Scale (CT-ATLaS) course.
February 2024 The dpunkt technical book Fundamentals of AI Testing by our trainers and AI experts Dr. Gerhard Runze and Nils Röttger, in collaboration with Verena Dietrich is published.
September 2023 The imbus ISTQB® Certified Tester - AI Testing training now also accredited in German.
December 2022 imbus training experts contribute hundreds of findings to the review of the new ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level syllabus, helping to ensure its quality.
June 2022 We launch the ISTQB® Certified Tester training AI & Testing as the first training provider accredited by the German Testing Board.
April 2022 The dpunkt technical book Keyword-Driven Testing by long-standing imbus trainers Matthias Daigl and René Rohner is released.
October 2021 The imbus Academy expands its online training portfolio with an innovative Blended Learning solution, enthusiastically received by participants.
March 2020 Virtual Classroom training at imbus AG - with digitally supported learning formats imbus Academy launches a new line of products.
November 2019

World premiere at imbus AG! Cyber Security Essentials - the first course on the new certification standard from the Alliance for Quality (A4Q) is being held at imbus. The course covers the fundamentals of developing secure IT systems across all project roles and is an excellent introduction to the topic, including for all ISTQB® Certified Testers.
September 2019 The ISTQB® Marketing Working Group visits imbus.
August 2019 The ISTQB® Process Working Group visits imbus.
July 2019 Making security tangible: the imbus Security Unit presents the first in its series of workshops titled ‘Security Test Web Applications - Basics’.
November 2018

imbus certifies colleagues as the world's first performance testers according to the newly developed ISTQB® syllabus module.
September 2018 At imbus, theory meets practice - In addition to employing new trainees, we are running a dual university program that includes courses at the imbus Academy to prepare students for their business careers.
August 2018 The first ISTQB® Test Automation Engineers worldwide. Our new course is held for the first time and all participants pass the subsequent ISTQB® Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer examination at Advanced Level.
April 2018 Dr. Klaudia Dussa-Zieger - one of the first trainers at the imbus Academy is elected Chairman of the German Testing Board.
November 2017 We develop parts of the ASQF®/GTB IoT training and conduct the first training in March 2018 - all participants pass the subsequent exam to become Certified Professionals for IoT Foundation Level.
June 2017 First Security Tester training at ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level in Germany.
January 2017 imbus Academy has trained 10,000 participants to become Certified Testers.  
November 2016 A leading role in test know-how world-wide – imbus and ISTQB® are pleased to announce that imbus has achieved Global Partner Status with ISTQB®, International Software Testing Qualifications Board (www.istqb.org).
September 2016 Global tester's knowledge for North America - imbus Canada accredited as ISTQB® training provider.
March 2016 New members of the squad! imbus continues to meet the market's brisk demand: Starting with Klaus Erlenbach in January, Dr. Christian Brandes is yet another great addition to the top-level core-team of trainers of the imbus Academy.
February 2016 imbus trainers and staff bring on technical literature: Rolf Glunz and Matthias Daigl publish a guide to the testing norms: "ISO 29119 – Die Softwaretest-Normen verstehen und anwenden" and Doris Rubruck joins the team of authors around Martin Pol for the German edition of the book „Testing Cloud Services“.
November 2015 imbus-curriculum expanded: New courses comprise training on the Certified Automotive Software Tester (CTFL®-CAST), Test Automation, Continuous Integration for Agile Testers and the Certification „UXQB® Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience - Usability Testing and Evaluation“.
October  2015 Join in the talk about ISO 29119 on pressing a button - the imbus Glossary provides the complete Defintions of Terms of the Norm.
July 2015 Freshen-Up your Education! - imbus Academy celebrates 15th anniversary with special offers and a campaign around the Green Smoothie.
June 2015 The smart solution for test management, automation and Agile - Three variants of the TestBench-day each provide a concise introduction to the tool.
May 2015 Efficient testing through testautomation - Brand new imbus training provides participants with the expertise for a successful implementation.
February 2015 The German Testing Board (GTB) lists the imbus academy as the first accredited provider for the course "ISTQB® Certified Tester Agile Extension".
February 2015 Joining forces for test automation - imbus now GOLD Partner of Ranorex.
December 2014 In its new training programme for 2015, the imbus Academy is expanding its range of topics to include courses that are useful for testers beyond the actual software testing itself, thus becoming an all-round provider of further training in software quality assurance and testing.
May 2014 The textbook for the new ISTQB® Agile Tester: The SCRUM best-seller by Tilo Linz‘ Scrum best seller now available in English.
May 2014 imbus presents an interactive ISTQB® glossary in six languages (German, English (UK), Norwegian, Chinese, Finnish, Polish).
December 2013 10,000 times first-hand testing know how: imbus Academy welcomes its 10,000th training participant.
October 2013 The imbus Academy  is the first training provider which is re-accredited for all three modules of the new curriculum (V2012).
September 2013 Testen à la carte - mit dem neuen ISO-Standard 29119: In close cooperation with Beuth Verlag (the exclusive publisher of ISO standards in German), imbus provides training on the new ISO standard 29119 with trainers who were themselves involved in developing the standard.
April 2013

ISTQB® Platinum Partner: The International Software Testing Qualifications Board has awarded imbus AG the status of ‘Platinum Partner’ for its extensive expertise in the field of software testing.
December 2012 The imbus Academy further expands its portfolio with five new courses in its 2013 training programme.
November 2012 The Academy welcomes its 6,500th course participant to the Certified Tester training program.
September 2012 "Basiswissen Softwaretest" – dpunkt Verlag publishes the 5th Edition of the textbook, that has been listed top-seller for software testing for 10 years.
March 2012 imbus presents the ISTQB® Glossary now in four languages. The user interface has been revised, too.
November 2011 The new training category Agile Test & Agile Development comprises four courses, ranging from support in introducing new organisational structures to applying appropriate testing techniques.
October 2010 The imbus Academy welcomes its 5,000th course participant to the Certified Tester training program.
December 2009 The manager of the imbus Academy Arne Becher is appointed a member of the German Testing Board’s newly founded Technical Advisor Group.
April 2009 The imbus Academy receives accreditation for the ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level training courses in accordance with the new curriculum.  It is the first training provider in the world to be accredited for all three modules in German language.
October 2008 The imbus Academy welcomes its 5,000th course participant.
July 2008 The imbus academy welcomes its 50 trainer! The specialist for test automation and E-learning Tim Kutzner joins the team of trainers in the academy!
May 2008 ISTQB® Certified Tester training by imbus starts in Malaysia.
April 2008 With Denver, Toronto, Chicago, Washington, Austin and Atlanta, training courses from the imbus Academy are now held regularly at 6 locations in the USA.
April 2008 Arne Becher becomes the new manager of the imbus Academy.
August 2007 Market launch of ISTQB® Certified Tester courses in China by imbus Shanghai.
August 2006 The textbook on the ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Manager by Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz, Thomas Roßner, Mario Winter: "Praxiswissen Softwaretest - Testmanagement" is released.
May 2006 First imbus ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level training course in North America.
June 2005 1,000th course participant in an ISTQB® Certified Tester training course.
February 2005 The American Testing Board (ATB) accredits imbus AG as a training provider for English language ISTQB® Certified Tester training courses.
February 2004 The imbus AG expands its range of open seminars to many new training places in Germany and German speaking countries.
October 2003 First accreditation for ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level training courses.
November 2002 “Our” Advanced Level is complete! With trainings in 'Software Test Management', 'Software Test Design', 'Software Test Center', 'Software Test Reviews', and 'Software Test Tools', imbus covers the full spectrum of the 1st generation ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level.
September 2002 "Basiswissen Softwaretest" the bestseller by Andreas Spillner and Tilo Linz is published in its first edition.
January 2002 The German Testing Board (GTB e.V.) accredits imbus AG as the first ISTQB® Certified Tester training provider in Germany.
May 2001 The 'ASQF Certified Tester' working group is founded with imbus as a contributing member.

June 2000

Matthias Daigl takes over as head of training at imbus and opens the imbus Software-QS Training Center.

March 2000

With the "Software Testing" training course, imbus develops the first direct predecessor to the later accredited Foundation Level training
1998 First software quality training course marking the beginning of the imbus training course portfolio.
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