Putzke, JohannesSchimmer, ThomasRichter, ManuelaHamel, LucasKlein, MaikeKrupka, DanielWinter, CorneliaWohlgemuth, Volker2023-11-292023-11-292023978-3-88579-731-9https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/43019Numerous Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are considering the launch of data science centers, partly induced by a call from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). However, data science centers at HEIs substantially differ from their counterparts in in- dustry. In this brief paper, we highlight some of these differences and identify a challenge in setting up data science centers at HEIs using the case of an initiative at eight universities of applied sciences in Germany.enData ScienceFAIR DataResearch Data ManagementRDMskilled labor shortageUniversities of Applie SciencesAUSText/Conference Paper10.18420/inf2023_101617-5468