Philipp graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor degree from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Mannheim (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim). He focused on tax law and audit. In 2013, he started an extra-occupational Master degree with the Frankfurt School in cooperation with the University of applied science Mainz (Hochschule Mainz). Philipp graduated in 2016 and works as a lecturer for the Frankfurt School since then.