Excellence, relevance and responsibility in education and science

With around 4,000 students and 200 researchers, the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Paderborn University is one of the largest economics faculties in Germany. Our faculty focuses on joint development. Through active participation and transparent development paths, we promote responsibility and support each other on the path to personal and collective success. We strive for excellence through disciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, are regionally rooted and internationally networked, and maintain continuous dialogue and appreciation as the cornerstones of our teaching, research and knowledge transfer.

This is what is currently keeping us busy

02.07.2026

Post­gradu­ate Schol­ar­ships 2026: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity awards grants to young re­search­ers

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01.07.2026

AI and cre­ativ­ity: A pro­ject at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­vest­ig­ates the in­flu­ence of ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence on learn­ing pro­cesses

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30.06.2026

‘Green Skill­s’ in pub­lic ad­min­is­tra­tion: Why trans­form­at­ive skills are es­sen­tial for sus­tain­ab­il­ity

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26.06.2026

“edY­OU­cate@UPB” 2026: The uni­ver­sity as a demo­crat­ic space

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25.06.2026

STEM in the con­text of so­cial re­spons­ib­il­ity: Uni­ver­sity Pres­id­ent at the Stifter­verb­and’s an­nu­al meet­ing in Ber­lin

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23.06.2026

Between ex­cite­ment and com­pos­ure: How one’s emo­tion­al state in­flu­ences how we deal with AI re­com­mend­a­tions

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19.06.2026

Sub­mit your ap­plic­a­tion now for the 2026/27 winter semester at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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18.06.2026

In­clus­ive edu­ca­tion in every­day school life: the ‘IvO’ col­lab­or­at­ive pro­ject de­vel­ops new ap­proaches

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17.06.2026

When Chat­G­PT makes World Cup pre­dic­tions: a new live bench­mark for lan­guage mod­els?

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15.06.2026

Stu­dent­s’ re­search ideas that make a dif­fer­ence

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11.06.2026

New stu­dent ex­change pro­gramme: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity strengthens in­ter­na­tion­al co­oper­a­tion with Guinea

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10.06.2026

Ap­ply now: The 2026 Horst Gräfer Prize – For cour­age, per­sever­ance and un­con­ven­tion­al life paths

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Organisation of the faculty

As governing bodies, the Faculty Board and the Dean's Office are responsible for the organisation and further development of research and teaching at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. The Faculty Administration supports the committees and all faculty members in the fulfilment of their tasks. The various teaching and research areas of our Faculty are organised in a total of six departments.

We conduct research to rethink the economy together

Regulation and transparency, work in digitalisation, modern and innovative value generation, handling data, designing education and training, sustainability - our faculty's research focuses on the current challenges facing our society. Our researchers are united by the goal of understanding and helping to shape an increasingly complex, digitalised and networked world.

Re­search pro­jects

Our researchers are involved in both basic and application-orientated research. We are involved in two Collaborative Research Centres, including as spokesperson for the first SFB in business administration. Further third-party-funded collaborative and individual projects demonstrate our broad spectrum of research.

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Know­ledge trans­fer

Teaching, research and transfer are based on a constant dialogue between all members of our faculty, Paderborn University and society. We move the world through this dialogue and it is based on mutual appreciation. We make time for dialogue.

We offer diversity in business studies

For a future in which we enjoy living and working, we need new economic thinking in all areas. We need digitization experts, number crunchers, pioneers, managers, globalization strategists, teachers and inventors. As one of the largest economics departments in Germany, we can think and teach economics in many different ways. We offer both generalist and specialized economics degree programs. Our motto: diverse - international - practical - personal! We are looking forward to new companions who want to rethink business together with us!

Fok­us Nach­haltigkeit

Wir richten unser Handeln nachhaltig aus, um der globalen Verantwortung und einer zukunftsfähigen Gestaltung der Gesellschaft, der Generationengerechtigkeit und dem Erhalt der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen gerecht zu werden. Auch in unseren Studiengängen wird das Thema Nachhaltigkeit stets eingebunden.

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In­ter­na­tion­al­isa­tion

With over 70 collaborations worldwide, we welcome international students as well as excellent researchers* and promote international mobility for all faculty members.

Globally networked

Co­oper­a­tions

By focusing on modern research topics, we are always attractive for cooperation with practice. In close cooperation with a wide variety of practice partners, research and teaching are aligned with current issues and implemented.

Locally anchored

The Faculty as an employer

We are always looking for bright minds who share our passion for education and research. Take a look at our current vacancies and find your opportunity to become part of our community of scientists, teachers and science managers. Start your journey into science with us!

Awards and honours

26.03.2025

Suc­cess­ful par­ti­cip­a­tion in the sav­ings banks' stock mar­ket sim­u­la­tion game

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18.12.2024

Ger­many Schol­ar­ship for Mas­ter's stu­dent Fe­lix Se­basti­an Mörchel

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11.12.2024

Pay Trans­par­ency Act: How ef­fect­ive is the path to "equal pay"?

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21.12.2023

Teach­ing Award 2023: Prof Dr Kirsten Thommes and Prof Dr Si­mon Trang re­ceive award from the fac­ulty

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08.04.2024

Awards for out­stand­ing achieve­ments in re­search in­to tax com­plex­ity

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07.06.2024

Hon­our­ing out­stand­ing theses

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Dean's Ser­vice Award

Der Dean’s Service Award ehrt außergewöhnliches Engagement und besonderen Einsatz für die Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Mit dieser Auszeichnung sollen Fakultätsmitglieder geehrt werden, die durch ihren Einsatz, ihre Ideen oder ihr Mitwirken in besonderer Weise zum Erfolg und zur Weiterentwicklung unserer Fakultät beitragen.

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Hall of Fame

Important personalities from the Faculty are inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Faculty honours the outstanding work of its former members in business and public life. Their professional successes and commitment are also a source of inspiration for today's students, lecturers, researchers and guests.

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Dekanat Wirtschaftswissenschaften

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Paderborn University
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33098 Paderborn