Outgoing: From Paderborn to the world
More than a quarter of all German students spend some time studying abroad. And the trend is rising. For good reasons: While studying abroad, you can improve your foreign language and subject knowledge through an extended range of courses. You get to know other people and cultures and develop your own personality and intercultural skills. At the same time, you promote your own mobility and openness. Nowadays, companies also greatly value experience abroad, as it is important in a globalised market environment and demonstrates flexibility and adaptability. At the same time, you will make new friends and build up a network of international contacts.
Here at the university, you have several opportunities to gain experience abroad. The most classic option is probably a semester abroad. However, short-term stays, specially adapted degree programmes or internships abroad also offer you the opportunity to learn and grow on an international level.
Semester abroad
We offer all students the opportunity to spend a semester abroad. You can choose the perfect place for your semester abroad from over 65 partner universities. Our focus is on the Asian region and French and Spanish-speaking countries.
Your path to a semester abroad
Inform
Get an overview of your options and the application deadlines before you go abroad. The International Office offers regular information events and counselling sessions. We also provide information once a semester about your options for studying business.
Application and nomination
The application and nomination process for exchange students is organised centrally for all faculties by the International Office of Paderborn University. All application deadlines are in the winter semester. They are divided between the Europe and Overseas programmes.
After the respective application deadline, the International Office forwards the applications to the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. The Faculty of Business Administration and Economics and the programme officers of its cooperations then select the students.
You can find more information on the application nomination process on the International Office website.
Selection procedure
The respective cooperation officer at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics is responsible for selecting the exchange students. He or she contacts the applicants after receiving the application documents and organises the selection interviews. The results of the selection interviews are forwarded to the International Office, which informs the students of the results of the interviews and then makes the nomination at the partner university.
Recognition of performance
Within the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, the Learning Agreement is checked and issued by the Internationalisation Office of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.
You can find out more about the recognition of credits here!
Short-term stays
Short-term stays offer a good opportunity to gain internationalisation experience and, if necessary, additional credit points at a very early stage or between study phases, e.g. Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes.
Special programmes in the Master's degree
Internships abroad
The Faculty of Business Administration and Economics and the International Office of Paderborn University do not organise internships abroad. Students are primarily responsible for finding a suitable internship themselves. However, it is possible to apply to the International Office for internship funding for study-related internships abroad. Please get in touch with your contact in the outgoing team.
International Office vs. Internationalisation Office
The Faculty of Business Administration and Economics organises the student exchange in cooperation with the International Office of Paderborn University. The International Office of Paderborn University is mainly responsible for the overarching administrative fields of the exchange, such as registration. The Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, on the other hand, takes care of the academic aspects of the exchange (studies and examinations). The Faculty's internationalisation office and the Faculty's study office are particularly important here.
Partner universities
| Austria | University of Insbruck |
| Austria | University of Graz |
| Czech Republic | Masaryk University |
| Cyprus | University of Cyprus |
| Finland | Lappeenranta University of Technology |
| Finland | Tampere University |
| Finland | University of Eastern Finland |
| France | Institut Supérieur de Gastion |
| France | University of Lille |
| University of France | University of Strasbourg |
| France | Le Mans University |
| France | Université Rennes 2 |
| Greece | University of Ioannina |
| Hungary | University of Debrecen |
| Ireland | Dublin City University |
| Italy | University of Turin |
| Italy | University of Ferrara |
| Latvia | University of Latvia, Riga |
| Netherlands | University of Applied Sciences Utrecht |
| Norway | Molde University College |
| Norway | University of Agder |
| Norway | Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences |
| Poland | Politechnika Poznanska |
| Poland | Poznan University of Economics and Business |
| Russia | St. Petersburg State University |
| Slovakia | University of Economics Bratislava |
| Slovenia | University of Ljubljana |
| Spain | Public University of Navarra |
| Spain | University of Alcalá |
| Spain | University of Barcelona |
| Spain | University of Murcia |
| University of Spain | Universidad de Valencia |
| University of Spain | Universidad de Vigo |
| University of Spain | Universidad Pablo de Olavide |
| Spain | Universitat de les Illes Balears |
| University of Spain | University of Granada |
| Turkey | Bogazici University |
| Turkey | Koç University |
| Turkey | Middle East Technical University |
| Turkey | Bilkent University |
| China | Beijing Institute of Technology |
| China | Tongji University |
| China | Xidian University |
| Japan | Oita University |
| Japan | Tohoku University |
| Korea | DongEui University |
| Korea | EWHA Womans University |
| Korea | Hanyang University ERICA |
| Korea | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| Vietnam | Foreign Trade University |
Contact us
Internationalisierungszentrum Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
The Office of International Affairs at the faculty supports all incoming and outgoing students in academic matters.
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn
Opening hours
Tue., Wed.
10:30 - 11:30 h