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Over 87 mil­lion euros in ven­ture cap­it­al for start-ups in the OWL re­gion

garage33, the Paderborn University's start-up centre, supports start-ups in finding investors and securing the necessary capital. One of its most recent successes is the technology start-up ONE WARE, which emerged from the OWL University of Applied Sciences (TH OWL) and was further developed at garage33. The young company recently received funding totalling 2.5 million euros from the technology investor Cusp Capital from Essen. In total,…

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Study­ing to make a dif­fer­ence: start of the ap­plic­a­tion phase at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

An exciting time in the lives of many young people has begun: Prospective students can now apply to Paderborn University for a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme to start in the winter semester 2025/26. With its wide range of degree programmes, the university offers a variety of prospects. From Chemistry, Computer Science and Sustainable Engineering to Popular Music and Media and Economics: The programmes on offer are as varied as they are…

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Shap­ing the fu­ture with our own re­search

Paderborn University students honoured at the Excellence Forum 2025 From artificial intelligence in the world of finance to sustainable packaging systems and consumer behaviour on social media: 21 outstanding students presented their individual research ideas at this year's Excellence Forum. They are all taking part in the Excellence Programme, which offers committed students the opportunity to work intensively on a topic of their choice - and…

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Hans-Joachim Watzke back at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

On 11 June 2025, Paderborn University welcomed a prominent returnee: Hans-Joachim Watzke, Managing Director of Borussia Dortmund, 1st Vice President of the German Football Association (DFB) and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DFL GmbH, was a guest speaker as part of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Thommes' "Organisational Behaviour" module.

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Photo (Philipp Steinhoff): from left: Prof. Dr Kirsten Thommes, Lisa Bohle, Thomas Koch, Madhi Rahali, Prof. Dr Matthias Trier, Luisa Rehrmann, Melanie Cramer, Dr Talea Hellweg, Prof. Dr Lena Steinhoff

UGO Prize: Award for out­stand­ing theses

Making excellent academic work by students visible - that is the aim of the UGO awards, which were presented on 22 May at Gräflicher Park in Bad Driburg. The Unternehmergruppe Ostwestfalen e. V., together with Paderborn University, honours particularly successful Bachelor's and Master's theses from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. In the Bachelor's thesis category, Luisa Rehrmann impressed the jury with her research on…

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Photo (Thorsten Hennig): Dr Andreas Leimbach from the SolarKapital Foundation presented the Horst Gräfer Prize for the first time last year on Economics Day 2024.

Ap­ply now: The Horst Gräfer Prize 2025 - For cour­age, per­sever­ance and un­con­ven­tion­al ways of life

With the Horst Gräfer Prize, the Paderborner Hochschulkreis e. V., the Heidloff Family Foundation and the SolarKapital Foundation are once again honouring exceptional personalities who pursue their dreams despite all adversity.

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