Lectures in the fields of sustainability, digitalisation, media studies, music, history and religion - Paderborn University is once again inviting all interested parties to attend various lecture series on socially relevant topics in the 2025 summer semester. Lecturers and researchers from the five faculties, as well as external experts, will deal with a wide range of scientific aspects every week. It is not necessary to register for the events…

New University President Prof Dr Matthias Bauer welcomes the first semester students Start of the summer semester: Tuesday, 1 April, marked the beginning of an important phase of life for many new faces at Paderborn University. A total of 900 students (provisional status) were welcomed in lecture theatre L1. Of these, 359 are embarking on a university degree programme for the first time. 564 are embarking on a Master's degree programme. 167…

This year, the Paderborn University Society, in cooperation with the OWL Study Fund Foundation, has awarded a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship to Felix Sebastian Mörchel, a Master's student at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. The generous funding of 300 euros per month for two semesters from the winter semester 2024/2025 will enable him to focus more on his management studies. Born in Detmold, he made a conscious decision…

The new EU Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS-2 Directive) significantly tightens the IT security requirements for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In the "KMU.kompetent.sicher." project, companies are supported with directive-compliant training content developed by Paderborn University, the University of Hohenheim, the InnoZent OWL innovation network and the IT service provider coactum GmbH. Training programmes tailored…