What does a study program in economics actually look like?

Gathering new impressions, developing herself and helping other people - and all this in Uganda! Even before her studies, Leonie was already concerned with social inequalities and set herself the goal of changing this. Four years ago, she became aware of the charitable Paderborn Odissa-Charles organisation and has been flying to Uganda for several weeks a year to provide local support ever since.

The Asian economic and cultural region is considered to be very important now and in the future and is also becoming increasingly interesting for European Studies students. The ASBE programme offers a special opportunity to shape your own CV in an international and targeted way during your studies - Jason Hensel did not miss out on this opportunity and spent his semester abroad in South Korea during the ongoing corona pandemic.

Cafer only started his degree in Economics at Paderborn University in 2016. Today, he is in the final stages of his M.Sc. in Business Administration, but is already working as Head of PM at a Shopware agency. Cafer told us what drove him to his personal dream job much earlier than his fellow students and what his degree programme has to do with it.

Anna Sophie Steuber completed her International Business Studies (IBS) degree at Paderborn University eight years ago. During her time in Paderborn, the Hamburg native, who grew up in North Hesse, combined basic business knowledge with the foreign languages English and Spanish and is now at home in Colombia. Anna Sophie told us how her path led her to South America and how the IBS programme helped her.

Franziska successfully completed her degree in teaching at vocational colleges last winter semester. In addition to German, the 26-year-old chose to specialise in economics in order to teach students at vocational colleges about economic issues in the future. Franziska is still pursuing her dream of standing in front of a class as a teacher, but has decided to continue her development at university first.