Paderborn chemistry didactics expert Prof Dr Sabine Fechner has been elected spokesperson of the board of the "Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik" (GDCP). At the same time, the scientific society is relocating its office to Paderborn University.
Photo (Luci Valentine Photography): Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nicholas Güsken.
25.09.2025
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Research,
Optoelectronics and Photonics,
International,
Transfer,
Career,
Quantum Computation,
Press release,
Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics (CeOPP),
Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS),
Faculty of Science,
Department of Physics
Jun. Prof. Dr Nicholas A. Güsken, physicist and nanotechnologist at Paderborn University, is being sponsored by the Wübben Science Foundation for a period of five years with a total of around 1.2 million euros.
We now encounter artificial intelligence (AI) almost everywhere. However, it is often difficult to understand the decisions made by AI. In the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio (TRR) 318 at Paderborn University and Bielefeld University, researchers are therefore working on making explanatory processes more understandable for users.
When it comes to early childhood education, the state government prioritises the promotion of language skills among the youngest children in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is therefore driving forward the further development of language education integrated into everyday life.
Photo (Paderborn University, Thorsten Hennig): from left: Mayor Michael Dreier, Bernd Sch?fers-Maiwald (dSPACE), Eva Th?ne (Vauth-Sagel) Prof. Dr. René Fahr (Paderborn University), Hans-Bernd Janzen (Paderborn District), Thorsten Heggen (VerbundVolksbank OWL eG), Werner Dürdoth (H?xter District), Marc Schüle (Paderborn University), Sylvia Looks (CLAAS Foundation Harsewinkel) and Thomas Herrmann (HEGLA).
Together with regional sponsors, Paderborn University recently awarded the 19th Business Sponsorship Prize to 265 students in the eighth and ninth grades of grammar schools and comprehensive schools in the H?xter and Paderborn districts.
19.09.2025
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Studies,
Press release,
Student Advice Centre,
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Science,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
The regular application deadline for the winter semester 2025/26 at Paderborn University ends on Sunday, 21 September. However, for those interested in studying at short notice, there is still the opportunity to apply for admission-free degree programmes until 15 October.
The "Orientation in Studying" series of the state universities in OWL will take place from 15 October 2025 to 21 January 2026 and offers students an online lecture every fortnight with impulses for study-related questions, doubts or requests for change.
In this special feature, we present a selection of current projects, interdisciplinary research and forward-looking ideas with which Paderborn University is actively contributing to the energy transition.
17.09.2025
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Sustainability,
Research,
Economy & Business,
Transfer,
Press release,
Management Information Systems and Operations Research,
Energy System Technologies (EST)
Photo (Paderborn University, Adelheid Rutenburges): Prof Dr Iris Kruse from Paderborn University.
16.09.2025
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People,
Press release,
Language and Literature,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Institut für Germanistik und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
15.09.2025
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Sustainability,
Research,
Economy & Business,
Transfer,
Press release,
Kompetenzzentrum für Nachhaltige Energietechnik (KET),
Software Innovation Campus Paderborn (SICP),
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics,
Wirtschaftsinformatik, insb. Data Analytics,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Fluid Process Engineering,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics,
Energy System Technologies (EST)
The decarbonisation of industrial process heat is one of the major challenges of the energy transition. In industry, however, a significant proportion of the energy required is covered by fossil fuels, while only a small proportion of the energy used is recovered. This is where the joint project "HeatTransPlan" comes in.
After four years of intensive research, the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 318 "Constructing Explainability" is taking stock at the end of the first DFG funding phase.
