News on higher education policy was on the agenda during a visit to Paderborn University by representatives of the "Science Working Group" of the CDU state parliamentary group in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
09.10.2025
|
Research,
Collaborative Research Centres,
International,
Transfer,
Press release,
TRR 266: Rechnungswesen, Steuern und Unternehmenstransparenz,
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
09.10.2025
|
Education,
Student life,
Digitalization,
Research,
Campus,
Studies,
Teaching,
Transfer,
Press release,
Central IT and Media Services (ZIM),
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
Gambling in the name of science? Paderborn University's answer to this is a resounding "yes". On Wednesday, 8 October, it celebrated the reopening of the GamesLab and the institution of the VR Lab - an experimental playground for virtual reality (VR).
Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken from the Institute for Nutrition, Consumption and Health at Paderborn University is the new Vice President of the German Nutrition Society (DGE).
02.10.2025
|
Universit?t Paderborn,
Studies,
International,
Lecture,
Press release,
Higher Education Development Office,
Heinz Nixdorf Institute,
Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn,
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Paderborn Institute of Islamic Theology,
Zentrum für Geschlechterstudien / Gender Studies,
Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK),
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Science,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
In the winter semester 2025/26, Paderborn University is once again inviting all interested parties to various lecture series on numerous socially relevant topics. Lecturers and researchers from the five faculties as well as external experts will deal with a wide range of scientific aspects every week.
The Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (BLB NRW) and Paderborn University have laid the foundation stone for the new buildings Z1 and Z2: This marks the beginning of a new chapter on the campus. The symbolic act marks an important milestone in the construction phase of the two buildings.
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.
25.09.2025
|
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.
