Interdisciplinarity is firmly anchored!
Paderborn University is distinguished by excellent, interdisciplinary basic research along with a strong application-oriented approach resulting from close collaboration with industry and civil society. This is underpinned through matrix organisational structures extending beyond faculty and departmental boundaries. Currently, eleven interdisciplinary research units spanning all five faculties, represent this successful cooperation. Coordinated interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research programmes contribute to this vision.