University of Paderborn

Paderborn University is the University for the Information Society. Our strong foundation in computer science and its applications, as well as the importance of IT for a growing number of disciplines, are the pillars for this claim. But we want to achieve more: we want to contribute to the scientific and technical development of the information society, simultaneously critically reflecting these developments by taking into account the history, norms and values of our society. To achieve this, we need the spectrum from “hard” sciences to the arts and humanities to complement and learn from each other.

Our mission includes a strong international and cultural presence, since the information society is decidedly global and should not remain a purely intellectual undertaking. Our university orchestra, our drama group, and more than 70 different sports, are some of the important university activities that help characterize academic life here in Paderborn. 

Our five faculties cover a broad range of courses of study in the arts and humanities, business studies, natural sciences, and engineering. We offer 63 degree programs at bachelor and master level. Additionally, teacher education programs play an important role in Paderborn.

With over 20,300 students, 247 professors and a library that is open 350 days a year, our compact campus university provides a friendly, green, connected environment with excellent services for student life.

Faculties

Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Department of English and American Studies, Department of Educational Science, Department of Protestant Theology, Department of German Studies and Comparative Literary Studies, History Department, Department of Social and Human Sciences, Department of Catholic Theology, Department of Art, Music, Textiles, Department of Media Studies, Department of Romance Languages

Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
Department 1: Management, Department 2: Taxation, Accounting and Finance, Department 3: Business Information Systems, Department 4: Economics, Department 5: Business and Human Resource Education, Department 6: Law

Faculty of Science
Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Department of Sports and Health

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Sixteen professors, four multidisciplinary and cross-faculty research institutions

Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mathematics

Flyer “Intelligently Networked” (May 2016): http://www.uni-paderborn.de/e-paper/intelligentlynetworked/