280 start-ups and entrepreneurship, more than 1000 new jobs: The end of 2025 also marked the end of the funding period for the "Excellence Start-up Centre.OWL" (ESC.OWL) project, which has significantly shaped the start-up scene in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) since 2019.
Students already enrolled at Paderborn University and future students can now apply for a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship from the OWL Study Fund Foundation until 5 May. The scholarships amount to 3600 euros per year and are awarded irrespective of income.
To coincide with International Mathematics Day, the international mathematics competition "Náboj" took place for the first time at Paderborn University on Friday, 13 March.
Paderborn University and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering mourn the loss of Prof. Dr. Hans Albert Richard, who passed away on 2 March at the age of 76.
The Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Paderborn University and Pelizaeus-Gymnasium Paderborn have signed a cooperation agreement. This should not only form a new basis for the good cooperation, but also intensify it.
Under the motto "Bold ideas for science", the university management of Paderborn University is once again organising a research award for scientists this year to promote exceptional research projects outside the mainstream.
After more than three years of work, the project partners of NALYSES ("Sustainability-optimised Life Cycle Assessment of technologically highly complex mechatronic products") have presented their results.
Paderborn University has retired Professor Dr Kirsten Schlegel-Matthies after more than two decades of work in Home Economics and the didactics of Home Economics.
Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): (from left) Archbishop Dr. Udo Markus Bentz, Prof. Dr. Nicole Priesching, Reinhold Harnisch, Prof. Dr. Matthias Bauer and Dr. Christine Hartig.
09.03.2026
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Research,
Transfer,
Press release,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Institut für Katholische Theologie
To mark International Women's Day, Katharina Guth and Jil Schlüter, start-up coaches at Paderborn University's garage33, explain in an interview why women are starting fewer businesses and what role universities play in this context.
On Tuesday, 3 March, the new exchange students for the 2026 summer semester were welcomed to Paderborn University at an introductory event organised by the International Office. The 76 international students come from 37 partner universities/institutions from 21 different nations.
26.02.2026
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Research,
Optoelectronics and Photonics,
International,
Transfer,
Quantum Computation,
Press release,
Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS),
Faculty of Science,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
After three years of construction, the "Photonic Quantum Systems Laboratory" (PhoQS Lab) at Paderborn University, a highly specialised research centre in the field of quantum technologies, was officially opened on Thursday, 26 February.
