Research at Paderborn University thrives on the curiosity and courage of our academics to cooperatively explore the challenges of the future and work towards solving them in an interdisciplinary manner. Our five key research areas and our interdisciplinary research institutions support these endeavours, as do our strong networks in Germany and around the world. The fundamental application-oriented research we conduct continuously delivers new findings that we make available to industry and society.

Large-scale projects and research in cooperation with other universities testify to the research strength and expertise of our academics.

Our five key research areas unite researchers from across all faculties under one thematic umbrella. The main research areas are characterised by an outstanding research infrastructure, excellent, multi-award-winning minds, and a particularly intense research activity.

Our five faculties accommodate numerous groups consisting of over 250 professors. Their work ranges from excellent fundamental research to highly innovative application-oriented research. We have created spaces for interdisciplinary and cross-faculty cooperation with our interdisciplinary research institutions, where scientists from various disciplines conduct collaborative research on a specific topic.