School-leaving certificate, work experience or gap year and now studying?

Do you already have work experience, a university entrance qualification or have completed a gap year after school and are now considering starting a degree programme? Take advantage of our orientation programmes to get to know our range of courses and Paderborn University.

After completion

Sixth form, where is the journey taking us?

Are you on your way to completing your Abitur or Fachhochschulreife, but wondering what to do next? Our orientation programmes give you the chance to get to know all aspects of studying.

Upper school

Intermediate school, curious about the future? (8th - 10th grade)

It's never too early to start thinking about what paths are open to you after leaving school in order to set the right course early on. Try out our orientation programmes and get a taste of studying.

Intermediate level

Primary & lower school, quench your thirst for knowledge? (1st - 7th grade)

Experiment, discover, experience - immerse yourself in the world of science and technology with our orientation programmes, in which we get to the bottom of exciting questions with you.

Primary & lower school
Studierende auf dem Campus.
Studierende im Seminarraum.
Lehrer*in mit Schüler*innen.

Weit­ere Un­ter­stützungs­mög­lich­keiten für deine Stud­ien­entscheidung:

Du bist dir nicht sicher, welches Studium das richtige für dich ist? Unsere vier Schritte helfen dir, das für dich passende Studium zu finden. Gezielte Reflexionsfragen führen dich durch deinen Entscheidungsprozess und erleichtern dir die Wahl.

Unsicher, ob das Studium zu dir passt? Einige Studiengänge bieten Erwartungschecks an, welche dir dabei helfen dir, Klarheit zu verschaffen.

Du möchtest uns persönlich kennenlernen? Dann nutze die Chance, uns auf einer der Schul- und Bildungsmessen zu besuchen.

Die Studienwahl ist ein entscheidender Schritt und bei der Vielzahl an Möglichkeiten oft schwierig. Wir zeigen Eltern, wie diese ihr Kind bei der Suche nach dem passenden Studiengang unterstützen können.

Du bist die erste Person in deiner Familie, die studieren möchte? Bei uns findest du Unterstützung für deinen Weg: von Tipps für den Studienstart über Infos zur Finanzierung bis hin zu Beratungsangeboten.

„Wir bieten eine große Vielfalt an Studiengängen an, die nicht nur Wissen vermitteln, sondern auch dazu inspirieren, die Welt von morgen mitzugestalten – entdecken Sie an der Uni Paderborn, was in Ihnen steckt!”

Prof. Dr. Beate Flath,
Vizepräsidentin für Lehre, Studium und Qualitätsmanagement

Field of study: Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

The degree programmes in the fields of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering combine technology with mathematics and the natural sciences. They are primarily concerned with solving technical problems and developing future-oriented technologies.

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Field of study: Humanities and social sciences

The Humanities and Social Sciences degree programmes use scientific concepts and theories from various disciplines to investigate intellectual, cultural and social phenomena. Questions are reflected upon and critically analysed from all sides.

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Field of study: Health and sport

Exercise and a healthy diet are key prerequisites for coping with the demands of the various phases of learning, work and life over the course of a lifetime.

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Field of study: Computer Science and Mathematics

Logical thinking and problem solving play an important role in the Computer Science and Mathematics degree programme.

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Field of study: Art, media, music, textiles

All degree programmes in this field of study focus not only on creativity, but also on the academic study of the historical, aesthetic and theoretical aspects of these subject areas.

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Field of study: Teacher training

The teaching degree programme covers several types of schools as well as various teaching subjects that can be studied as part of a teaching degree programme.

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Field of study: Natural sciences

The natural sciences observe, describe and investigate the relationships between natural laws. Hypotheses, models and theories are developed from the data obtained in this way. The prerequisites are logical thinking skills and a love of exploring and investigating.

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Field of study: Language, literature, culture

The Language, Literature, Culture degree programme is all about the spoken and written word - both in German and in other languages.

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Field of study: Economics

In economics, you will learn how to think and act economically within various departments.

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Studying before the Abitur

Our "Study before the Abitur" programme is aimed at particularly talented pupils (primarily in grades 9 to 13) who would like to study a scientific field beyond the school curriculum.

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NRWTalente school scholarship programme - OWL region

The student scholarship programme supports performance-oriented students from the 8th grade onwards from all types of schools in the OWL region in their career and study choices. We provide support through personal advice, a comprehensive educational programme and a wide range of benefits in kind.

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Talent scouting

The talent scouts at the universities in Ostwestfalen-Lippe advise and support talented, motivated and performance-orientated upper secondary school pupils who are the first in their family to consider studying.

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Look UPB

look upb offers schoolgirls a practical insight into the STEM degree programmes at UPB. For an entire semester, the schoolgirls are assigned a female student from a scientific or technical degree programme as a mentor who shows them what to expect during their studies.

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NRW Technical Centre

The project is aimed at young women* with a (technical) high school diploma who can try out whether STEM actually matches their skills and preferences within the 6-month programme consisting of a taster course and a company internship.

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Student internships in chemistry

The chemistry internship gives motivated pupils the opportunity to gain an explicit insight into the study of chemistry. In addition to laboratory experiments, pupils can participate in current research and exchange ideas with chemistry students.

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SummerCamp Physics

At the SummerCamp Physics, students can spend four days gaining an insight into studying physics as well as research and career prospects after studying physics. The SommerCamp always takes place at the beginning of the summer holidays in NRW, but is open to participants from all over Germany.

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Business sponsorship award

The Business Promotion Prize honours special academic achievements in the scientific subjects of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics) and technology: The best pupil in an 8th and 9th grade class is honoured.

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Student financing

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Gastronomy

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Culture, sport & leisure

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Campus map

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Living in Paderborn

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„Komm an die Uni Paderborn und studiere gemeinsam mit uns!”

Studierende lernen gemeinsam im LernTreff.
Lisa & Ali,
deine Uniguides