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Ap­ply now for the 2026/27 winter semester at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

No more admission restrictions in future

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“Foot­ball has time and again been used as a polit­ic­al stage”: Cul­tur­al stud­ies schol­ar Dr. Resul Karaca in a World Cup in­ter­view

Dr Resul Karaca is a researcher at the Institute of Romance Studies at Paderborn University and has been researching football from a cultural and literary perspective for many years. In this interview, he discusses, amongst other things, his perspective on football, its current and historical politicisation, and the question of whether major sporting events such as the World Cup can still bring people together at all.

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From the­ory to prac­tice: Sports sci­ence stu­dents at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity are car­ry­ing out pro­jects in the re­gion

How can theoretical knowledge and practical project work in sport be usefully combined? Students on the ‘Applied Project Management’ seminar at Paderborn University are exploring this question

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Büro Olympi­ade: Bil­det ein Team und sch­lagt die an­der­en in klein­en Büro-Chal­lenges

In­clus­ive edu­ca­tion in every­day school life: the ‘IvO’ col­lab­or­at­ive pro­ject de­vel­ops new ap­proaches

How can inclusive education be more successfully implemented in everyday school life? How can young people be given individual support and assistance with the transition from school to work? These are the questions addressed by the collaborative project ‘IvO – Inclusion on the Ground’.

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Elections are held for the Senate, the faculty councils of the five faculties, the Student Parliament (StuPa) and the student representative bodies (student representative groups and student councils)

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Two AI roboters

SAIL demon­strates that AI can be sus­tain­able and re­spons­ible

OWL Research Network successfully completes four-year project

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“Stadtspuren aus Stoff”: A pod­cast by stu­dents at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

Students on a cultural studies seminar at Paderborn University have created the podcast ‘Stadtspuren aus Stoff’. To do so, they visited places in Paderborn that have a special connection to the history of textiles and clothing, and used these to design a walking tour.

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Pader­born’s guest lec­turer pro­gramme for writers is to con­tin­ue

Thanks to the support of the Rotary Club Paderborn-Kaiserpfalz and other sponsors, the “Paderborn Visiting Professorship for Writers” and the accompanying programme of author readings in the “Contemporary German-Language Literature” series at Paderborn University continue.

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In­nov­at­ive drive for the cre­at­ive in­dus­tries in East West­phalia-Lippe

NRW Minister for Economic Affairs Mona Neubaur visits the KreativInstitut.OWL

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Representative image (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi)

When Chat­G­PT pre­dicts the World Cup: A new live bench­mark for lan­guage mod­els?

Can a language model like ChatGPT predict whether the German national team will win the World Cup?In the “LLM-SoccerArena” project, a team from Paderborn University, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and the University of Cologne is investigating how well large language models can process real-world information and make predictions under conditions of uncertainty.

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Wei­er­strass Lec­ture 2026: Prof. Dr. Peter Clive Sarnak in Pader­born

Prof. Dr Peter Clive Sarnak, an internationally acclaimed mathematician who has received numerous awards, gave an insight into his research as this year’s keynote speaker at the Weierstrass Lecture at Paderborn University.

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High­lights: The AStA Sum­mer Fest­iv­al 2026

Thousands of visitors celebrated in a lively atmosphere at this year’s AStA Summer Festival on the grounds of Paderborn University.

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New stu­dent ex­change pro­gramme: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity strengthens in­ter­na­tion­al co­oper­a­tion with Guinea

On Wednesday 10 June, Paderborn University signed a cooperation agreement with the Université Général Lansana Conté de Sonfonia (UGLC) in Conakry, Guinea.

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What re­mains of the fest­iv­al? Meas­ures for more sus­tain­ab­il­ity at fest­ivals in East West­phalia-Lippe

Paderborn University research project kicks off the new festival season

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