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From left: Felix Meyer, Nele Weike & Miriam Stumpe are delighted with the honours (Photo: Dennis Kehne)

Pader­born East­er Run 2026: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity once again im­presses with strong team per­form­ance

Once again in top form: Paderborn University demonstrated its sporting strength at the traditional Paderborn Easter Run with two victories in the company cup ranking and numerous other top placings. The successful runners were honoured at an official award ceremony on Monday, 11 May, in the building of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of East Westphalia in Bielefeld. In the "5 km mixed" category, the Paderborn University team of Felix…

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Between the classroom and the nurs­ery: so­cial dif­fer­ences in di­git­al skills are in­creas­ing

The social differences in the digital skills of eighth-graders have widened significantly over the past ten years. This is shown by a new analysis by the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Educational Research and Information, Goethe University Frankfurt and Paderborn University.

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Re­gis­tra­tion for edY­OU­cate@UPB 2026 launched: Uni­ver­sity as a demo­crat­ic space in fo­cus

Paderborn University invites you to edYOUcate@UPB 2026 on 23 June. Under the motto "University as a democratic space. Learning democracy - teaching democracy", teaching staff, students and employees will discuss current issues in higher education and work together to shape the teaching of tomorrow.

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50 years of LWF: Labor­at­ory for Ma­ter­i­als and Join­ing Tech­no­logy cel­eb­rates its an­niversary

A reason to celebrate: the Laboratory for Materials and Joining Technology (LWF) at Paderborn University can look back on 50 successful years of research, teaching and technology transfer in 2026. On Friday, 8 May, the anniversary was celebrated at a festive event with over 300 representatives from politics, research and industry in the PaderHalle.

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NeMo con­tin­ues the test drive cycle in Pader­born

Further future activities in the future neighbourhood in the city of Paderborn

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STADTRADELN 2026 - Werde Teil des Uni-Teams!

Auch in diesem Jahr geht das Uni-Team wieder an den Start. Und wir brauchen dich für unser Team! Vom 10.05. - 30.05.2026 sammeln wir gemeinsam Kilometer fürs Team und für den Klimaschutz. Alles weiteren Infos zur Anmeldung und zur Aktion gibt´s hier.

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Foto (Heiko Appelbaum): Freuen sich auf die DHM im Orientierungslauf in der Region: (v.l.n.r.) Dennis Kehne (Hochschulsport der Universität Paderborn), Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Risch (Disziplinchef Orientierungslauf des adh) und Christoph Prunsche (Mitorganisator vom TUS Lübbecke e. V.).

Deutsche Hoch­schul­meister­schaften in Pader­born und Bad Lippspringe

Universität Paderborn richtet Titelkämpfe im Orientierungslauf aus

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CHE Rank­ing 2026/2027: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity re­ceives top rat­ings from stu­dents

Paderborn University has once again impressed in the latest ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) - especially in the assessment by students.

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Stadtradeln 2026: Col­lect kilo­metres for the team and cli­mate pro­tec­tion

On Sunday, 10 May, the Paderborn Stadtradeln will start in the district of Paderborn, and Paderborn University will also be taking part with a team. Staff and students as well as their family and friends, alumni and anyone who feels connected to the university can participate.

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Break­through in quantum ma­ter­i­als: Cus­tom­ised in­ter­faces open up new av­en­ues for nano­elec­tron­ics

An international research team involving the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) at Paderborn University has made significant progress in the research of so-called quantum materials.

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"NR­WTal­ente" schol­ar­ship for school pu­pils: New ap­plic­a­tion phase starts

Dedicated pupils from the 8th grade onwards from all seven districts and independent cities in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) can apply for the scholarship programme until Monday, 15 June.

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity sci­ent­ist ac­cep­ted in­to Heis­en­berg Pro­gramme

Dr Benjamin Delarue, research associate at the Institute of Mathematics at Paderborn University, has been accepted into the prestigious Heisenberg Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG).

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Hum­boldt Re­search Fel­low from Po­land con­ducts re­search in Pader­born

Dr Filip Sośnicki from the University of Warsaw has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers and will continue his research at the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) at Paderborn University over the next two years.

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity re­search­ers de­vel­op elec­tron­ic chip with the world's highest band­width

Next record in ultra-fast signal processing

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Team from Pader­born and Sie­gen wins in­ter­na­tion­al com­pet­i­tion in power elec­tron­ics

A joint team from Paderborn University and the University of Siegen has won a research competition in the field of power electronics. They finished ahead of top international universities.

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