International Tuesdays

International rankings assess the performance of universities, departments or study programmes on the basis of various indicators. The importance of rankings from providers such as THE and QS continues to increase for universities, particularly in an international context.

UPB actively engages with international rankings and endeavours to deal with them systematically.

At this event, Tilo Wodzinski, international rankings officer from Department 3, will explain which international rankings exist, how they work and what role they play for UPB and its stakeholders.

Together with eight other European universities, Paderborn University has joined the European University Alliance "COLOURS" (COLlaborative innOvative sUstainable Regional univerSities) in 2021.

From January 2024, the Alliance will receive around 14 million euros in funding from the European Commission for four years as part of the European Universities Initiative. This means that COLOURS is now one of a total of 50 "European Universities" across Europe.

Together, the partners want to strengthen their European network, increase their international visibility and promote mobility within Europe. In addition, a multidisciplinary approach is to be developed in order to jointly tackle the global social challenges of our time. Synergy effects are to be utilised to intensify cooperation in teaching, research and knowledge and technology transfer. Among other things, it is planned to create new attractive offers for virtual and physical mobility as well as long-term joint research, study and teaching activities.

To bring the COLOURS alliance closer to the internal UPB university public, the individual Alliance partners will present their institutions as part of the International Tuesdays. In addition to a general presentation of the universities, possible starting points for joint co-operation with UPB in research, studies, teaching and administration will be highlighted. As part of the event, interested participants are cordially invited to exchange ideas with the partners, make contacts and ask questions.

Last summer semester, the universities of Le Mans in France, Ferrara in Italy, Jan Dlugosz in Poland and Castilla-La Mancha in Spain presented themselves. You can find the presentations here.

On 12 December, the North Macedonian University St Kliment Ohridski Bitola (UKLO) and the Swedish Kristianstad University will continue the series.

Further information on the COLOURS Alliance can be found here.

Paderborn University successfully participated in the HRK-Audit “Internationalisation of Universities” from December 2022 to November 2023. The audit has supported Paderborn University in defining and systematically developing its specific international profile through a combination of self-reflection and external consultation.

On 9 January, Prof. Dr. Torsten Meier, Vice-President for International Relations, provides an overview of the audit, the recommendations of the team of experts and the next steps in Paderborn University's strategic internationalisation process.

Together with eight other European universities, Paderborn University has joined the European University Alliance "COLOURS" (COLlaborative innOvative sUstainable Regional univerSities) in 2021.

From January 2024, the alliance will receive around 14 million euros in funding from the European Commission for four years as part of the European Universities Initiative. This means that COLOURS is now one of a total of 50 "European Universities" across Europe.

Together, the partners want to strengthen their European network, increase their international visibility and promote mobility within Europe. In addition, a multidisciplinary approach is to be developed in order to jointly tackle the global social challenges of our time. Synergy effects are to be utilised to intensify cooperation in teaching, research and knowledge and technology transfer. Among other things, it is planned to create new attractive offers for virtual and physical mobility as well as long-term joint research, study and teaching activities.

To bring the COLOURS alliance closer to the internal UPB university public, the individual alliance partners will present their institutions as part of the International Tuesdays. In addition to a general presentation of the universities, possible starting points for joint co-operation with UPB in research, studies, teaching and administration will be highlighted. As part of the event, interested participants are cordially invited to exchange ideas with the partners, make contacts and ask questions.

Last summer semester, the universities of Le Mans in France, Ferrara in Italy, Jan Dlugosz in Poland and Castilla-La Mancha in Spain presented themselves. You can find the presentations here.

On 16 January 2024, the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia, and Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, Latvia, will present themselves.

Further information on the COLOURS Alliance can be found here.

For her doctoral thesis, Eun Young Park analysed the support structures for international students in the USA, Korea and Germany. On 23 January, she will present her findings:

"In the process of the internationalisation of higher education, a meaningful integration of international students at host universities has gained interest in the past two decades. Concrete questions needed to be asked for reflection when universities want to keep up with and claim internationalisation as crucial part of universities’ innovation process and when it comes to self-representation in the context of global competition. Against this background, the purpose of this study was to explore the voices of the main actors involved and this round of International Tuesdays opens up to take a glance at the study’s findings to initiate further dialogues focusing on the meaningful support for international students at host universities."

Are you an international employee of Paderborn University? We cordially invite you to take part in our get-together during the lunch break with hot drinks, snacks, information, entertainment and a small challenge with prizes.

As part of the "International Tuesdays" , Paderborn University's Welcome Services is organising an "International's Tuesday" get-together for all international researchers and employees of Paderborn University. After a brief overview of UPB's services for international university members, you will have the opportunity to get to know your international colleagues in an informal setting and spend the lunch break together. In addition, we are preparing a small challenge for all participants, giving you the opportunity to win small prizes. The event will take place on campus, in room IBZ 0.106

Registration is required. Please register here.