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Latest press releases

17.03.2026

Ex­cel­lence Start-up Centre.OWL takes stock after six years

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16.03.2026

From en­ergy to the mu­ni­cip­al eco­nomy: re­search­ers design sus­tain­able data eco­sys­tems and work sys­tems

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13.03.2026

In­ter­na­tion­al Math­em­at­ics Com­pet­i­tion at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity for the first time

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13.03.2026

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity and Pel­iz­a­eus-Gym­nas­i­um strengthen co­oper­a­tion

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11.03.2026

Sus­tain­able Mech­an­ic­al En­gin­eer­ing: NA­LYSES pro­ject op­tim­ises head­lights

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09.03.2026

Study on the ab­use of minors in the Arch­diocese of Pader­born: res­ults re­veal spir­als of cov­er-up

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06.03.2026

"Wo­men still face struc­tur­al hurdles when start­ing a busi­ness": In­ter­view on In­ter­na­tion­al Wo­men's Day 2026

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26.02.2026

Light­house of quantum re­search: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity opens state-of-the-art "PhoQS Lab" for the fu­ture of photon­ics

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24.02.2026

Start­ing sig­nal for new com­pet­ence centre for lan­guage pro­mo­tion in Hesse: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity takes over sci­entif­ic man­age­ment

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23.02.2026

Fu­ture-proof re­search soft­ware: Pader­born sci­ent­ists fur­ther de­vel­op the "SootUp" frame­work

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20.02.2026

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity sci­ent­ist is a mem­ber of the Ad­vis­ory Board for Ag­ri­cul­tur­al Policy, Nu­tri­tion and Con­sumer Health Pro­tec­tion at…

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10.02.2026

Re­search team at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity de­vel­ops a pro­to­type for meas­ur­ing di­git­al demo­cracy

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09.02.2026

Start­ing sig­nal for Open Sci­ence at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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06.02.2026

Are re­sent­ment and ste­reo­types on the rise? In­ter­view with Prof Dr Claudia Öhlschläger and Dr Till­mann Heise

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05.02.2026

State-wide "NRW Tech­nikum": try out STEM, shape the fu­ture

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News dossiers on our key top­ics

Quantum re­search

Research into the smallest particles of light has been one of the profile areas of Paderborn University for many years. Experts conduct top-level basic research in order to make concrete applications a reality. In this way, they decisively advance international quantum research. Press releases on the topic.

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Ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence

Artificial intelligence has long been a part of our lives. At Paderborn University, scientists from various disciplines are researching the fundamentals and effects of AI in order to make human-machine interaction usable and transparent for society.

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High Per­form­ance Com­put­ing

The "Noctua 2" supercomputer is the heart of Paderborn University's high-performance computing centre. Researchers throughout Germany use the computing capacities to conduct science at the highest level. Paderborn scientists use high-performance computing to set international standards in computer systems research.

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En­ergy re­search in Pader­born

Rising global energy demand, limited resources and climate change are posing new challenges for politics, science, business and industry, but also for citizens. They give reason to think today about the energy supply of tomorrow.

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Press releases on quantum research and AI

26.02.2026

Light­house of quantum re­search: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity opens state-of-the-art "PhoQS Lab" for the fu­ture of photon­ics

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20.01.2026

Par­ti­cipants wanted: How can ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence sup­port chil­dren in lan­guage ac­quis­i­tion?

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15.12.2025

Light for fu­ture op­tic­al tech­no­lo­gies: Suc­cess­ful con­clu­sion of the Col­lab­or­at­ive Re­search Centre TRR 142

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09.12.2025

Pader­born sci­ent­ist be­comes com­mit­tee mem­ber of in­ter­na­tion­al as­so­ci­ation for Elec­tric­al En­gin­eer­ing and Elec­tron­ics

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27.11.2025

Nature pub­lic­a­tion: Pro­gress to­wards the quantum in­ter­net

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21.11.2025

Ma­jor suc­cess for Pader­born and Biele­feld re­search in­to so­cial ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence

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10.11.2025

High-per­form­ance com­put­ing in Pader­born: new ‘Otus’ su­per­com­puter put in­to op­er­a­tion

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25.09.2025

Ger­many in­stead of Amer­ica: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity phys­i­cist re­ceives 1.2 mil­lion grant for quantum re­search

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24.09.2025

Un­der­stand­ing as a goal: sci­ent­ists de­vel­op concept for ex­plain­able ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence

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09.09.2025

Ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence: de­vel­op­ing ex­plan­a­tions to­geth­er

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05.09.2025

Pader­born sci­ent­ist presents quantum re­search to Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor and NRW state gov­ern­ment

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14.08.2025

New tech­no­logy for safe autonom­ous driv­ing: Pre­dict­ing ped­es­tri­an be­ha­viour us­ing AI and avoid­ing ac­ci­dents

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29.07.2025

Phoenix: Pader­born sci­ent­ists de­vel­op new open source pro­gramme for quantum phys­ics

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17.07.2025

AI study shows: Warn­ings of­ten miss their tar­get

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14.07.2025

Pader­born sci­ent­ist hon­oured with an­oth­er ERC grant

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Facts, fig­ures and data

In the foreground, a part of building Q with the lettering "Universität Paderborn", in front of which more than 20 students are passing by; in the background, building I.

Paderborn University is one of the medium-sized universities in Germany that is strong in research and transfer. Our five Faculties - Cultural Studies, Business Administration and Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Natural Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics - offer around 70 study programmes. In addition, there are around 166 subject combinations in the field of teacher education.

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