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Latest press releases

24.08.2026

Re­search­ers crack the code: Mo­lecu­lar trick opens the door to a new gen­er­a­tion of glass

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13.08.2026

When AI acts autonom­ously: 20th Pader­born IT Se­cur­ity Day

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05.08.2026

Study­ing abroad: New Double Mas­ter­’s pro­gramme at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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04.08.2026

Sci­ent­ist from Pader­born Uni­ver­sity ad­vises state gov­ern­ment dur­ing second term in of­fice

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28.07.2026

A dec­ade of in­ter­na­tion­al re­search: the ‘Centre for the His­tory of Wo­men Philo­soph­ers and Sci­ent­ist­s’ cel­eb­rates its an­niversary

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23.07.2026

Phys­ics: Uni­ver­sal struc­ture of ex­cep­tion­al points dis­covered in non-lin­ear sys­tems

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20.07.2026

Open di­git­al teach­ing re­sources for lan­guage edu­ca­tion

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14.07.2026

How com­pan­ies are shap­ing sus­tain­ab­il­ity and di­git­al­isa­tion to­geth­er

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10.07.2026

NR­WTal­en­te’s ‘Day of Demo­cracy and Tol­er­ance’ – OWL re­gion

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10.07.2026

Scal­able photon­ic quantum com­puters: a new break­through with time-di­vi­sion mul­ti­plex­ing photon­ics

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09.07.2026

Quantum Tech­no­lo­gies Eco­sys­tem: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity suc­cess­ful in European ‘QuantER­A’ call for pro­pos­als

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08.07.2026

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity trains in­ter­na­tion­al STEM tal­ents for the OWL re­gion

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08.07.2026

Learn­ing vocab­u­lary through catchy tunes: Re­search­er hon­oured for doc­tor­al dis­ser­ta­tion at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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06.07.2026

New pub­lic­a­tions: Po­lar­isa­tion and to­po­lo­gic­al ef­fects in coupled op­tic­al sys­tems

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06.07.2026

The Secret of the 17 Pat­terns: How Math­em­at­ics Be­comes Tan­gible

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Cur­rent dossiers on our key top­ics

Quantum Re­search

Research into the smallest particles of light has been one of the Paderborn University’s key areas of expertise for many years. Experts are conducting cutting-edge fundamental research to turn specific applications into reality. In doing so, they are making a decisive contribution to the advancement of international quantum research.

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Ar­ti­fi­cial In­tel­li­gence

Artificial intelligence has long been an integral part of our lives. At Paderborn University, researchers from various disciplines are investigating the fundamentals and implications of AI in order to make human-machine interaction both beneficial and transparent for society.

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High-Per­form­ance Com­put­ing

The “Noctua 2” supercomputer is at the heart of Paderborn University’s high-performance computing centre. Researchers across Germany utilise its computing capacity to conduct scientific research at the very highest level. Through high-performance computing, scientists at Paderborn are setting international standards in computer systems research.

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En­ergy re­search in Pader­born

A global rise in energy demand, limited resources and climate change present new challenges not only for politicians, scientists, business and industry, but also for members of the public. These challenges make it necessary to start thinking today about tomorrow’s energy supply.

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Medi­cine of the Fu­ture

Health is one of the most important prerequisites for a good life. That is why the Year of Science 2026 is all about the medicine of the future. Find out how researchers at Paderborn University are contributing to these developments in our special feature.

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Press releases on quantum research and AI

23.07.2026

Phys­ics: Uni­ver­sal struc­ture of ex­cep­tion­al points dis­covered in non-lin­ear sys­tems

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14.07.2026

How com­pan­ies are shap­ing sus­tain­ab­il­ity and di­git­al­isa­tion to­geth­er

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10.07.2026

Scal­able photon­ic quantum com­puters: a new break­through with time-di­vi­sion mul­ti­plex­ing photon­ics

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09.07.2026

Quantum Tech­no­lo­gies Eco­sys­tem: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity suc­cess­ful in European ‘QuantER­A’ call for pro­pos­als

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07.07.2026

New AI net­work for PhD stu­dents and postdocs with­in the Uni­WinD uni­ver­sity as­so­ci­ation

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01.07.2026

AI and cre­ativ­ity: A pro­ject at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­vest­ig­ates the in­flu­ence of ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence on learn­ing pro­cesses

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29.06.2026

The ‘Otus’ su­per­com­puter is ex­pand­ing: 12 mil­lion euros for an up­grade at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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26.06.2026

Re­search­ers have, for the first time, ex­per­i­ment­ally demon­strated the re­cur­rence of Rabi os­cil­la­tions in semi­con­duct­or quantum dots

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23.06.2026

Between ex­cite­ment and com­pos­ure: How one’s emo­tion­al state in­flu­ences how we deal with AI re­com­mend­a­tions

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22.06.2026

Ex­per­i­en­cing his­tor­ic­al cloth­ing in vir­tu­al real­ity us­ing AI

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16.06.2026

SAIL demon­strates that AI can be sus­tain­able and re­spons­ible

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15.06.2026

In­nov­at­ive drive for the cre­at­ive in­dus­tries in East West­phalia-Lippe

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15.06.2026

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

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28.05.2026

Work­place AI in the fin­an­cial sec­tor

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05.05.2026

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

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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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