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Latest press releases

06.10.2025

Chem­ists at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity dis­cov­er new way to break down ni­trous ox­ide, a cli­mate pol­lut­ant

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02.10.2025

New in the winter semester 2025/26: Pub­lic lec­ture pro­gramme at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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30.09.2025

BLB NRW cel­eb­rates lay­ing of found­a­tion stone: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity gets ul­tra-mod­ern new build­ings

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29.09.2025

EU pro­ject "IN­NOVADE": Op­por­tun­it­ies and risks of di­git­al tech­no­lo­gies for demo­cracy

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26.09.2025

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity sci­ent­ist is the new spokes­per­son for the So­ci­ety for Chem­istry and Phys­ics Edu­ca­tion

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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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22.09.2025

North Rhine-West­phalia strengthens every­day in­teg­rated lan­guage edu­ca­tion in day­care centres - Pader­born re­search­er sup­ports sci­entif­ic…

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22.09.2025

Busi­ness Spon­sor­ship Prize: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity hon­ours 265 young tal­ents

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19.09.2025

Dead­line ex­ten­ded: study entry for last-minute stu­dents at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

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18.09.2025

Di­git­al top­ic series: Ori­ent­a­tion in study­ing in OWL

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17.09.2025

In­tel­li­gent op­tim­isa­tion mod­els for sus­tain­able neigh­bour­hoods

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16.09.2025

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity re­search­er chairs the jury of crit­ics for the Ger­man Youth Lit­er­at­ure Prize

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15.09.2025

"Cli­mate fin­an­cing needs a 'green' so­ci­ety"

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15.09.2025

Enorm­ous po­ten­tial for cli­mate pro­tec­tion in in­dustry: joint pro­ject paves the way for cli­mate-neut­ral pro­cess heat

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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

06.05.2024

In­ter­na­tion­al co­oper­a­tion on the top­ic of "sus­tain­able ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence"

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17.04.2024

Design­ing and es­tab­lish­ing di­git­al busi­ness mod­els des­pite a short­age of skilled la­bour: A new ap­proach for in­dus­tri­al prac­tice

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19.02.2024

Meas­ur­ing the prop­er­ties of light: Sci­ent­ists real­ise new meth­od for de­term­in­ing quantum states

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14.02.2024

Safe and en­vir­on­ment­ally friendly re­cyc­ling of ships: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­volved in in­ter­na­tion­al AI re­search pro­ject

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22.01.2024

"Find the best route as quickly as pos­sible every day"

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18.01.2024

Photon­ic quantum com­puter to be­come real­ity

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08.01.2024

Quantum re­search for the world of to­mor­row

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12.12.2023

Mak­ing quantum tech­no­lo­gies tan­gible: New re­search pro­ject of­fers in­ter­act­ive edu­ca­tion­al pro­gramme for Gen­er­a­tion Z

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30.11.2023

Quantum and su­per­com­puters in re­search: ex­pert ex­plains the status quo

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20.11.2023

Top­ping-out ce­re­mony for labor­at­ory build­ing with in­ter­na­tion­al ap­peal

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13.11.2023

NRW uni­ver­sit­ies make re­search and com­pan­ies fit for AI is­sues

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08.11.2023

On World Sci­ence Day: "Sci­ence com­mu­nic­a­tion is be­com­ing a more chal­len­ging task for re­search­ers"

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31.10.2023

How un­der­stand­ing can be meas­ured

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19.10.2023

Mon­it­or­ing crit­ic­al in­fra­struc­tures us­ing state-of-the-art tech­no­logy

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17.10.2023

Com­pre­hens­ible in­sights in­to AI re­search

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Key Facts

Paderborn University

Paderborn University is one of the medium-sized universities in Germany. Our five faculties - Cultural Studies, Economics, Mechanical Engineering, Natural Sciences as well as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics - offer 70 degree programmes. Our university has established itself in profile areas with internationally recognised cutting-edge research. The development of sustainable solutions for the pressing challenges of our time characterises research at Paderborn University. Through cooperation with other universities, companies and research associations, we are networked nationwide and internationally.

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16,980 students

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2,635 employees

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5 collaborative research areas

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66 million euros third-party funding

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