Autonomous driving, connected mobility, increasing electrification: the automotive industry is undergoing change. This makes it all the more important to support companies in integrating digital services into their business models and exploiting the innovation potential of digital business processes. For three years, a consortium of scientists and industry experts has been working on developing solutions for the mobility sector.
Photo (Christopher Kolbe): Graduates of the Bachelor's degree programmes on the Day of Economics 2025.
18.12.2025
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Universität Paderborn,
Studies,
People,
Festivity,
Press release,
PLAZ – Professional School of Education,
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Faculty of Science
In the winter semester 2025/26, Paderborn University once again held a graduation ceremony for numerous graduates from the Faculties of Business Administration and Economics, Natural Sciences, Cultural Studies and the PLAZ - Professional School of Education. In addition to certificates, several prizes were also awarded for special commitment or outstanding theses.
Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): 35 million euros, 210 scientists, 12 years of research: After the maximum possible duration of three funding periods, the Collaborative Research Centre/TRR 142 "Tailor-made Nonlinear Photonics: From Basic Concepts to Functional Structures" officially ended in December 2025.
15.12.2025
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Research,
Optoelectronics and Photonics,
Collaborative Research Centres,
International,
Transfer,
Quantum Computation,
Press release,
Faculty of Science,
Department of Physics
35 million euros, 210 scientists, 12 years of research: After the maximum possible duration of three funding periods, the Collaborative Research Centre/TRR 142 "Tailor-made Nonlinear Photonics: From Basic Concepts to Functional Structures" officially ended in December 2025.
The Presidential Board of Paderborn University is once again calling for proposals for doctoral scholarships, for which excellent academics in the early career phase can apply until 2 February.
Foto (Universität Paderborn, Besim Mazhiqi): Große Freude bei der Bescheidübergabe: (v.l.n.r.) Prof. Dr. René Fahr, Vizepräsident für Transfer und Nachhaltigkeit, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ansgar Trächtler, Lehrstuhlinhaber „Regelungstechnik und Mechatronik“, Dr.-Ing. Kevin Malena, Teamleiter im EEBEO-Projekt, der Parlamentarische Staatssekretär Matthias Hauer und Universitätspräsident Prof. Dr. Matthias Bauer.
12.12.2025
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Research,
Transfer,
Press release,
Heinz Nixdorf Institute,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Regelungstechnik und Mechatronik / Heinz Nixdorf Institut
Photo (NeMo e.V.): Board of Directors and Advisory Board of Neue Mobilität Paderborn e.V. (from right): Christoph Rüther (Paderborn District), Prof Dr Barbara Lenz (formerly DLR Institute of Transport Research), Prof Dr Nikolaus Risch (Heinz Nixdorf Foundation), Jonathan Behm (Managing Director NeMo), Michael Heinemann (Phoenix Contact E-Mobility), Ute Dülfer (City of Lichtenau), Jann-Eve Stavesand (dSPACE GmbH), Stefan-Oliver Strate (City of Paderborn) and Prof Dr Thomas Tröster (Paderborn University).
11.12.2025
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Sustainability,
Mobility,
Research,
Transfer,
News,
NeMo.bil – System kooperierender Fahrzeuge für einen individualisierten Öffentlichen Verkehr,
Graduiertenzentrum der Fakultät für Maschinenbau
The members of "Neue Mobilität Paderborn e.V." (NeMo) have elected a new board. The initiative also presented its NeMo.bil project at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona.
10.12.2025
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Studies,
Press release,
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Science,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
Symbol image (Paderborn University): The project partners are developing training courses that aim to anchor the topics of data literacy and satellite data use in school education in the long term.
09.12.2025
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Education,
Digitalization,
Sustainability,
Research,
Transformation and Education,
Transfer,
Press release,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics,
Department of Computer Science
Photo (Paderborn University, Leonie Mayer): Prof. Dr Erdal Kayacan from the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at Paderborn University.
Prof. Dr. Erdal Kayacan, scientist at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Paderborn University, has been elected to the administrative committee (AdCom) of the Computational Intelligence Society at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
08.12.2025
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Education,
Research,
Transfer,
Press release,
Key research area Transformation and Education,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft,
Faculty of Science,
Department of Physics
How can lessons be organised effectively and at the same time take into account the diversity of different learning groups? An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Universities of Cologne, Bielefeld and Paderborn is addressing this question in a new joint project.
Photo (Paderborn University, Madita Schmalenstroer): (from left) Davina Stiller, Prof Dr Matthias Bauer, Alice Joy Cox and Prof Dr Jörn Steigerwald.
08.12.2025
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Universität Paderborn,
International,
International Office (Unit 3.1),
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
On Thursday, 4 December, Alice Joy Cox, Consul at the Italian Consulate in Dortmund, visited Paderborn University. The focus of the visit was on Paderborn University's cooperation with Italy, particularly within the framework of the Erasmus programmes and the European University Alliance COLOURS.
Screenshot (Paderborn University): Artists from OWL have a new contact point at Paderborn University with "DISCLOSED".
04.12.2025
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Campus,
Transfer,
Press release,
Central IT and Media Services (ZIM),
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Institut für Kunst / Musik / Textil,
Musik,
Populäre Musik und Medien
