Anchoring the topic at Paderborn University

• Vice President for International Affairs, Prof. Dr. Torsten Meier
• Internationalisation Strategy of the Presidential Board of Paderborn University 2022-2025
• International Relations Office
• International Office
• Equal Opportunities Office/Diversity Officer

Counselling services for international students and staff (selection)

• Consultation hours of the International Office for prospective international students and students as well as exchange students (incoming and outgoing) and refugees, including counselling in Arabic and Turkish
• Welcome Services for international academics and employees
• Supervision of international doctoral candidates, postdocs and junior professors by the Jenny Aloni Center for Early-Career Researchers
• Initiative "Weltoffene Hochschule - Refugees welcome!" - Information portal and counselling services for refugees

Support services and initiatives for international staff and students (selection)

• Writing meeting for international and multilingual students and academics at Paderborn University
• German courses for international students and employees
• Language courses for international teaching and research by the internal continuing education team of the Paderborn University
• "Strengthening diversity " - language support for children with German as a second language by the PLAZ-Professional School with the Institute of German Studies and Comparative Literature
• Tandem programme to improve language skills by the Centre for Language Teaching (ZfS)
• Buddy programme of the International Office
• Buddy programme for refugee students
• InRegio to promote the social and professional integration of international students
• Integra Studies and Career for the support of refugees at Paderborn University with various workshops on skills transfer
• Portal for academics and staff who are planning or already implementing international projects and cooperations as well as international research stays
• International alumni network of Paderborn University (under construction)
• International exchange format "International Coffee Break" for international researchers and employees
• Weekly, international get-together "International Café" for all of the students and those taking German courses
• International Meeting Centre (IBZ) with a guest house for visiting researchers and an event area for international meetings and conferences
• Participation in the nationwide mentoring programme Ment4you - a project for migrant teachers to exchange ideas on diversity
• Welcome Week for international students of the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics (EIM)

Offers from students for students

• International Affairs department of the General Students' Committee (AStA)
• Counselling for foreign students by the International Student Union (ASV)
• Student initiative Eurobiz e.V. to support exchange students and students planning to study abroad
• Online seminars for international students interested in studying at Paderborn University
• Orientation programme for students from abroad of the International Office with Eurobiz e.V.
• "Life is Diversity - Everyone is Welcome" - Student Network/Higher Education Group of Migrant and Non-Migrant Student Teachers
• Project "Language Support for Refugees" for student teachers
• African Student Community (ASG)