About the University
Paderborn University with its approx. 20,000 students is a mid-sized fully accredited state university offering all types of degrees, including doctoral and post-doctoral qualifications. It offers a wide range of subjects in five faculties:
The University attaches great importance to the internationalisation of research and teaching. Around 1,500 foreign students, numerous visiting academics and lecturers create an international atmosphere on campus.
Our 200 university partnerships worldwide are the result of long-term research collaborations. Every year, around 350 Paderborn students are sent abroad and, in return, students from the partner universities come to Paderborn.
Programmes and courses for exchange students
Exchange students are free to choose from most of the courses offered in their field of study at the Paderborn University.
International graduate courses that are taught entirely in English include:
- Applied Neurosciences in Sports & Exercise
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- English and American Literary and Cultural Studies
- Electrical Systems Engineering
- International Economics and Management
- Materials Science
- Optoelectronics and Photonics
- Physics
These courses are open for graduate students as well as advanced undergraduate students with sufficient prior knowledge of the subject matter.
Find more information here.
The University of Paderborn attaches great importance to the support of your exchange students. This includes the following :
- accommodation in dormitories on camppus, organised by the university
- 1:1 buddy system to help students settle in and ensure a smooth transition into the "German way of life"
- Academic and non-academic orientation events
- Comprehensive cultural semester programme with day and weekend excursions, parties, museum visits and other events organised by the student association Eurobiz
- Semester ticket (included in the Semesterbeitrag: 340 €/semester) for unlimited use of local public transport in Paderborn and throughout the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
UPB exchange students can currently choose from the folowing range of German language courses*:
- Crash Course - 4 weeks before the official lecture period /start of the semester
- Semester Course - 12 weeks during the lecture period
For exchange students, the courses are free of charge.
*Please note that the German course offer and course fee structure at Paderborn University is under regular review and may be subject to change.
Paderborn offers a friendly and safe environment to study, recreate and live.
Located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Paderborn is a modern city with approximately 150,000 inhabitants. It is one of the economic centres of the East Westphalia region and home to some of the world's leading industrial companies such as Siemens, Diebold Nixdorf, Benteler, dSpace, Hella and Stute.
The town can also look back on a long and interesting history. It was first mentioned in the historical records 1,200 years ago after the founding of the Holy Roman Empire.
