After receiving your university account, which you can only create after enrolment, it can take up to 24 hours before you can use PAUL.

You can have a new password set in the Notebook Café on the ground floor of the I building (I0.401).

To do this, you must appear there in person during opening hours and present a valid photo ID, e.g. your identity card.

Common causes of incorrect password entries are

• Caps Lock (Shift Lock or Num Lock) is activated

• Upper/lower case mixed up in the password

• Keyboard layout other than the usual one (e.g. English keyboard)

PAUL has accepted your university account, but your status does not allow you to log in to PAUL.

If you are already enrolled at Paderborn University, created your university account more than 24 hours ago and still receive this message, please contact the Notebook Café on the ground floor of the I-Building (I0.401) or send a message to PAUL support team.
 

Another reason for the error message “Access denied”:

For security reasons, PAUL uses so-called session cookies, which are only stored on your computer for the duration of the browser session. If you have deactivated the use of cookies in your browser, you will receive the message “Access denied” after attempting to log in.

The user status of a university account must be "Students" or "Teachers" in order to log in to PAUL.

You can check your user status in the ZIM service portal (formerly IMT service portal).

You cannot log into PAUL with the status "Staff".

If your user status is "Student", you have institutionalised your university account more than 24 hours ago and you are still unable to log into PAUL, please contact the Notebook Café on the ground floor of the I building (I0.401) or send a message to paul@uni-paderborn.de

For security reasons, PAUL uses so-called session cookies, which are only stored on your computer for the duration of the browser session. If you have deactivated the use of cookies in your browser, you will receive the message "Access denied" after attempting to log in.

If this information does not help you to log in, please contact the Notebook Café (I0.401) directly, use this contact form or send a message to paul[at]uni-paderborn.de.

Not every module starts anew every semester. Many modules only start in the winter semester and are only offered for online booking in PAUL in this semester.

If you were on leave of absence in the previous semester and were unable to register for a module in PAUL for this reason, please contact PAUL Support and ask to be added to the module in question at a later date.

You will only be able to register for the courses associated with the module in PAUL once you have registered for the module.

Please use the course registration and deregistration forms on this website.

You should deregister from all courses that you do not wish to attend this semester. Otherwise, you may not be able to register for a desired course in a subsequent semester because PAUL assumes that you have already attended this course!

For modules of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, the instructions on the website for module deregistration apply.

Please use this form.

For courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, please contact the KW Student Office.

For modules offered by the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, you can find the relevant information on the module registration website.

Students of the

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Natural Sciences

Please use this form.

Please note the information on module registration and cancellation.

There are more than 200 degree programmes at Paderborn University and numerous other possible combinations within these degree programmes - so it often depends on the individual case whether it is possible to register for an examination in PAUL.

Generally speaking:

If you can register for examinations in the examination administration system, you must register for your examinations in PAUL.

However: Teacher training students in the main study programme (state examination) still require certificates, as they must submit these to the "Landesprüfungsamt für Erste Staatsprüfungen für Lehrämter an Schulen" to register for the state examination. It is therefore not necessary to register for examinations in PAUL!

All students who have enrolled at Paderborn University in their first semester from the winter semester 2011/12 onwards must register for all examinations and coursework in PAUL.

All students whose examination registrations and grades were imported into PAUL in the winter semester 2011/12 (group 2) must register for examinations and coursework in PAUL from the summer semester 2012.

All students who were able to register for examinations and coursework in PAUL from winter semester 2011/12 onwards must continue to register for examinations and coursework in PAUL.

For all economics courses, registration for examinations takes place as part of module registration.

Registration for examinations and coursework in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes of the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics is carried out entirely via PAUL

In all mechanical engineering degree programmes, registration takes place via PAUL.

In all degree programmes in which examination registration was previously required, you must continue to register for examinations - usually in PAUL.

For exam registrations that you cannot make in PAUL, please contact paul@uni-paderborn.de.

You can deregister from examinations and coursework in PAUL in the "Studies" section. The "Exam administration" button in the left-hand menu bar takes you to the "My exams" section. All examinations for which you have already registered are listed here. You can deregister by clicking on the "Deregister" button. If it is not possible to deregister in PAUL because the exam has not yet been scheduled, please send an email to paul@uni-paderborn.de.

It is also possible to deregister from examinations in PAUL after the end of the respective examination registration phase. The deregistration period ends 2 days before the examination date (applies to all examinations with an examination date from 01.04.2024). Please refer to your examination regulations for the exact regulations on exam deregistration deadlines.
 

The latest information on exam registration and deregistration can be found on the website of the Central Examination Office (ZPS).

Do you have any questions about PAUL ?

Send us an e-mail to paul@upb.de.

To ensure that we can answer your question as specifically as possible, please provide us with the following information in this e-mail:

• Your name
• the user name of your university account
• Your matriculation number
• Your degree programmes and your subject areas or minor subjects
• a precise formulation of your question or problem
• the titles and numbers of the modules or courses concerned
• optionally a screenshot/screen shot (if this clarifies the description of your problem)
• optionally your mobile phone number for queries

Contact form
You will find the contact form at the bottom of this page (up to now German version only).
Simply fill in the fields and the support team will answer your questions and/or forward your request to the responsible PAUL staff.

Paderborn University takes the protection of your personal data very seriously and complies with the applicable data protection regulations.

The information requested about you in this form is required in order to be able to initiate the problem-solving process associated with your support enquiry as quickly and comprehensively as possible. As a result, the quality of service in the support area is increased and the quality of studying and teaching is sustainably improved. Your details will be treated confidentially and used exclusively for the processing of the necessary support activities. After processing has been completed, the information relating to your support enquiry will be stored for a period of eight months to clarify any queries that may arise and then deleted.

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or would like information about the data stored about you, you can contact the support staff at paul[at]upb.de at any time.

By submitting this support enquiry, you consent to your data being processed in accordance with the above data protection notice. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please contact the support staff at paul[at]upb.de.

If you do not wish to use the form structure provided, you can alternatively submit your support request in an informal email to paul[at]upb.de or in person at the Notebook Café (NBC, room BI1.111, support hours at https://imt.uni-paderborn.de/nbc)

The guide gives you an initial overview of how PAUL works and your tasks when enrolling for courses.

Instructions for students (PDF; German version only)

These instructions show you how to register for a thesis in PAUL.

Instructions for students (PDF; German version only)

These instructions show you how to register for a final thesis (teaching degree) in PAUL.

Instructions for teacher students (PDF; German version only)

In principle, each student can take courses totalling a maximum of 44 ECTS credits per semester. (Fak. WiWi - 45 ECTS credits - information page) can attend.

Please note the following information when planning your semester:

• A Bachelor's degree programme usually provides 180 ECTS credits, i.e. an average of 30 ECTS credits per semester. In principle, however, each student can take courses/modules totalling a maximum of 44 EC TS credits per semester(WiWi faculty - 45 ECTS credits - information page) as a limit value.
• Students who wish to take more courses/modules than this can submit an application for an exemption to PAUL Support using the form provided before the start of the respective enrolment phase (1st and 2nd enrolment phase or revision phase). You must explain why exceeding the limit is of particular importance for your individual studies and how you intend to cope with this high volume of learning. Please also note any subject area or faculty-specific regulations. The application itself must be submitted to the PAUL mailbox on level A 2.053 .
• Within the respective enrolment phases, hardship applications for exceeding the ECTS limit can only be approved if reasons are presented that were not already known before the 1st enrolment phase / 2nd enrolment phase.
• Students are requested to book courses/modules within the planned framework. However, one week before the end of the respective registration phases, those students who have exceeded the limit at that time will be informed by the course managers by email to the IMT email address and asked to ensure compliance with the limit by deregistration from certain courses/modules on their own initiative.
• If the number of registrations exceeds 44 ECTS points (Fak. WiWi - 45 ECTS points - information page)at the end of the respective registration phases and if no exemptions have been granted, the last registered courses/modules can be automatically removed from PAUL(by the representatives of the respective Dean's Office) until the number of registrations is less than or equal to 44 ECTS points again. Once removed, courses/modules cannot be reactivated.
• When calculating the ETCS points, the credits listed in PAUL in the course overview apply. For the courses of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, the credits listed in the module overview apply ( information page ).
• All courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities are awarded a flat rate of 3 ECTS credits, regardless of the course you wish to take. Pending registrations are not taken into account when applying the 44 ECTS rule.

Please use this form for your application form - and, if necessary, add another page to your application.

Economics students should submit an informal application to the Office of Student Affairs of the Fac. WiWi.

• Click on the "My data" button in the top toolbar.
• Click on "Forwarding" in the left-hand menu.
• Take note of the information in the centre field.
• Click on "System message configuration" in the left-hand menu.
• Click on "Change" on the right.
• To the right of the question: "Forward messages to Uni-Mail address?", click on the checkbox.
• Don't be confused by the words "Password protected" or "Public" - at Paderborn University you can only forward messages to the password-protected university email address.
• Confirm your selection by clicking on "Save".
• Your change will be visible as a tick is now displayed in the box behind the question "Forward messages to university e-mail address?".
• From now on, a copy of the PAUL messages sent to you will be sent to your university e-mail address ( Direct link to Webmail / Information on university e-mail ). You will still see the original in PAUL. To do this, click on "Messages" in the left-hand menu under "My data".

Please note:

Unfortunately, the university cannot guarantee that forwarded system messages will actually arrive at your university e-mail address. Failure to receive this additional service does not constitute an excuse for failure on the part of the student. Therefore, please check your system messages in PAUL regularly