Here you will find current, selected news from the area of research at the University of Paderborn. Further releases can be found in the press archive.
29.11.2024
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Research,
Campus,
Press release,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Paderborn University and the Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (BLB NRW) are preparing construction projects on an extension site on Mersinweg: Two modern new buildings are to replace the ageing buildings P1 and P4 to P7.
27.11.2024
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Research,
Transfer,
Rankings,
Press release,
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
The most important funding institution and central self-governing organisation for science in Germany, the German Research Foundation (DFG), published its Funding Atlas 2024 this week.
In a new joint project, the members of the "besslab" movement, play and sports laboratory at Paderborn University, together with interior designer and carpenter Alexander Ostermann (Heimweh-Paderborn), teacher Frederike Schöningh from the Rudolf Steiner School Schloss Hamborn and Steffen Strasser from the Playparc company, have developed special seating furniture that combines movement and learning.
The NeMo.bil project, which was initiated by the New Mobility Initiative Paderborn (NeMo), has been awarded the German Mobility Prize (DMP) in the "New Mobility Solutions" category. A high-calibre jury from industry and politics decided on the award, which was presented by Federal Minister of Transport Volker Wissing.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has extended funding for the "MINTS" project (MLL-based Integrated THz Frequency Synthesizer) for a further three years with a funding sum of around 415,000 euros.
13.11.2024
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Education,
Research,
International,
Transfer,
Rankings,
Press release,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
In the latest edition of the renowned "Global Ranking of Academic Subjects" (GRAS), also known as the "Shanghai Subject Ranking", Paderborn University has once again achieved very good rankings.
The international comparative study "International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2023" (ICILS 2023) shows the current state of pupils' digital skills.
Prof. Dr. Muna Tatari from the Institute of Islamic Theology at Paderborn University has been reappointed to the German Ethics Council for a further term of office by the President of the German Bundestag, Bärbel Bas.