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University of Paderborn University of Paderborn Where is Paderborn? Human Resources/Finances Research Research University Executive Board Destination Contact Paderborn, Germany Central Research Facilities • International Graduate School of Dynamic Intelligent Systems • Centre of Competence in Energy Technology (KET) • Islamic Theology Germany University of Paderborn • Centre for Optoelectronics and Photonics Paderborn (CeOPP) • Micro- and Nanostructures in Optoelectronics and Photonics International Office • Heinz Nixdorf Institute (HNI) Warburger Straße 100 • Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems (ILH) Fraunhofer D-33098 Paderborn • Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn • Fraunhofer-Project Group Design for Mechatronic Systems at Germany • Paderborn Centre for Educational Research and Teacher Trai- the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) www.upb.de/international ning (PLAZ) • Paderborn Department of Advanced System Engineering (ASE) • Paderborn Centre for Parallel Computing (PC2) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS) President Vice-President for • Paderborn Institute for Advanced Studies in Computer Science Prof. Dr. Operations and Engineering (PACE) Technology and Knowledge Transfer Nikolaus Risch Simone Probst Financial Year 2012 • Paderborn Institute for Scientific Computation (PaSCo) • C-LAB – Cooperative Computing & Communication Laborato- Budget 184 Million Euro ry – The Innovations Workshop for Atos and the University of Paderborn DFG Collaborative Research Centres Paderborn Europe External Funds 2012 38 Million Euro • Process-Integrated Manufacturing of Functionally-Graded • DMRC – Direct Manufacturing Research Center – A consortium of Blue Production, Boeing, EOS Electro Optical Systems, Evo- Students in Total: 18,794 Structures Based on Coupled Thermomechanical Phenomena (SFB/TRR 30) nik Industries, LEGO A/S, Siemens, SLM Solutions, Stratasys, Human Resources, Staff: 2,112 (January 2013) • Self-Optimising Systems in Mechanical Engineering (SFB 614) Stükerjürgen Aerospace Composites, Wilhelm Eisenhuth Präzi- • On-The-Fly Computing (SFB 901) sionsformenbau and the University of Paderborn • it‘s owl – BMBF- Leading-Edge Cluster „Intelligent Technical Systems OstWestfalenLippe“ Vice-President for Vice-President for 192 Professors DFG Research Units • Dynamics of Electron Transfer Processes at Transition Metal • L-LAB – Research Centre for Lighting Engineering and Mecha- Strategy, Finance and Academic Affairs and 14 Associate Professors Centres in Biological and Bioinorganic Systems tronics. Public Private Partnership between Hella KG Hueck & International Relations Quality Management Hamburg 590 609 590 Academic staff Co and University of Paderborn Prof. Dr. Bernd Frick Prof. Dr. Dorothee M. Meister Berlin DFG and Other Research Training Groups • s-lab – Software Quality Lab – Centre of Excellence for Soft- Paderborn 609 Non-academic staff and Graduate Schools ware Quality 14 Cologne 554 Externally-funded staff* • Automatisms – Cultural Techniques of Complexity Reduction • The Zukunftsmeile Fürstenallee 192 • History of Monasteries, Convents and the World of the Middle Frankfurt 65 Trainees Heidelberg Interdisciplinary Research Institutes and Groups 65 554 Ages (Paderborn College of Medieval Studies) * Including externally funded • Individual Support: Competence Development in Vocational • Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZeKK) Vice-President for Research Germany research assistants Education • Centre for Gender Studies and Junior Academics Munich Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schäfer www.upb.de
Published by: University of Paderborn The President Editorial Responsibility: International Office: Angelika Brebeck PR and Communications: Tibor Werner Szolnoki (Press Officer), Vanessa Dreibrodt Statistics: University Administration UNIVERSITÄT PADERBORN Layout: PADA Werbeagentur, Paderborn Die Universität der Informationsgesellschaft 4th English Edition: 2,000 June 2013 Luftbild: Kleibold, 14. Juni 2013 UniversityThe City of Paderborn of Paderborn Language Courses UniversityStudents of PaderbornFaculties UniversityStudies of Paderborn Paderborn is a lively, modern town with approximately 146,000 inha- of studies in Paderborn come from neighbouring European countries, International Students I Faculty of Arts and Humanities Bachelor’s Programmes Master’s Programmes bitants. It is located in Germany’s most populous federal state, North Asia and Africa. The International Office and various international Department of English and American Studies, Department (Winter Semester 2012/2013: all together 1,895) • Cultural Studies • Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Rhine-Westphalia, whose capital is Düsseldorf. Paderborn is an eco- student groups offer students a wide range of counseling and super- of Educational Science, Department of Protestant Theology, nomic center in the region. IT is one of its key industries. Paderborn’s vision services. Options for combining two of the following subjects: Ger- • English and American Studies Department of German Studies and Comparative Literary Stu- favourable position in the heart of Europe places familiar and popular man Literature, German Linguistics, Romance Languages, • German Literature dies, History Department, Department of Social and Human Media Studies, English Linguistics, English Literatures and • History destinations via the Airport Paderborn/Lippstadt. • Exchange Programmes 3 Paderborn can look back on a long and interesting history. It was Sciences, Department of Catholic Theology, Department of Cultures, Philosophy, History and Cultural Studies, Musico- • Linguistics Students studying in Paderborn can gain international experience as 31 41 first mentioned in the historical records 1,200 years ago – after the Art, Music, Textiles, Department of Media Studies, Depart- logy, Education Science, Fashion-Design- Textile, Art and • Media Studies exchange students at partner universities across the globe, or learn founding of the Holy Roman Empire. Nowadays, Paderborn, which 209 ment of Romance Languages Art Education, Theology of Religions • Musicology about international subjects in lectures given in English or German at is surrounded by charming countryside, is an attractive city that • Popular Music and Media Paderborn. Currently, 280 Paderborn students are studying abroad. • European Studies successfully combines historical heritage with modern flair. Not only • Studies in Cultural Heritage In return, students from partner universities are coming to Paderborn. 399 156 II Faculty of Business Administration and • Linguistics that, it also offers a lively and varied cultural programme and catering All Programmes: Four semesters, Degree: Master of Arts The International Office finds them accommodation and provides Economics • Media Studies for every taste. intensive individual advice in a “buddy programme”. Department 1: Management, Department 2: Taxation, Accoun- • Musicology • Business Administration ting and Finance Department 3: Business Information Sys- • Popular Music and Media • Business Information Systems • Paderborn international Accompanied by German students, our guest students are also given 312 the opportunity to get to know a variety of interesting German towns tems, Department 4: Economics, Department 5: Business and All Programmes: Six semesters, Degree: Bachelor of Arts • International Business Studies (IBS) The University of Paderborn is a fully accredited state university of- 262 and cities as well as German culture. Special programmes are offered Human Resource Education, Department 6: Law • International Economics and Management fering all types of academic degrees including PhD and postdoctoral • Business Information Systems that allow students in certain courses to gain a double Bachelor’s • Management Information Systems lecture qualification. • International Business Studies (IBS) degree in Paderborn and at selected universities elsewhere in Europe. • Vocational Education and Business Studies 169 198 III Faculty of Science • Management and Economics “The University for the Information Society” in Paderborn seeks to Chinese students from Qingdao University of Science and Technology 115 All Programmes: Four semesters, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Department All Programmes: Six semesters, advance and critically support the development of the natural scien- can complete part of their studies in German at Qingdao and part in Degree: Master of Science Degree: Bachelor of Science ces and technology within our information society, and, at the same Paderborn and thus obtain a bachelor’s degree at the University of of Sports and Health time, to open students’ eyes to our culture’s enduring values. The • Chemistry – Degree: Master of Science Paderborn. • Chemistry University of Paderborn’s teaching and research profile reflects these • Physics* – Degree: Master of Science IV Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Six semesters, Degree: Bachelor of Science objectives. Its five faculties offer a broad spectrum of subjects in the • Sports & Health – Degree: Master of Arts Sixteen professorships, four interdisciplinary research facili- • Physics arts and humanities, economics, sciences, and engineering. • German Language Courses All Programmes: Four semesters In these courses, students who find their German inadequate, or who ties Six semesters, Degree: Bachelor of Science The University of Paderborn attaches great importance to the inter- 209 Western Europe 262 Asia (without CIS* and China) cannot speak German at all, can acquire the language skills necessary • Sports Science • Chemical Engineering nationalization of research and teaching. Its 1,900 foreign students, 156 Central and Eastern Europe for studying at the university and even go on to take the DSH German 399 China Six semesters, Degree: Bachelor of Arts • Economics and Mechanical Engineering as well as its many lecturers and visiting scientists, give the univer- V Faculty of Computer Science, language examination (Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschul- 312 Turkey • Mechanical Engineering sity an international atmosphere. Its 160 university partnerships in 31 North America Electrical Engineering and Mathematics • Chemical Engineering zugang).German language courses are offered at four different levels. All Programmes: Four semesters, Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia are largely the product of 198 Africa – North and Middle East 41 South America Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Tech- • Economics and Mechanical Engineering Each module takes three months and ends with an intermediate Degree: Master of Science long-term research cooperation projects. nology, Department of Computer Science, Department of • Mechanical Engineering test, qualifying students for the next level. Exchange students can 115 Africa – Sub Sahara 3 Australia Mathematics All Programmes: Six semesters, • Computer Engineering participate in a 4-week intensive German course before the semester 169 Russia and Central Asia (CIS*) • Students from All Over the World begins. For those interested, there is also a semester-long course of Degree: Bachelor of Science • Computer Science* • Electrical Engineering (part time) Most of the foreign students who choose to pursue their entire course 10 hours per week. * CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States Degree Programmes: 108 • Computer Engineering • Electrical Systems Engineering • Computer Science • Economics and Electrical Engineering • Economics and Electrical Engineering • Mathematics • Electrical Engineering (part time) • Technomathematics • Mathematics All Programmes: Four semesters, • Technomathematics Degree: Master of Science All Programmes: Six semesters, Degree: Bachelor of Science • Computer Science (part time) • Electrical Engineering • Computer Science (part time) All Programmes: Eight semesters, • Electrical Engineering Degree: Master of Science All Programmes: Twelve semesters, Degree: Bachelor of Science * German or English optional Luftbild: Kleibold, 14. Juni 2013