University of Paderborn

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University of Paderborn Universität Paderborn


Motto	Die Universität der Informationsgesellschaft ("The University of the Information Society")
Established	1972
Type	Public
Rector	Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nikolaus Risch
Faculty	5
Staff	1.764
Students	14,700
Location	Paderborn, Germany
Campus	urban
Website	www.upb.de

The University of Paderborn (German: Universität Paderborn) in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was founded in 1972. 14,700 students were enrolled at the university as of October 2005.

Following the guiding principle of "The University of the Information Society", the research and educational emphasis of the university lies in the fields of computer science, engineering and mathematics.

In 2006 the computer science program has been ranked among the top 3 programs in the most comprehensive and detailed ranking of German universities by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) and the German weekly news magazine "DIE ZEIT". Also in 2006 the university has been ranked among the leading institutions for gaining research funding in the areas of electrical engineering, computer science and systems engineering by the German Research Council (DFG).

1 Campus
- 1.1 Main Campus
- 1.2 Fürstenallee
2 External links

[edit] Campus

The University of Paderborn has two campuses:

The main campus and
The campus at Fürstenallee

[edit] Main Campus

The main campus is located at the Warburger Straße in Paderborn. Most lectures take place here. The residence halls are located at the campus or nearby.

[edit] Fürstenallee

The Fürstenallee campus is connected to the main campus via the 'uni' bus. Mainly computing institutes can be found at the Fürstenallee. Next to the Fürstenallee building is one of the world's biggest computer museums, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum.