A warm welcome!

The Faculty of Natural Sciences combines exciting research with excellent teaching. It comprises the Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Exercise & Health and educates approximately 3,500 students in more than 40 degree programmes. Around 40 professors teach at the faculty, including five recipients of ERC grants and one winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. Participation in numerous research networks such as the Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 142 "Tailored Nonlinear Photonics" or the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS), an annual third-party funding volume of about 10 million euros and many publications in renowned scientific journals are impressive indicators of the research strength of our faculty.

A detailed portrait is given in the biennial report of the faculty (reporting period 2021/2022, PDF document 10.7 MB).

„Our faculty is characterised by a wide diversity of subjects. Common to all subjects is research at the highest level and an exceptional and successful commitment to good teaching.”

Prof. Dr. Wolf Gero Schmidt,
Dekan der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften

News

16.01.2025

Quantum re­peat­ers for se­­cure quantum net­­works of the fu­ture

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10.01.2025

Ehe­­ma­­li­­­gen-Net­z­­werk Sport der Uni­ver­­si­tät Pa­der­­born spen­­det für den gu­ten Zweck

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13.12.2024

Neue An­­sät­ze ge­­gen an­­ti­bi­o­ti­ka­re­s­is­ten­te Kei­me

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13.12.2024

Work­ing to­­geth­­er for more move­­ment in the classroom: New col­lab­or­a­­tion pro­­duces spe­­cial seat­ing for schoolser­­­vor

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13.12.2024

Phy­sik­s­tu­dent der Uni­ver­­si­tät Pa­der­­born aus­­ge­zeich­net: Eme­ri­ti-Pre­is 2024 für Tris­tan Bö­ken­föhr

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09.12.2024

Pre­view mit Re­­gis­seur-Duo am 13. Dezem­ber um 9:00 Uhr im Hör­saal L2: ZDF-Do­ku über die NBA-Pro­fis Franz und Mo­ritz Wag­n­er

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06.12.2024

Fa­kul­tät für Na­tur­wis­sen­schaf­ten fei­erte ih­re Ab­sol­ven­t­in­n­en und Ab­sol­ven­ten

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09.12.2024

17. Wei­h­n­acht­s­­vor­le­sung des De­­part­­ments Che­mie – Na­tur­wis­sen­schaft rund um Kir­mes und Wei­h­n­acht­s­­markt an der Uni­ver­­si­tät…

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22.10.2024

Quan­ten­ex­pe­ri­­men­te und Hoch­leis­­tung­s­rech­n­en: Neue Me­tho­de er­­mög­­licht kom­ple­xe Be­rech­nun­­­gen in­­n­er­­halb kür­zes­ter Zeit

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Study

The range of courses offered by the Faculty of Science is broad and is regularly developed further. In addition to the core subjects of the Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Exercise & Health, it also includes numerous interdisciplinary offers as well as English-language degree programmes.

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Re­search

The faculty contributes significantly to the appeal of Paderborn University by means of excellent and widely visible research. Here we focus in particular on optoelectronics and photonics, photonic quantum technologies and sustainable chemistry including new hydrogen technologies. Our research is embedded in three key research areas of Paderborn University: "Optoelectronics and Photonics", "Sustainable Materials, Processes and Products", and "Transformation and Education“.

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Over­arch­ing events

Chemical Colloquium GDCh

During the lecture period, usually on Monday from 4:15 p.m. to approx. 5:30 p.m. in the A4 ...

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Faculty celebration

Scheduled date for the Faculty Celebration Natural Science 2025 is Saturday, November 22 in the Audimax. Save the date!

Faculty Celebration 2024

Alumni

A number of alumni of the university remain connected to their fields even after their time at the university. The following alumni networks exist in the Faculty of Natural Sciences: