Paderborn University Rankings 2025

North Rhine-Westphalia, a state in Germany, is home to fourteen public research universities, including Paderborn University. In the winter semester of 2016–2017, 20,308 students were enrolled at the university, which was founded in 1972. There are 62 distinct degree programs available.

The campuses of Paderborn University are two:

• The main campus
• The Fürstenallee campus 

The Main Campus: In Paderborn, the main campus may be found at Warburger Straße. There are two residence halls owned by Paderborn University, and they are both close to the main campus. The library is located on the main campus.

The Fürstenallee campus: Connected to the main campus by the 'uni-line' bus, the Fürstenallee campus is situated 5 miles away. The Fürstenallee campus hosts a few of the computer science and systems engineering departments' academic events. 

In 2006, the German weekly news magazine "Die Zeit" and the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) released the most thorough and extensive rating of German institutions, placing the computer science program among the top 3. The German Research Foundation listed the university as one of the top schools for obtaining research funding in the fields of electrical engineering, computer science, and systems engineering in the same year.

Paderborn University World Rankings

Subject-Wise Ranking

As per US News Subject Rankings, Paderborn University is ranked #950 in Chemistry, #652 in Computer Science, #948 in Engineering, #138 in Mathematics, and #653 in Physics. 

Employability Ranking

As per the CWUR Employability Ranking 2022-23, Paderborn University is ranked #1402.