The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Paderborn University is based on the beginnings at the state engineering school since 1963 and the additional scientific groups associated with the founding of the university in 1972. We can thus look back on 50 years of engineering education. We are now one of the five faculties of Paderborn University and, with our more than 1,900 students and more than one million euros in research funding per professor, we make a significant contribution to the visibility of the university.

Due to our size, we limit ourselves to the aspects of mechanical engineering that are important to us and in which we want to do good work. Our 16 groups cooperate with each other, with other faculties and with other universities in order to be at the forefront of research in these key areas. For example, we are working on modern additive manufacturing processes in the DMRC (Direct Manufacturing Research Centre), on the energy transition in the KET (Competence Centre for Energy Technology), on lightweight construction in the ILH (Institute for Lightweight Construction with Hybrid Systems) and on intelligent technical systems in the East Westphalian cluster of excellence "it's OWL" and the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design. All of these organisational units have grown successfully in recent years; the cooperating companies form reliable structures for us and our students. We are convinced that employee qualifications, enthusiasm and a sense of responsibility are fundamental prerequisites for competitiveness and thus for securing jobs in the long term. In order to impart these skills at a high level, we attach great importance to an optimal supervision ratio in the education of our students: short distances to the professors and lecturers as well as practical tasks - often directly from our partners in industry - characterise the mechanical engineering degree programme in Paderborn.