His­tory of the fac­ulty of Mech­an­ic­al En­gin­eer­ing

  • In 1958 application of an engineer's school by the city of Paderborn
  • In 1962 foundation of the „society of the friends and sponsors of the engineer's school of Paderborn“
  • In 1963 foundation of the „state engineer's school of Paderborn“
  • 16.10.1968 laying of the foundation stone for building the engineer's school in Pohlweg
  • In 1970/71 move in the new building
  • 01.08.1971 foundation of the „advanced technical college of southeast Westphalia” in Paderborn (union from the state engineer's schools of Höxter, Meschede and Soest)
  • 01.08.1972 foundation of the „polytechnic of Paderborn“ (union from the Paderborner department of the Educational college Westphalia Lippe and the advanced technical college southeast Westphalia)
  • 01.01.1980 renaming in „University polytechnic of Paderborn“
  • In 1987 foundation of the University Group Economic Engineering
  • In 1989 foundation of Heinz Nixdorf institute (HNI)
  • In 2001 co-operative agreement with the Chinese German technical faculty (CDTF) in the Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST)
  • 01.01.2002 spin-off the departments Höxter, Meschede and Soest (went on in the advanced technical college east Westphalia Lippe and south Westphalia)
  • Since 2003 officially „University of Paderborn“
  • In 2006 foundation team UPBracing
  • In 2008 foundation of the Direct Manufacturing Research centre (DMRC) of Boeing, system EOS Electro Optical, Evonik Industries und SLM Solutions GmbH as well as from the university of Paderborn
  • January, 2012 foundation competence centre for lasting energy technology (KET)
  • Autumn, 2012 foundation of the institute of lightweight construction with hybrid systems (ILH)
  • Cooperation with the information Technology institutes of Cairo and the Ain Shams University Cairo
  • Foundation of the students mechanical engineering

Dekane der Fak­ultät seit 1972

1963 – 1971Staatl. Ingenieurschule
1973Oberbaudirektor a. D., ehemals Leiter der staatl. Ingenieurschule für Maschinenwesen, Paderborn
Träger der Würde „Ehrenbürger der Universität Paderborn“ 
1971 – 1972Staatl. Ingenieurschule
1972 – 1973Gesamthochschule
1973 – 1975Gesamthochschule
1975 – 1976Gesamthochschule – Universität
1976 – 1977Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ortwin Hahn
1977 – 1978Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Lückel († 2008)
1978 – 1979Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Gorenflo († 2025)
1979 – 1980Gesamthochschule – Universität
1981 – 1982Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Potente
1982 – 1983Gesamthochschule – Universität
1983 – 1985Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. mult. Manfred H. Pahl († 2023)
1985 – 1987Gesamthochschule – Universität
1987 – 1989Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Albert Richard
1989 – 1991Gesamthochschule – Universität
1991 – 1992Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Koch
1992 – 1995Gesamthochschule – Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gausemeier
1999 – 2008Gesamthochschule – Universität (bis 2002)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detmar Zimmer
2008 – 2011Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner
2011 - 2018 Universität
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Mirko Schaper
Seit 2018 Universität