Paderborn
City Center of Paderborn
Paderborn offers cinemas that present German- and English-speaking films, music events from Jazz to classical music, a theatre and the annual “Libori-Kirmes”. Libori is well known for parish fair, church and culture. With coltish cheerfulness this day is celebrated with its own ceremonial. In addition to a lot of fun, you will find much traditional food.
Another cultural highlight is the “Heinz Nixdorf Forum”. It’s the biggest computer museum in the world. The HNF contains classic, historical dimensions of a museum on the one hand and on the other side it shows the current and future-oriented functions of a forum. You can see very old calculating machines, accounting machines, typewriters, as well as new computers, mobile phones and stuff, and there is a simple explanation for all exhibits. The HNF shows the history of information technology from ancient scriptures to modern computers.
In the centre of Europe
Paderborn is a lively, modern city with about 140.000 inhabitants. If you look at Paderborn above, you will assert that, Paderborn is situated in the centre of Europe. For trips in and around Germany Paderborn offers an excellence basis. Because of the central position and the nearly airport you can spontaneous look beyond the limits of Paderborn. Also because of the railway station you can decide to visit a lot of interesting German cities.
Airport and Railway Station
Centre of Europe
So you can in fact of the central position and the nearly airport spontaneous visit a lot of towns. For example visit London - for only 22 Euros you can go their by plane. And there are a lot of other cities which are quite near.
Another advantage is the railway station: You can reach nearly all big cities very quickly. You like to see the cathedral of Cologne or the Berliner “Fernsehturm”? Do it! If you travel by train you can drive about 50 kilometers with your semester ticket for free. The semester ticket for public transport costs for one semester about 45 euros.
Living in Paderborn
Hall of residence in Paderborn
For residence you can choose between the Student halls of residence on or near the university campus and private accommodation in a flat or apartment. If you request the Office of International Relation to support you finding an accommodation, you will be placed in the hall of residence in the 
“Vogeliusweg” or in the “Peter-Hille-Weg”
Information about both apartments you will find on the sites of the Studentenwerk.
Costs and Fees
The following information should give you a broad idea of the cost of living and studying in Paderborn.
- Rent: between 150 and 250 Euro
- Health insurance: between 30 und 50 Euro
- Food: between 150 Euro - 200 Euro
- Leisure: between 50 Euro - 100 Euro
The ordinary cost of living lies between 450 und 650 Euro.
Important: Students of the QUT needn’t pay tuition fees at the University of Paderborn.
