Engineers with an education in Economics; Ability to work with an inter-disciplinary approach and to think holistically and strategically; identify products for the markets of tomorrow and design the necessary business processes; Engineering and Economics subjects are taught in parallel; Independent initiative; Holistic thinking; Motivation; Communication skills.

Wide range of courses (Automotive Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Process Engineering, Product Development, Design and Motive Power Engineering, Material Engineering and Assembling Engineering, Control Engineering, Sustainability and Transformation and many more); E-learning is available in some cases (e.g. by (sound) recording of lectures); direct link to professional practice thanks to practical courses, excursions and use of external practitioners.

It is through various international and programme representatives for universities in different country that the Department of Mechanical Engineering guarantees individual support for students who wish to complete parts of their course abroad. As such, the Department of Mechanical Engineering cooperates closely with the International Office of the Paderborn University. There are also various contacts to universities and companies around the world.

Chalmers University of Technology, Schweden, Poznan University of Technology, Polen, University Pablo de Olavide, Spanien, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finnland, EWHA Womans University, Seoul, Korea, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norwegen, Tongji University,China

There is WiFi available across the whole university. Effective study is supported by continuous IT development in the Faculty, provision of an e-learning environment, laboratory for Virtual Prototyping (augmented reality/virtual reality), computer pools with subject-specific software and laboratory equipment for the practical application of theoretically acquired knowledge.

Direct Manufacturing Research Centre, SFB 614 Self-Optimizing Systems in Mechanical Engineering, SFB TR 30 Manufacture of graded structures based on thermo-mechanically coupled phenomena, KET (Competence Centre Energy Technology), ILH (Institute for Lightweight Construction with Hybrid Systems), Fraunhofer IEM and much more

The Paderborn Economic Engineers distinguish themselves through their ability to work across disciplines and with integrated strategies. The course fosters and promotes individual initiatives, the willingness to perform, creativity and the ability to communicate. This is underlined by exchange programmes with, for example, China. The "mb-cn" aspect of the Master's degree programme includes a fixed curriculum of study and work-placement visits in China. Selected industry partners offer grants, and there are various courses on sustainability topics (e.g. Blue Engineering).