On Friday, 4 July 2025, over 200 graduates of the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics (EIM) were given a farewell ceremony in lecture hall L1 at Paderborn University.
The Dean, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klüners, welcomed graduates, their families, professors and guests of honour and looked back on the graduates' time at university. The President of the University, Prof Dr Matthias Bauer, then gave a motivating address to the guests. A special highlight was the keynote speech by Professor Sir John Aston (University of Cambridge), who joined in via Zoom and provided fascinating insights into the scientific exchange between mathematics and society. This year's graduates' speech was received emotionally. Lucas Ostermann, himself a Master's graduate from the Computer Science programme, gave an impressive account of his study experiences and the challenges that young people are currently facing.
A ceremonial highlight was the presentation of the certificates to the Bachelor's and Master's graduates - moderated by Dr Markus Holt, Managing Director of the Faculty. Six graduates were especially honoured for their outstanding academic achievements. In the Institute of Electrical Engineering & Information Technology, Oliver Josef Schweins received the award for the best academic achievement, while Jakob Erwin Kienegger was honoured in the Master's programme. In the Institute of Computer Science, Fynn Luca Fromme was honoured in the Bachelor's degree programme and Matthias Artmann in the Master's degree programme. In the Institute of Mathematics, David Noah Stamm received the award for the Bachelor's programme and Sascha Joachim Holl for the Master's programme. The prizes were made possible by the support of the following sponsors: dSPACE GmbH, Phoenix Contact GmbH, S&N Invent GmbH, Wöhler Technik GmbH and achelos GmbH. The faculty would like to express its sincere thanks for this commitment.
The Dean of Studies, Prof Dr Katrin Temmen, then presented the Weierstrass Teaching Award. Prof. Dr. Thomas Richthammer was honoured in the "Teacher" category and Louisa Hoffmann in the "Exercise Group Leader" category. The award recognises outstanding commitment to teaching and is sponsored by the alumni association "Die Matiker e. V.".
Marlena Müller and Hannes Geilhorn, as student representatives, gave a personal speech on behalf of the students and thanked their dedicated fellow students.
This year's musical accompaniment was provided by the duo WEEKENDER. The ceremony ended with a reception and a group photo of the graduates.
A review of the event can be seen in the form of an aftermovie on the EIM faculty's YouTube channel.
