The Department of Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics annually awards the Weierstraß Teaching Award for excellent teaching.

The Department EIM awards the prize in remembrance of Karl Weierstraß (1815-1897). He was a prominent mathematician who received his Abitur as “primus omnium” at the Theodorianum in 1834 and later lectured at University Berlin. Members of the faculty award the prize in recognition of particular performance in teaching. The award was initiated on the suggestion of Prof. Dr. Joachim von zur Gathen. 

The Weierstraß Teaching Award is awarded annually. Two prizes are awarded; one to a teacher and the other to an exercise group teacher. A jury carries out the determination of the award winners. The prizes contain a monetary bonus for the winners and are presented in the course of the annual academic celebration “Tag der Fakultät” (Day of the Faculty).

Details of the Weierstraß Teaching Award are regulated by “Ordung zur Verleihung des Weierstraß-Preises für ausgezeichnete Lehre der Fakultät für Elektrotechnik, Informatik und Mathematik der Universität Paderborn vom 10. Dezember 2004"(Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Paderborn Nr. 25/04 vom 13. März 2004), 1. Änderungsordnung vom 18. Januar 2008 (Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Paderborn Nr. 01/08 vom 18. Januar  2008) und 2. Änderungsordnung vom 03. März 2009 (Amtliche Mitteilungen der Universität Paderborn Nr. 10/09 vom 3. März 2009).