The Personal Manager of the University of Paderborn allows the central administration of the data of all persons who are registered there. The entry of most of the data in the Personal Manager is optional and voluntary; however, some contact data (name, telephone, e-mail, room, function) may also be entered by authorized persons of the respective area.

The central Personal Manager makes the multiple maintenance of personal data in various places on the web or in decentralized databases or similar superfluous and, in interaction with TYPO3, facilitates the presentation of the personal data internally and externally.