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The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Demographic Chaos \u2013 14 Source: Trentmann, Nina, \u201cDemographisches Chaos,\u201d ZEIT ONLINE, 6 February 2009.<\/p>\n *The Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 67 among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, sixteen places below Seoul National University of South Korea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans \u2014 Britain, Italy, Spain and France \u2014 still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is now the fifth-most-popular destination.\u201d \u2013 The New York Times, 17 November 2008<\/p>\n And what about Germany?<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n 31 M\u00c4RZ 2009, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Demographisches Chaos \u2013 14 Quelle: Trentmann, Nina, \u201eDemographisches Chaos\u201d, ZEIT ONLINE, 6.2.2009.<\/p>\n *Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, steht an der 67. Stelle in der Welt; d.h., zum Beispiel, 16 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<\/p>\n \u201eUnter Amerikanern, die im Ausland studieren, sind die beliebtesten L\u00e4nder Gro\u00dfbritannien, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und China.\u201c \u2013 The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/ 31 MARCH 2009, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Demographic Chaos \u2013 14 Cologne is expanding as well. Axel Freimuth, rector of the university, says, \u201cWe have a great need for new construction. Our present campus was designed to accommodate 25,000 students, but we have 44,000.\u201d Freimuth is renting nearly 65,000 square […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu-munich"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nCologne is expanding as well. Axel Freimuth, rector of the university, says, \u201cWe have a great need for new construction. Our present campus was designed to accommodate 25,000 students, but we have 44,000.\u201d Freimuth is renting nearly 65,000 square feet of space until current construction is complete, since a new education building and a center for biology and gerontology cannot be built overnight. Other universities are wary of new construction, because they know there could be a decline in the number of new students after the year 2020. Axel Freimuth is not concerned: \u201cThe University of Cologne will always have more applicants than it can accept,\u201d he says. Starting in 2013, education reforms in Germany should create an enormous increase in the number of university students in the state in which Cologne is located. Only then will Freimuth be able to judge if his plans have met the challenges his university faces.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nAuch K\u00f6ln baut: \u201eWir haben einen riesigen Baubedarf. Die Geb\u00e4ude sind f\u00fcr 25.000 Studenten ausgelegt, wir haben aber 44.000\u201c, sagt Rektor Freimuth. 6000 Quadratmeter hat er angemietet, um die Bauphase zu \u00fcberbr\u00fccken, denn ein neues Lehrgeb\u00e4ude, ein Bio- und ein Altersforschungszentrum baut man nicht von heute auf morgen. Andere Hochschulen scheuen Neubauten, weil sie wissen, dass ab 2020 die Zahl der Studienanf\u00e4nger wieder sinken k\u00f6nnte. Diese Sorgen macht sich Axel Freimuth nicht: \u201eDie Uni K\u00f6ln wird immer \u00fcberproportional nachgefragt werden\u201c, sagt er. Ob seine Vorbereitungen reichen, um dem “Studentenberg” zu begegnen, kann er jetzt noch nicht absch\u00e4tzen, sondern vielleicht erst 2013, wenn der doppelte Abiturjahrgang in NRW an die Hochschulen str\u00f6mt.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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