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The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Bitter Struggle over Funding \u2013 9 (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Schultz, T., \u201cHochschulpakt \u2013 Erbitterter Verteilungskampf,\u201d Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 1 April 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) 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 20 APRIL 2009, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Erbitterter Verteilungskampf \u2013 9 Quelle: Schultz, T., \u201eHochschulpakt \u2013 Erbitterter Verteilungskampf\u201c, S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, 01.04.2009<\/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) Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/ 20 APRIL 2009, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Bitter Struggle over Funding \u2013 9 Together with the new agreement on institutions of higher learning, there is also supposed to be an agreement on research and on the continuation of the \u201cexcellence initiative.\u201d This initiative represents an effort by the German federal […]<\/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-1563","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\/1563","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=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nTogether with the new agreement on institutions of higher learning, there is also supposed to be an agreement on research and on the continuation of the \u201cexcellence initiative.\u201d This initiative represents an effort by the German federal and state governments to support research at the highest levels; an increase in funding of thirty percent is under discussion. At present, 1.9 billion euros are being invested in this program.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\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
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\nGemeinsam mit dem Hochschulpakt soll eine Fortsetzung der Exzellenzinitiative und des Pakts f\u00fcr Forschung beschlossen werden. Dabei sind f\u00fcr die Exzellenzinitiative, mit der Bund und L\u00e4nder die Spitzenforschung f\u00f6rdern wollen, 30 Prozent mehr Mittel im Gespr\u00e4ch. Zuletzt lag das Finanzvolumen f\u00fcr dieses Programm bei 1,9 Milliarden Euro.
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\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
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