1 JULY 2009, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 The (Mis)perception of Excellence \u2013 11<\/p>\n
For German students, the choice of a university in Germany should be based on where they are in their university careers. \u201cFor students beginning their studies for a bachelor\u2019s degree, the designation \u201celite university\u201d is not important,\u201d says Reinhold Grimm, President of the General Assembly of University Faculties (Allgemeiner Fakultaetentag). The decisive factor should be the quality of teaching, as indicated in university rankings.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Kirchgessner, Kilian, \u201cGefuehlte Exzellenz\u201d, Die Zeit, 02\/2008<\/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 1 JULI 2009, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Gef\u00fchlte Exzellenz \u2013 11<\/p>\n Welche Hochschule am besten zu einem passt, h\u00e4ngt aber vor allem davon ab, in welchem Stadium seiner akademischen Laufbahn man sich befindet. \u00bbWer sich f\u00fcr ein Bachelorstudium einschreibt, der sollte sich nicht am Elite-Etikett orientieren\u00ab, sagt Reinhold Grimm, Pr\u00e4sident des Allgemeinen Fakult\u00e4tentags. Das entscheidende Kriterium sollte stattdessen die Qualit\u00e4t der Lehre sein, wie sie auch in Hochschulrankings analysiert wird.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Kirchgessner, Kilian, \u201eGef\u00fchlte Exzellenz\u201d, Die Zeit, 02\/2008.<\/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\/ 1 JULY 2009, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 The (Mis)perception of Excellence \u2013 11 For German students, the choice of a university in Germany should be based on where they are in their university careers. \u201cFor students beginning their studies for a bachelor\u2019s degree, the designation \u201celite university\u201d is not important,\u201d […]<\/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-1722","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\/1722","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=1722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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