23 NOVEMBER 2009, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Image Problem \u2013 10<\/p>\n
The German magazine \u201cFocus\u201d named universities in places like Bayreuth, Berlin, Bieleveld, Frankfurt, Hagen, Hamburg, Hanover, Ingolstadt, Jena, Cologne, Leipzig, Rostock, and Tubingen as possible problem institutions. Every year in Germany 25,000 doctoral degrees are awarded, said Bernhard Kempen, president of the main organization of German institutions of higher learning, the Deutscher Hochschulverband. He added that it would only be speculation to try to estimate how many of those doctorates were illegally awarded \u2013 between two and five percent are the figures reported in the media \u2013 but he hopes it would be more in the range of thousandths of a percent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Source: Sueddeutsche Zeitung, “Unis fuerchten Imageschaden”, 24 August 2009.<\/p>\n *In the area of engineering\/technology and computer sciences, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked with twenty-two other universities at 78 or below, well beneath such institutions as the Technical University of Denmark. (http:\/\/www.arwu.org\/ARWUFIELD2009ENG.jsp) According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2009, the Technical University of Munich is ranked 55 overall among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, seven places below Seoul National University. <\/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 23 NOVEMBER 2009, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Imageschaden \u2013 10<\/p>\n Das Magazin \u201cFocus\u201c hatte etwa Bayreuth, Berlin, Bielefeld, Frankfurt, Hagen, Hamburg, Hannover, Ingolstadt, Jena, K\u00f6ln, Leipzig, Rostock und T\u00fcbingen genannt. In Deutschland werden jedes Jahr 25.000 Promotionen vorgelegt, sagte Kempen. Sch\u00e4tzungen dar\u00fcber, wie viele Doktorgrade illegal zustande gekommen sein k\u00f6nnten – zwei Prozent oder auch ein bis f\u00fcnf Prozent wurden in Medienberichten genannt – seien Spekulation: “Ich hoffe, dass es im Promille-Bereich liegt.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Quelle: S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, \u201eUnis f\u00fcrchten Imageschaden”, 24.08.2009<\/p>\n *Im Bereich Technik und Computerwissenschaft, nach dem Bericht \u201eAcademic Ranking of World Universities\u201c von der Universit\u00e4t Jiao-Tong von Schanghai, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, jetzt zwischen der 78. und 100. Stelle in der Welt, zusammen mit 22 anderen Universit\u00e4ten; d.h., zum Beispiel, mehrere Stellen unter der Technical University of Denmark. (http:\/\/www.arwu.org\/ARWUFIELD2009ENG.jsp) Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2009, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen insgesamt an der 55. Stelle in der Welt. Das hei\u00dft, 7 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea.<\/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\/ 23 NOVEMBER 2009, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Image Problem \u2013 10 The German magazine \u201cFocus\u201d named universities in places like Bayreuth, Berlin, Bieleveld, Frankfurt, Hagen, Hamburg, Hanover, Ingolstadt, Jena, Cologne, Leipzig, Rostock, and Tubingen as possible problem institutions. 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