(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n
4 JULY 2011, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cDubious Doctorates and Professors in Disrepute\u201d \u2013 4<\/p>\n
Alfred Forchel, President of the University of Wurzburg: \u201cThe results of our investigative process did not detect any irregularities in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n So then everything\u2019s all right in the Institute of the History of Medicine, as Professor K.\u2019s department is known? In the Institute\u2019s library we find dozens of dissertations written by doctoral candidates who had Professor K. as their adviser: astonishingly thin volumes of around forty pages, something that only the University of Wurzburg allows, according to its current regulations covering the awarding of doctoral degrees.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Kugler, Tine, and Stoll, Ulrich, Frontal 21, Broadcast of 31 Mai 2011 (Transcript), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF German Public Television).<\/p>\n *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2010, the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 101 overall among the world\u2019s universities. In 2009 it was ranked 55.<\/strong> At its current ranking of 101, the Technical University of Munich is far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is twenty-two places behind the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (ranked 79 in the world), forty-three places behind China\u2019s Tsinghua University (ranked 58 in the world), fifty-two places behind the University of Science and Technology of China (ranked 49 in the world), sixty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 41 in the world), sixty-four places behind Peking University (ranked 37 in the world), sixty-seven places behind the University of Singapore (ranked 34 in the world), seventy-three places behind Korea\u2019s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 28 in the world), and, for another comparison, ninety-eight places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 3 in the world). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2010-2011\/top-200.html)<\/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 4 JULI 2011, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eFaule Doktortitel \u2013 Professoren im Zwielicht\u201c \u2013 4<\/p>\n O-Ton Prof. Alfred Forchel, Pr\u00e4sident Universit\u00e4t: \u201eDas Ergebnis letztlich an der Stelle war, dass sich nicht Also alles in Ordnung am Institut f\u00fcr Geschichte der Medizin, dem Lehrstuhl von Professor K.? In der Institutsbibliothek finden wir Dutzende von Doktorarbeiten, die K. betreute. Erstaunlich d\u00fcnne B\u00e4nde um die 40 Seiten – einzig die W\u00fcrzburger Promotionsordnung schreibt so etwas auch noch vor.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Kugler, Tine, und Stoll, Ulrich, Frontal 21, Sendung vom 31. Mai 2011 (Manuskript), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.<\/p>\n *Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2010, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, an der 101. Stelle in der Welt. In 2009 stand die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen an der 55. Stelle.<\/strong> Heute aber, an ihrer jetzigen Stelle, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen bei weitem hinter vielen Universit\u00e4ten in, zum Beispiel, Ostasien. Sie steht 22 Stellen hinter dem Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (an der 79. Stelle in der Welt), 43 Stellen hinter Chinas Tsinghua University (an der 58. Stelle in der Welt), 52 Stellen hinter der University of Science and Technology of China (an der 49. Stelle in der Welt), 60 Stellen hinter der Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (an der 41. Stelle in der Welt), 64 Stellen hinter der Peking University (an der 37. Stelle in der Welt), 67 Stellen hinter der University of Singapore (an der 34. Stelle in der Welt), 73 Stellen hinter Koreas Pohang University of Science and Technology (an der 28. Stelle in der Welt), und, um noch einen Vergleich anzustellen, 98 Stellen hinter dem Massachusetts Institute of Technology (an der 3. Stelle in der Welt). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2010-2011\/top-200.html)<\/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> (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 4 JULY 2011, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cDubious Doctorates and Professors in Disrepute\u201d \u2013 4 Alfred Forchel, President of the University of Wurzburg: \u201cThe results of our investigative process did not detect any irregularities in this area.\u201d So then everything\u2019s all right in the […]<\/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-3580","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\/3580","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=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3583,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions\/3583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nnachweisen lie\u00df, dass es hier zu Unregelm\u00e4\u00dfigkeiten gekommen ist.\u201c<\/p>\n
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