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27 SEPTEMBER 2011, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cDubious Doctorates and Professors in Disrepute\u201d \u2013 20<\/p>\n
Ph.D. counselling service employee: If somebody comes in who\u2019s only graduated from secondary school, we offer the Costa Rican detour. That means he writes a short paper, around thirty pages. The university in Costa Rica gets 3,000 euros (4,000 US dollars) and sends us an M.A. diploma. With that we go to some university like the one in Br\u00fcnn (i.e., Brno, in the Czech Republic) or on Cyprus, and our customer is accepted there as a Ph.D. student.<\/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, 2011, 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 27 SEPTEMBER 2011, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eFaule Doktortitel \u2013 Professoren im Zwielicht\u201c \u2013 20<\/p>\n O-Ton Mitarbeiter Promotionsberatung: Wenn einer kommt, der nur Abitur hat, dem bieten wir den Umweg \u00fcber Costa Rica an. Der Kunde schreibt eine kleine Arbeit, so 30 Seiten. Die Uni in Costa Rica bekommt 3000 Euro und schickt daf\u00fcr eine Master-Urkunde. Mit der geht man dann an Unis wie Br\u00fcnn oder Zypern und die nehmen die Leute dann als Doktoranden auf.<\/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, 2011, 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.) 27 SEPTEMBER 2011, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cDubious Doctorates and Professors in Disrepute\u201d \u2013 20 Ph.D. counselling service employee: If somebody comes in who\u2019s only graduated from secondary school, we offer the Costa Rican detour. 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