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28 NOVEMBER 2011, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Getting a Ph.D. in Germany \u2013 and Being at the Professor\u2019s Mercy \u2013 7<\/p>\n
Once the objectives of the dissertation have been defined, there is a further difficulty: the doctoral candidate carries out research for three to four years without really knowing what the standards are for judging the quality of that research. Advisers tend to allow themselves as much leeway as they can by never clearly defining these standards. Doctoral students cannot reasonably be expected to tolerate this kind of uncertainty since they are investing several years of their lives in their dissertation.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Quelle: Jacobsen, Hendrik, \u201ePromovieren in Deutschland Doktoranden: Den Professoren ausgeliefert,\u201c sueddeutsche.de (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Online) 06.07.2011, 10:09.<\/p>\n *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2011-2012, the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 88 overall among the world\u2019s universities.<\/strong> At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only seventeen places behind China\u2019s Tsinghua University (ranked 71 in the world), only twenty-six places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 62 in the world), only thirty-nine places behind Peking University (ranked 49 in the world), only forty-eight places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 40 in the world), only thirty-five places behind Korea\u2019s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 53 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-one places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 7 in the world). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2011-2012\/top-400.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 28 NOVEMBER 2011, MONTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Promovieren in Deutschland Doktoranden: Den Professoren ausgeliefert \u2013 7<\/p>\n Ist die Aufgabenstellung der Dissertation definiert, forscht der Doktorand regelm\u00e4\u00dfig drei bis vier Jahre, ohne \u00fcberhaupt zu wissen, an welchem Ma\u00dfstab die Qualit\u00e4t seiner Untersuchung schlie\u00dflich gemessen werden wird. Betreuer neigen dazu, sich einen m\u00f6glichst umfassenden Entscheidungsspielraum zu erhalten, indem sie sich auf nichts festlegen. Eine solche gl\u00fccksspiel\u00e4hnliche Situation kann Doktoranden, die mehrere Jahre ihres Lebens in das Promotionsstudium investieren, nicht zugemutet werden.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Jacobsen, Hendrik, \u201ePromovieren in Deutschland Doktoranden: Den Professoren ausgeliefert,\u201c sueddeutsche.de (S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung Online) 06.07.2011, 10:09.<\/p>\n *Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2011-2012, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, an der 88. Stelle in der Welt.<\/strong> Heute an ihrer jetzigen Stelle, steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen nicht mehr bei weitem hinter vielen Universit\u00e4ten in, zum Beispiel, Ostasien. Sie steht nur 17 Stellen hinter Chinas Tsinghua University (an der 71. Stelle in der Welt), nur 26 Stellen hinter der Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (an der 62. Stelle in der Welt), nur 39 Stellen hinter der Peking University (an der 49. Stelle in der Welt), nur 48 Stellen hinter der National University of Singapore (an der 40. Stelle in der Welt), nur 35 Stellen hinter Koreas Pohang University of Science and Technology (an der 53. Stelle in der Welt), und, um noch einen Vergleich anzustellen, nur 81 Stellen hinter dem Massachusetts Institute of Technology (an der 7. Stelle in der Welt). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2011-2012\/top-400.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.) 28 NOVEMBER 2011, MONDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 Getting a Ph.D. in Germany \u2013 and Being at the Professor\u2019s Mercy \u2013 7 Once the objectives of the dissertation have been defined, there is a further difficulty: the doctoral candidate carries out research for three to […]<\/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-3814","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\/3814","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=3814"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3823,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions\/3823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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