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The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cGerman Elite Universities \u2013 Money for Professors, Frustration for Students\u201d \u2013 2<\/p>\n
With the \u201cexcellence initiative\u201d funding from the federal government and the states, German universities can set up fabulous top-flight research facilities and use them to compete internationally for some of the best minds in science. In the most recent finals in the \u201cexcellence initiative\u201d competition there were of course winners and losers. Among the biggest group of losers were the students.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Osel, Johann, \u201cDeutsche Elite-Universit\u00e4ten – Geld f\u00fcr die Professoren – Frust f\u00fcr die Studenten,\u201c Sueddeutsche Zeitung Online, 16.06.2012.<\/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, Britain, Italy, Spain and France, 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 —————————————–<\/p>\n 18 SEPTEMBER 2012, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eDeutsche Elite-Universit\u00e4ten – Geld f\u00fcr die Professoren – Frust f\u00fcr die Studenten\u201c \u2013 2<\/p>\n Die Universit\u00e4ten k\u00f6nnen mit den Mitteln aus diesem Wettbewerb von Bund und L\u00e4ndern fabelhafte Strukturen f\u00fcr Spitzenforschung aufbauen und damit beim internationalen Buhlen um die kl\u00fcgsten K\u00f6pfe wuchern. Das Finale der Exzellenzinitiative hat nun wieder neue Gewinner hervorgebracht, und auch Verlierer. Die gr\u00f6\u00dfte Verlierergruppe stand aber bereits vorher fest: die Studenten.<\/strong> <\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Osel, Johann, \u201eDeutsche Elite-Universit\u00e4ten – Geld f\u00fcr die Professoren – Frust f\u00fcr die Studenten,\u201c S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung Online, 16.06.2012.<\/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 – The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em> (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 18 SEPTEMBER 2012, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cGerman Elite Universities \u2013 Money for Professors, Frustration for Students\u201d \u2013 2 With the \u201cexcellence initiative\u201d funding from the federal government and the states, German universities can set up fabulous top-flight research facilities and use them 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-4247","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\/4247","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=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4259,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions\/4259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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