{"id":4498,"date":"2013-02-14T14:13:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T13:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/?p=4498"},"modified":"2013-02-18T11:13:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T10:13:15","slug":"entry-number-02172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2013\/02\/14\/entry-number-02172\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 02172"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n<p>14 FEBRUARY 2013, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 When the Government Reviewers Arrive, It\u2019s Theater-Time at German Universities \u2013 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe know that there were rehearsals,\u201d said Sabine Behrenbeck, Project Leader for the Excellence Initiative in the Science Council. She said that the way the universities prepare themselves is their decision, and the Science Council won\u2019t comment on that. Behrenbeck emphasized: \u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: Maisch, Andreas, \u201eWenn die Gutachter kommen, wird die Uni zum Theater\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 13 April 2012.<\/p>\n<p>*According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2011-2012,<strong> 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<p><em>\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<p>And what about Germany?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>14 FEBRUAR 2013, DONNERSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Wenn die Gutachter kommen, wird die Uni zum Theater \u2013 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Uns ist bewusst, dass Proben stattgefunden haben&#8221;, sagt auch Sabine Behrenbeck, Projektleiterin f\u00fcr die Exzellenzinitiative beim Wissenschaftsrat. Wie sich die Unis vorbereiten, sei deren Entscheidung \u2013 das wolle der Wissenschaftsrat nicht kommentieren. Behrenbeck betont: &#8220;Die Sachverst\u00e4ndigen haben als Wissenschaftler evaluiert, nicht als Theaterkritiker.&#8221;The judges did their job as academics, not as theater critics.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Maisch, Andreas, \u201eWenn die Gutachter kommen, wird die Uni zum Theater\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 13.04.2012.<\/p>\n<p>*Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2011-2012, <strong>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<p><em>\u201eUnter Amerikanern, die im Ausland studieren, sind die beliebtesten L\u00e4nder Gro\u00dfbritannien, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und China.\u201c &#8211; The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n<p>Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 14 FEBRUARY 2013, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 When the Government Reviewers Arrive, It\u2019s Theater-Time at German Universities \u2013 12 \u201cWe know that there were rehearsals,\u201d said Sabine Behrenbeck, Project Leader for the Excellence Initiative in the Science Council. 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