(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n
3 April 2013, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 7<\/p>\n
This case really begins in 2005. In that year, the former holder of a department chair, Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gundolf Keil (that is the normal German way of writing the name of a professor with three doctorates), who is said to speak twenty-five languages and is described by three different colleagues as a man of \u201cencyclopaedic knowledge,\u201d was given emeritus status. According to former co-workers, even after his retirement Keil continued to use his office\u2013 as he was allowed to do \u2013 in the Institute for the History of Medicine, which is housed in a low-rise building in Neuberg, an up-scale area of Wurzburg. Now that he no longer had to wrestle with administrative matters, Keil came to his office more often than ever before, even on weekends, to indulge his passion: research in general and, in particular, research into medieval writings on medicinal plants and herbology.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Mueller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16 November 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 3 APRIL 2013, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Promotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik \u2013 7<\/p>\n Wer den Fall verstehen will, muss zur\u00fcckgehen ins Jahr 2005. Der ehemalige Lehrstuhlinhaber Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gundolf Keil, der 25 Sprachen sprechen soll, ein \u00bbMann von lexikalischem Wissen\u00ab, wie unabh\u00e4ngig voneinander gleich drei Kollegen sagen, ist seit 18 Monaten emeritiert. In dem Institut f\u00fcr Geschichte der Medizin, einem Flachbau in bester Lage am W\u00fcrzburger Neuberg, geht er ehemaligen Mitarbeitern zufolge dennoch ein und aus, sein B\u00fcro darf er weiterhin nutzen. Jetzt, wo er sich nicht mehr mit administrativen Dingen herumplagen muss, kommt er sogar noch h\u00e4ufiger, auch am Wochenende, um sich endlich mit voller Kraft seiner Leidenschaft zu widmen: der Wissenschaft im Allgemeinen und mittelalterlichen Schriften \u00fcber Heilpflanzen- und Kr\u00e4uterkunde im Besonderen.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: M\u00fcller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16.11.2012.<\/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.) 3 April 2013, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 7 This case really begins in 2005. In that year, the former holder of a department chair, Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. 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