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24 May 2013, FRIDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 12<\/p>\n
The four dissertations just referred to, together with twelve others, are all concerned with a certain compendium of medieval medicinal remedies. When a non-academic lay person reads these dissertations, that person has the impression that these texts were all mass-produced on a kind of drawing board. The structure of all these theses is practically identical, and with many of them, the introductory material is strikingly similar. Moreover, at least nine of the texts contain a chapter called \u201cPreliminary Editorial Remarks,\u201d in which some of the sentences on methodology are the same, word for word. In addition, there are acknowledgement sections in which four paragraphs even correspond to one another almost completely. For example, two doctoral candidate dentists offered dissertations with the following: \u201cI would like to thank Professor Keil, first of all, who introduced me to an understanding of medieval script and who accompanied me at every stage in the development of this dissertation.\u201d If the doctoral candidate is asked about this, the somewhat perverse response is, \u201cOh, these acknowledgement pages always contain the same thing.\u201d A reader is almost left with the suspicion that it is Professor Keil who is actually thanking himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Mueller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16 November 2012. \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? —————————————–<\/p>\n 24 MAI 2013, FREITAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Promotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik \u2013 12<\/p>\n Diese und zw\u00f6lf weitere Arbeiten, die sich allesamt mit einem mittelalterlichen Arzneihandbuch besch\u00e4ftigen, kommen selbst einem Laien so vor, als seien sie am Rei\u00dfbrett entworfen worden. Die Struktur ist fast identisch, bei vielen \u00e4hneln sich die Einleitungstexte auf frappierende Weise. Mindestens neun Promovenden nennen ein Kapitel \u00bbEditorische Vorbemerkung\u00ab, darin stimmen S\u00e4tze zur Methodik Wort f\u00fcr Wort \u00fcberein. Es gibt sogar Danksagungen, die sich \u00fcber vier Abs\u00e4tze hinweg fast komplett decken. Da hei\u00dft es bei zwei Zahn\u00e4rzten: \u00bbDank zu sagen habe ich zun\u00e4chst Prof. Keil, der (…) mich mit der sp\u00e4tmittelalterlichen Bastarda vertraut machte und die Entstehung meiner Arbeit in all deren Stadien begleitete.\u00ab Spricht man die Doktoranden darauf an, erntet man nur ein uneinsichtiges: \u00bbAch, in solchen Danksagungen steht doch eh immer das Gleiche.\u00ab Man k\u00f6nnte auch den Verdacht haben, der Professor habe sich sogar selbst gedankt.<\/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, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) steht die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, an der 105. 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 53 Stellen hinter Chinas Tsinghua University (an der 52. Stelle in der Welt), nur 40 Stellen hinter der Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (an der 65. Stelle in der Welt), nur 59 Stellen hinter der Peking University (an der 46. Stelle in der Welt), nur 76 Stellen hinter der National University of Singapore (an der 29. Stelle in der Welt), nur 55 Stellen hinter Koreas Pohang University of Science and Technology (an der 50. Stelle in der Welt), und, um noch einen Vergleich anzustellen, nur 100 Stellen hinter dem Massachusetts Institute of Technology (an der 5. Stelle in der Welt). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2012-13\/world-ranking)<\/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.) 24 May 2013, FRIDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 12 The four dissertations just referred to, together with twelve others, are all concerned with a certain compendium of medieval medicinal remedies. 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\n*According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 105 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 fifty-three places behind China\u2019s Tsinghua University (ranked 52 in the world), only forty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 65 in the world), only fifty-nine places behind Peking University (ranked 46 in the world), only seventy-six places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 29 in the world), only fifty-five places behind Korea\u2019s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 50 in the world), and, for another comparison, only one hundred places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2012-13\/world-ranking)<\/p>\n
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