{"id":4752,"date":"2013-06-27T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T11:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2013-07-01T14:03:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T12:03:46","slug":"entry-number-02190","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2013\/06\/27\/entry-number-02190\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 02190"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n<p>27 JUNE 2013, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 17<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThese documents must be forgeries,\u201d says Johannes Mierau, Keil\u2019s lawyer, \u201cMy client denies ever having written things of this sort. Someone is playing a wicked game here and wants to damage my client\u2019s reputation. I have sworn testimony that the doctoral candidates wrote their dissertations themselves.\u201d The Wurzburg district attorney has initiated an investigation of persons unknown on suspicion of document forgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(To be continued)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Mueller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16 November 2012.<br \/>\n*According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) <strong>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<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<\/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>27 JUNI 2013, DONNERSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Promotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik \u2013 17<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bbDiese Unterlagen m\u00fcssen eine F\u00e4lschung sein\u00ab, sagt Johannes Mierau, Keils Anwalt. \u00bbMein Mandant bestreitet, jemals derartige Belege verfasst zu haben. Da spielt jemand ein b\u00f6ses Spiel und will das Ansehen meines Mandanten herabsetzen. Mir liegen eidesstattliche Versicherungen vor, dass die Doktoranden ihre Arbeiten selbst geschrieben haben.\u00ab Die Staatsanwaltschaft W\u00fcrzburg hat vor einer Woche ein Ermittlungsverfahren gegen unbekannt wegen des Verdachts der Urkundenf\u00e4lschung eingeleitet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: M\u00fcller, Daniel, \u201ePromotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik\u201c, Die Zeit Online, 16.11.2012.<\/p>\n<p>*Nach der Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http:\/\/goo.gl\/6EqmQ) <strong>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<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<\/p>\n<p>Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 27 JUNE 2013, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 17 \u201cThese documents must be forgeries,\u201d says Johannes Mierau, Keil\u2019s lawyer, \u201cMy client denies ever having written things of this sort. 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