{"id":4804,"date":"2013-07-24T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T09:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/?p=4804"},"modified":"2013-07-28T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T06:24:16","slug":"entry-number-02194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2013\/07\/24\/entry-number-02194\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 02194"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.)<\/p>\n<p>24 JULI 2013, WEDNESDAY, 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 21<\/p>\n<p><strong>On November 12 Stolberg filed a charge of alleged forgery with the Wurzburg district attorney. It must be admitted that it is in fact hard to imagine why Professor Keil would confirm in writing the receipt of a bribe. In the same packet there are various accusations levelled at academic colleagues in the institute where Keil worked, together with other accusations against professors in the faculties of medicine all over Germany. It almost seems as if someone was carrying on a crusade, a successful crusade, it might be said.<\/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>24 JULI 2013, MITTWOCH, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 Promotionen: W\u00fcrzburger Doktorfabrik \u2013 21<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am 12. November hat er bei der Staatsanwaltschaft W\u00fcrzburg Strafanzeige wegen des Verdachts auf F\u00e4lschung erstattet. In der Tat ist es nur schwer vorstellbar, warum Professor Keil schriftlich die Annahme von Bestechungsgeld festhalten sollte. Auch gegen wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter aus dem Institut und Professoren an medizinischen Fakult\u00e4ten in ganz Deutschland finden sich Anschuldigungen. Es wirkt fast so, als befinde sich da einer auf dem Kreuzzug. Einem erfolgreichen Kreuzzug, wenn man so will.<\/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.) 24 JULI 2013, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 In Wurzburg, Germany, You Can Just Pay a Professor to Write Your Dissertation \u2013 21 On November 12 Stolberg filed a charge of alleged forgery with the Wurzburg district attorney. 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