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In 2012, the Max Planck Society was at the centre of a controversy about some PhD students not being given employment contracts. Of the 5,300 students who at the time wrote their PhD thesis at the 80 Max Planck Institutes 2,000 had an employment contract. The remaining 3,300 received grants of between 1,000 and 1,365 Euro. [64]
The Excellence Initiative of the German Council of Science and Humanities and the German Research Foundation (DFG) aims to promote cutting-edge research and to create outstanding conditions for young scholars at universities, to deepen cooperation between disciplines and institutions, to strengthen international cooperation of research, and to enhance the international appeal of excellent ...
In 1386, Heidelberg University was founded by Rupert I on instruction of Pope Urban VI who demanded modelling it after the ancient University of Paris.. The Great Schism of 1378 made it possible for Heidelberg, a relatively small city and capital of the Electorate of the Palatinate, to gain its own university. [19]
The University of Karlsruhe was founded as a polytechnical school (Polytechnische Schule) on 7 October 1825. It was modelled on the École polytechnique in Paris. The university is the oldest technical university in Germany and the fourth oldest in Europe and have traditionally focused on engineering, natural sciences and economics. [17]
Over the years, the Laboratory has established a number of training activities, of which the EMBL International PhD Programme (EIPP) is the flagship – it has a student body of about 200, and since 1997 has had the right to award its own degree, although currently students receive their degrees from partner universities.
The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (NTU Rankings) [1] is a ranking of world universities compiled by National Taiwan University annually since 2012. [ 2 ] This publication ranks world universities by a certain criteria of scientific paper volume, impact, and performance output.
The University of Heidelberg introduced the MA in American Studies (MAS) at the HCA in 2004. The Establishment of a MAS program was the first order of Business for the HCA. [4] It is a 4-semester program which admits up to 20 students per year, and it attracts talented and ambitious graduate students from multinational backgrounds. [5]
The Heidelberg University School of Medicine has been consistently ranked at or near the top of rankings of German medical schools. [3] [4] [5] In the national 2020 CHE University Ranking, the department is rated in the top group in 23 out of 25 criteria. [6]