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However, individual women achieved exceptions. These exceptions opened a back door to the admission of women at universities – what started as an exception became the rule. The first step had been the admission of women as guest auditors, which had been permitted in Prussia since 1896. [38] This status allowed many women to study.
RWTH Aachen University (German: [ˌɛʁveːteːˌhaː ˈʔaːxn̩]), in German Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, [a] is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study programs, it is the second largest technical university in Germany.
At present five degree programmes at HHU are taught in English: The Faculty of Arts and Humanities offers English Studies (B.A.), Comparative Studies in English and American Literature (M.A.) and European Studies (M.A.); furthermore, an International MSc in biology and an English-language MSc in Physics address students at the Faculty of ...
Germany has high standards for the education of craftspeople. Historically very few people attended college. In the 1950s for example, 80 percent had only Volksschule ("primary school") education of 6 or 7 years. Only 5 percent of youths entered college at this time and still fewer graduated. In the 1960s, six percent of youths entered college.
All programmes are taught in English, and feature interdisciplinary teaching. For students who do not meet the necessary criteria for English language certification, Berlin International also has an English Preparatory School. All research activities at Berlin International are coordinated and supported by the Research Institute.
Admission to consecutive Master's programs always requires at least an undergraduate degree equivalent to the German grade "good" (i.e., normally B+ in American, or 2:1 in British terms). Except for the Master's programs taught in English, a language test for German must be passed as well.
While women make up 50% of PhD students, they represent only 39% of research scientists and just 21% of full professors. [17] PhD students and postdoctoral researchers work on fixed-term contracts that cannot exceed five years. Of the researchers at the university, 1,199 are on fixed-term contracts, while only 416 hold permanent positions, most ...
The university offers three international English-language Bachelor's degree courses, each being six semesters long: Software Engineering (B.S.) Interaction Design (B.A.) Product Management (B.A.) All three courses are accredited by the German state and matching the European Bologna process.