"The ultimate test for any academic administrator is being able
to bring the values of excellence in research and education to the fore in every
single decision that is made on campus." (Robert Zimmer, president-elect of
Chicago University, acc. to the Chicago Chronicle, March 16, 2006)
Doctoral Programs
"How to get a Ph.D." [pdf], Information on how to prepare
Ph.D. studies provided by Prof. Harald Uhlig.
Requirements
for the dissertation at the Institute
[pdf]
- Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics & Management Science [html]
- Graduate Program "Finance and Monetary Economics" at Goethe University
Frankfurt a.M. [html]
- Ph.D. Programme in Economics at the European University Institute Florence
[html]
- Incentives - Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics
(Universities of
Augsburg, Bayreuth, Erlangen-Nürnberg, LMU München, Passau, Regensburg,
Würzburg) [pdf]
- Doctoral Program in Finance (Universities of Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich and
Lugano) of the Swiss Finance Institute [html]
- European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics (Universities of
Barcelona, Bonn, Florence, London, Louvain, Paris, Tel Aviv)
[html]
Some useful information for students who plan to pursue their Ph.D. studies
in the United States:
Prof. Uhlig supports the application of excellent students for Master or Ph.D.
Programs abroad.
Requirements concerning reference letters can be found here.
[pdf]
German-speaking Economists Abroad
The website for German-speaking
Economists Abroad provides a network for German-speaking economists holding a
doctorate degree or a Ph.D. and working abroad at a university or a research
institute (including e.g. Federal Reserve Banks). It serves as a forum for
discussion about economics research and the economics profession.
The agency "Redaktionsbüro Koehler" arranges for students in Germany for
about 30 years scholarships for daily german newspapers such as "Die Welt",
"Handelsblatt", "Süddeutsche Zeitung" or "Neue Züricher Zeitung". For further
information and details concerning the application requirements visit:
www.lesestipendium.de
This Alumni List
contains information on our school's alumni and their current positions at
universities worldwide.
This List of guests
contains information on all current and past guests at the institute.
Other Sources of Economic Departments Rankings
Worldwide
Germany
Handelsblatt ranking of German economists (2006):
For further information click on
Handelsblatt's
online edition
CHE and DIE ZEIT ranking of German universities (2005):
- Comparison of universities for economics
[pdf]
[html]
- Comparison of universities for business administration
[pdf]
[html]
- Ranking of economics at Humboldt University
[html]
- Ranking of business administration at Humboldt University
[html]
- Ranking of Humboldt University as a whole
[html]
- Ranking of studying in Berlin
[html]
- Starting page of the ranking
[html]
Handelsblatt ranking of German economists (2005):
The economic research
in Germany is still far behind the world's top - despite huge improvements
during the last years. Furthermore, the transformation of economic research into
practically useful policy consulting does not work sufficiently. This shows an
analysis on the state of economic research in Germany, which was carried out by
Handelsblatt in cooperation with Thomson Scientific, the leading provider of
scholarly databases.
The ranking of the most successful German economists during the last ten
years reveals both excellence and failing in German economic research: Most of
the top researchers are unknown in general public, they are all male, by the
majority in the early or mid forties, and most of them did their doctorates in
Bonn. In accordance with the traditional emphasis in Bonn, most top economists
are focussed on micro-economy - macro-economists and empirically working
economists are outnumbered.
Read more articles on this issue in the
online-edition of Handelsblatt
SPIEGEL ranking of German unversities (2004):The most talented economics students come from Humboldt University in Berlin. So
says DER SPIEGEL in its edition 48, dated November 22, 2004. DER SPIEGEL asked
nearly 80000 students in 15 different subjects at 41 German universities about
their grades and a variety of other qualifications. These qualifications were
aggregated into a single point scale. The average level of points for the
students of a particular subject at a particular university was then used to
create a ranking of the fields, based on the student population.
| Ranking of Economics |
Ranking of universities as a whole |
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1. U. Tübingen |
|
1. TU München |
| |
2. Humboldt U., Berlin |
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2. U. Freiburg |
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3. U. Konstanz |
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3. U Leipzig |
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4. U. Mannheim |
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4. Humboldt-U, Berlin |
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5. TU. Dresden |
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4. U. Konstanz |
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6. U. Passau |
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4. U. München |
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7. U. Köln |
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7. U. Heidelberg |
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8. U. München |
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7. U. Stuttgart |
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9. U. Potsdam |
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7. U. Tübingen |
| |
10. U. Heidelberg |
|
|
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11. U. Münster |
|
|
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12. U. Göttingen |
|
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12. U. Bonn |
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14. U. Frankfurt a.M. |
|
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Thus, the most talented economics students come from Humboldt University
in Berlin, only beaten by the economics students of Tübingen.
For more details,
see: www.studentenspiegel.de
FOCUS ranking of German universities (2004):
Abstract: Economics is among the three best subjects at
Humboldt University, together with pedagogy and mathematics. In September and
October 2004, FOCUS compared 20 subjects being taught at many universities in
Germany, and developed a ranking. 16 of these subjects are taught at Humboldt
University in Berlin: biology, medicine, psychology, chemistry, business
administration, economics, law, social sciences, pedagogy, geography, computer
sciences, physics, mathematics, German language and literature studies,
Anglistics and history. In seven subjects, Humboldt University is part of the
top flight: psychology (12 out of 12), medicine (5 out of 9), economics (3 out
of 7), social sciences (4 out of 10), pedagogy (3 out of 4), mathematics (3 out
of 8) and history (11 out of 11).
- Results of the ranking
[html]
- Methods used for the ranking
[html]
- Critique of the FOCUS ranking by CHE
[html]
CHE ranking of German universities (2002):
- Summary of the evaluation of "economics" departments
[pdf, 164 KB]
- Summary of the evaluation of "business administration" departments
[pdf, 176 KB]
Tagesspiegel, 7. 11. 2002: "Humboldt University in the leading group: CHE presents national research ranking for
universities" (text in German: "Humboldt-Universität in der Spitzengruppe: CHE legt bundesweites Forschungsranking der Hochschulen vor")
"Wissenschaftsrat" (2002): Economics department ranking according to publications
(1993-1999)
Capital 24/2002: "Die besten Unis und ihre jungen Stars" (text in German),
According to the record of economics articles German Universities published since 1993, the top 5 Economics Departments in Germany
are: Uni Bonn; Humboldt-Uni Berlin; Uni Mannheim; Uni München; FU Berlin.
Prof. Heinrich W. Ursprung, in Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
From "Schneewittchen im Land der Klapperschlangen: Evaluation eines Evaluators"
(pdf-file, text in German):
"Die unbestrittenen vier top-Standorte der
volkswirtschaftlichen Forschung in Deutschland sind
| 1 U Bonn, |
| 2 LMU München, |
| 3 U Mannheim und |
4 Berlin (FU und HU)."
|
Appendix: "Top-20 Rankings des gesamten Forschungsoutputs" & "Top-20 Rankings der Forschungsproduktivität"
(pdf-file)
- "Jugend
forscht"[pdf]
- ("Young researchers")
Handelsblatt article on the situation of young German economic researchers (German),
25/9/2006
- The graph shows the expenditures of
the Max Planck Society
being distributed to the different disciplines of scientific research (taken
from the Max-Planck-Annual-Report 2004). With only 6 million euros, the
expenditures on economic research are by far less than expenditures on any other
discipline.
- The Programme on Institutional
Management in Higher Education (IMHE) is a membership forum serving
policy-makers in national and regional authorities, managers of higher
education institutions, and researchers. IMHE's current activities include
work on research management, institutional governance, financial management
and internationalisation. IMHE is part of the work of the OECD Directorate for
Education.
- Center for Science and
Research Management, Speyer: German universities and non-university
research institutions seek to improve their innovation capacity and thus their
international competitiveness. In view of the current developments in the
science and research sector with limited resources, increasing competition and
pressure to change as well as globalization, this will be the key to their
future positioning on both the national and international level. The Center
for Science and Research Management provides assistance in this process by
supplying know-how, advice, and active support.
- "Leistungsfähige
Hochschulen für eine wissensbasierte Gesellschaft" [pdf]
("Efficient Universities for a Knowledge-Based Society")
-- Elf Schritte zu einem leistungsfähigen Hochschulsystem.
(-- Eleven steps towards a framework for efficient universities.)
Paper of the "Junge Gruppe" of the CDU/CSU parlamentiary group.
Notice: This paper is not published on this website due to political reasons
but as an information in the current debate about universities in Germany.
January 30, 2004
- "Wissenschaftsrat für Kurswechsel in der
Wirtschaftsforschung" [html]
("Science Council Proposes a Change of the Course in Economic
Research")
-- Beitrag der deutschen Hochschulen zur politischen Beratung gering / "Empirische Forschung stärken"
(-- The contribution of German universities to policy consulting is small / "Strengthen Empirical
Research")
FAZ, November 19, 2002
- "Föderalismus beleben"
[html]
("Stimulate Federalism")
-- Bulmahn ermuntert die Länder zu mehr Engagement in der Bildung
(-- German Minister for Education encourages the lander to engage more in the field of
education)
Der Tagesspiegel, November 19, 2002
- "Kampf gegen das
Establishment" [html]
("Fight Against the Establishment")
-- Wenn die US-Dominanz in der Volkswirtschaftslehre gebrochen werden soll, müssen Universitäten und Forschungsinstitute hier zu Lande künftig zusammenrücken
(-- If the US dominance in economics shall be overcome, German universities and research institutes have to move
together)
Financial Times Deutschland, November 19, 2002
Politics
-
Criticizing the European Constitution:
A critique of the European constitution as it was proposed by the
Intergovernmental Conference including a call to oppose this version of the constitution.
"I am sending this as request for help in case you know someone who knows how
to navigate the German university bureaucracy. Also as warning to anyone with
a foreign-educated child interested in attending a German university.
My son recently expressed interest in studying in Germany. I foolishly advised
him not to bother with exchange programs but to apply on his own and register
as a regular student. That's the advice I received 20 years ago for studying
in the US, and it was good advice as it opened many doors that would have been
closed to an exchange student. I expected no problems because my son is German
citizen and doing well at UC Berkeley (3.53 GPA, third semester history).
We have learned, unfortuately, that there are some truly convoluted rules for
recognizing a US education as substitute for the German Abitur. Recognition is
denied unless a kid takes exactly the 'right' classes, which is interpreted as
taking classes that essentially match the Abitur curriculum, but are
incompatible with US college requirements. It does not seem to help that
university admissions are normally a local matter, because the denial came
from a 'Zentrale Zulassungstelle' in Duesseldorf that claims national
jurisdiction for all citizens without German residency.
Interestingly, the rejection letter was accompanied by a sales pitch for their
own 'Studienkolleg.' ("Apply quickly because space is limited!") For a good
student, an invitation to take remedial high school classes is adding insult
to injury. The sales pitch also makes me wonder what might motivate the rigid
rules.
Going back to Germany over the years, I have heard a lot about reforms in the
university system, attempts to become more international. This experience
makes me think the bureaucracy is as parochial as ever. Or are there ways
around such nonsense?"
Source: the sender has requested anonymity, but I personally vouch for the
source of being a highly respected person. Harald Uhlig
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