Universities and equivalent colleges

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Universities and equivalent universities have the right to award doctorates . In the Federal Republic of Germany , this includes the following types of universities:

Art and music colleges occupy a special position, as some have a restricted right to award doctorates in the artistic and scientific field, others do not. Some of the theological colleges (e.g. the Philosophical-Theological College in Vallendar) with university courses as well as a few business or commercial colleges have the right to award doctorates.

Colleges and universities of applied sciences (HAW) do not own doctorates, but form - such as universities - in Bachelor - and Master - courses from. Graduates of master’s courses are entitled to doctorate at universities and equivalent universities with the right to award doctorates . Professors at universities of applied sciences can act as supervisors or examiners in a doctoral procedure in many German states .

use

The term "universities and colleges of equal status" in the sense of universities entitled to award doctorates is used in publications by the German Rectors' Conference ( HRK), the Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Statistical Office .

The formulation can be found in the higher education laws of the federal states as a group term for higher education institutions entitled to award doctorates. In the State University Act of Baden-Württemberg , the universities entitled to award doctorates are listed individually (without a grouping term, also in § 38 doctorate). The term “equivalent universities” can be found elsewhere to simplify matters.

In addition, the term universities and equivalent universities is used in the current salary regulation W for university teachers (professors).

Concept history

Until the 1990s, universities with the right to award doctorates were also referred to as "scientific universities". However, the term is no longer official, i.e. it is no longer used in laws and resolutions, in particular not in the higher education laws of the federal states, the Federal Higher Education Framework Act (HRG), the publications and resolutions of the Conference of Ministers of Education, the Conference of University Rectors and the Federal Ministry of Education and research (BMBF) as well as the publications of the Federal Statistical Office. The task of research and the scientific basis are also clearly anchored in the state university laws for universities of applied sciences. Since the term academic university could imply that other universities are unscientific, the term does not apply to university policy developments and realities.

In North Rhine-Westphalia , for example, in 1993 the Law on the Scientific Universities of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (WissHG) was renamed the Law on the Universities of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Universities Act - UG) . This later became the Higher Education Act (HG) , which integrates the universities of applied sciences into a joint body of law. The current version from 2006 is known as the Higher Education Freedom Act (HFG) . The Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia no longer uses a special group term for universities that are eligible for doctorates and lists them under the term universities , including those that do not have the university in their name, such as RWTH Aachen . The Bavarian Higher Education Act also does not use a special group term for universities that are eligible for doctorates and summarizes them as universities. Other universities entitled to award doctorates are listed individually.

In addition, the term “Wissenschaftliche Hochschule” was used in the old salary regulation C for university teachers (professors), which has been replaced in all federal states by the new salary regulation W since 2005 at the latest, which uses the term “universities and equivalent universities”.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.kmk.org/fileadmin/veroeffnahmungen_beschluesse/2005/2005_00_00-Nationaler-Bericht-Bologna.pdf
  2. ^ PTHV with the rank of university. Retrieved November 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Common structural specifications / resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of October 10, 2003 i. d. F. dated June 15, 2007.
  4. ↑ cf. Baden-Württemberg LHG i. d. F. from January 1, 2005, § 38 Paragraph 3 No. 1 or Bayern BayHSchG i. d. F. of May 23, 2006, Art. 64 Paragraph 1 Clause 2.
  5. ↑ cf. Baden-Württemberg LHG i. d. F. of January 1, 2005, Section 38 Paragraph 4 Clause 3 or Bayern BayHSchG i. d. F. of May 23, 2006, Art. 64 Paragraph 1 Clause 3.
  6. ^ Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) Diploma Supplement example ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ a b Bologna Process - National Report 2005–2007 for Germany by KMK and BMBF.
  8. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office Germany - Universities , examinations at universities.
  9. ↑ State University Act Baden-Württemberg, i. d. F. from January 1, 2005, §§ 1, 29, 38, 51.
  10. ^ A b Professors' salary reform laws of the federal states.
  11. ↑ University Framework Act (HRG), version of January 26, 2005.
  12. ^ Thuringian Ministry for Science, Research and Art (Ed.): Landeshochschulplan Thüringen, Erfurt 2001.
  13. ↑ University Freedom Act of North Rhine-Westphalia, i. d. F. of October 31, 2006, § 1.
  14. ↑ Bavarian Higher Education Act (BayHSchG) i. d. F. of May 23, 2006, Art. 1, 64, 81.