Rough path from the award-chaos.

Who wants to study, must be a complex obstacle course of applications and selection rounds cope. Now it seems as if the universities, politics and government by finally reached a compromise that eliminates the chaos - but only in 2010.

 

In short, it looked as if a short-term solution before, after last year's chaos reigned. Minister of Culture, university rectors and the central location for the allocation of university places (ZVS) had long-standing dispute over the study authorized in numerus clausus subjects and settled on a new understanding. The Chairman announced the ZVS control group Nevermann to Knut, who is also Minister of State for Science is in Saxony.

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According to him, the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) is now calling that many universities already in the autumn in a nationwide transition processes involved, the ZVS offers.

It could be the end of the
Admission chaos already this year. Even in the summer of 2008, the universities everywhere groans under a record flood of applications, studierwillige graduates had sent dozens of applications and is a precaution to several universities and enrolled advertised. So stayed despite a supposed flood of applicants at the end places unused. The universities had to refill several times - the University of Munster had about her after consultation procedure five times running.

The aim of the transitional process of ZVS not happen. It provides that students at their maximum of twelve students to apply. The ZVS over the selection of candidates according to the criteria of the universities - or forward the application to the universities, depending on the desire of the university. If the initial request of an applicant meets retires it automatically from the procedure. At the second stage, the other candidates are still free space in which to study and offer input based on its list stands at its highest.

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The problem is: The HRK is no way that the offensive on this process forward. Anything else would be quite surprising. For decades schmähten higher education leaders and politicians, the ZVS alternatively as "the last Cuba", "Kinderlandverschicker" or "Chancentod". The universities wanted the students are not supplied by a central receive, but according to their own ideas to choose.

Education politicians Nevermann but was confident that the alleged appeal will be successful. "I have the impression that the universities to bury the hatchet," he said blogs ONLINE. Now they need only switch to the new procedure. Mandatory Although nothing, "but the procedure is reasonable." Even large universities should realize that the only way the problem of vacant places to be resolved is: "We are now rowing in one direction."

When you ZVS is also pleasantly surprised by what Secretary of State of Saxony since announced. "I wonder where the change comes," said spokesman Bernhard ZVS Scheer. But it all makes sense when the university rectors called on participants in the process of transition: "Definitely bring something."

A little advertising and a couple of calls could be the good use of transitional processes. In licensing chaos in 2008 made only a handful of universities including the University of Munich and the University of Mainz. How many universities this year will be there, be uncertain, says spokesperson ZVS Scheer.

The universities want to prefer it without creating ZVS

On 20 February ended the reporting period for the procedure. Until then, therefore, had just Unis eleven times seven different courses registered, which came nine colleges. That is not much more than 11,000 courses, and of which approximately every second admission is due to a numerus clausus applies. The February date had not been binding, ZVS spokesman says Scheer. If universities are now known, they could still be recorded.

With the HRK, however you want to call from a know nothing. "The universities should and want the procedure to improve this year, an explicit call is not needed," said a spokeswoman blogs ONLINE. The universities have already adopted their own procedures. Sun promises as the University of Hamburg, they will their admission decisions at the same time send, together with the universities in Heidelberg, Munich (LMU), Duisburg-Essen, Kiel, Mainz and Wuppertal, Bonn and Paderborn, and the Free University and the Charité-University Medicine in Berlin . For open-minded study of these universities should be a candidate exchange on the internet.

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The basis for this was a decision of HRK January, "is the state of things," says the spokeswoman. It had the rectors agreed to in the coming winter semester application and approval procedures to carry out, "even without a nationwide service procedures for the candidates are less expensive and a quick study of the lead cast." In plain English: Actually, we would gladly do without the ZVS.

The transition process of the ZVS will only consider colleges. For more HRK calls for information from blogs to online. The result of such an examination is uncertain - and thus threatens another licensing chaos at the beginning of the next winter semester.

It was not until the following year, the problem finally solved, as the winter semester 2010/2011: A computer system is data synchronization by double enrollments stop - and thus the blockade of study places in shortage subjects. The Secretary announced Nevermann, after a meeting of the ZVS control group from the representatives of HRK, ZVS and Kultusministerkonferenz participated. All sides would have insured that they were an "interested student-friendly regulations," said Nevermann.

A computer program will solve the problem

For the arrangement is that the ZVS is now one of Baden-Wuerttemberg nationwide already successfully set up Internet exchange student over and in collaboration with the existing operator bundesweit offers. When this exchange student after the admission decisions of the universities are still free places together.

Together with computer experts from the Fraunhofer Institute are now also the technical requirements for the final application system has been formulated. Roof should be as before the student even via the Internet at several universities or desire for multiple subjects can apply. The university decides on its approval and offers him a place at. Does it at him, he is on the ZVS-data synchronization for other Studienorte locked. In the new system is also the candidate's rank position on waiting lists via the Internet can view.

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Never man said, according to the understanding of the Bundesbeschaffungsamt the Interior Ministry swiftly the invitation. The former double authorizations to perform for many years that after HRK estimates up to 20 percent of students going to be in the coveted NC subjects remain unfilled.

Federal Education Minister Annette Schavan (CDU) has for the 3rd March, a larger group of university rectors were invited to a way out of the existing authorization to find chaos. The SPD parliamentary group calls for a federal law on higher education, which ensures that all schools participate in the reconciliation. The countries, however, put more on voluntary compliance.