With small-small against the great chaos.

For university graduates was the search in the past year, a torturous waiting game - now threatens another fiasco: Because the Federal Education Minister Schavan late and half-turns, steer universities and candidates on a re-suspended game.

 

For the graduates, which will soon apply for a place to be, it seems like a glimmer of hope: Several universities in Germany unify their dates during the authorization procedure for the winter semester 2009/2010. Students, according to an application for a place in the second week of August of the eleven participating universities to know whether they are adopted or not.

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Annette Schavan: The Federal Education Minister wants a re-authorization of chaos at the universities to prevent

But in essence it is just a nicely packaged idea. De facto, the universities this year, probably a procurement process to continue in the summer 2008 academic members and also the universities themselves plunged into sheer chaos.

Oblivious promises the University of Hamburg, they will their admission decisions between 7 and 14 August sent, 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. This should be on the multiple applications from graduates to respond. For open-minded student of this university should be a candidate exchange on the internet.

Last summer was the
German university graduates for a nerve-wracking waiting game. Since the universities since the
Dismantling of the Central Unit for places (ZVS) their students tend to choose, many graduates went to play it safe, and seeking to twelve or more universities, often for several subjects. Paradoxically, remained so in spite of 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.

Kempen: News authorization "under all the pig"

"Among all the pig" is this procedure complains the president of the Association of Higher Education Bernhard Kempen - and attacked so that a procedure in which the current thrust of the University of Hamburg as good as nothing changes. That in each state vary the admission arrangements and there was no federal law was a "tragedy of federalism," Kempen said in an interview with Hessischer Rundfunk.

Such a federal law as it Kempen calls, but it does not give, is the Federal Education Minister Annette Schavan (CDU). A few months before the new graduates have to decide where and how they choose to study in the fall of applying for admission Schavan recognized subjects but still annoying shortcomings.

Therefore, the Minister invited the competent Minister and representatives of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) and the ZVS start to week for a crisis summit. Between HRK and ZVS was in January
The dispute escalated over who is the distribution of approximately 300,000 initial semesters best able to organize a central office or at any university for that reason alone.

The only tangible result of the round at the Ministry was the call for universities to rely on a single date for sending the student to some commitments. Then appear the first major universities now use the definition to be sent in mid-August.

The ZVS, the long experience with the distribution and clearing of the flood of students has gathered, the fundamental problems are not resolved. The result of the crisis round Schavan and Minister for the initiative from Hamburg had a "minimal" agreement. Because no comparison of candidates with the approval of the universities took place, was the "problem of multiple applications and not withdrawn," said spokesman Bernhard ZVS Scheer blogs ONLINE.

Nationwide system earlier than 2010

Even without a statutory framework sets Schavan on a nationwide uniform solution for the registration problem. When there is a system type is uncertain. Schavan had for the construction of the system, the Fraunhofer Institute suggested that a computer program for the approval to develop and leveling it at the ZVS in Dortmund should install.

That it for the upcoming winter semester 2009/2010 can not work, was equally clear. By early March, wants to be first minister Schavan now with university representatives from all provinces to some criteria, the new computer system must meet. These points will be in a Pflichtenheft notes.

The current transition process, the ZVS in Dortmund offers admission was chaos in 2008 only a handful of universities, including the LMU Munich and the University of Mainz, have been used. How many universities participate in this year is uncertain, says spokesperson ZVS Scheer. Sign universities could favor until the 20th February.

And the graduates? They will if they are in May and June their Diplomas in hand to check for university places scout - and probably ten to 20 times apply across the Republic, and hope to get a place. Or two. Or more.