Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1947 |
| President | Holger Mühlenkamp |
Academic staff | 17 university professors, approx. 100 lecturers |
| Postgraduates | Approx. 400 |
| Location | ,, Germany 49°18′59″N8°24′59″E / 49.31639°N 8.41639°E /49.31639; 8.41639 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | White and yellow |
| Affiliations | EMPA EGPA SCEPSTA NASPAA TPC IASIA |
| Website | www.uni-speyer.de |
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TheGerman University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (German:Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer; sometimes referred to asSpeyer University), is a national graduate school foradministrative sciences andpublic management located inSpeyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.[1] Founded in 1947 by the French occupational authorities as agrande école, today it is operated under the joint responsibility of both the Federal Republic (Bund) andall 16 German states (Länder).[2] It runs fourMaster's programs, grantsdoctoral degrees andhabilitations, offers apostgraduate certificate program, and administers programs ofexecutive education. The school is a major training ground for German and international senior government officials.[3] Noted alumni and faculty include formerPresident of GermanyRoman Herzog, ProfessorNiklas Luhmann; formerMinister of DefenceChristine Lambrecht, current Justice at theFederal Constitutional Court of GermanyHeinrich Amadeus Wolff, former President of theBundesbankHelmut Schlesinger, formerProsecutor General of GermanyAlexander von Stahl, and CEO ofBASFJürgen Strube.
The school was founded in 1947, as theState Academy of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Staatliche Akademie für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer). In 1950 it was renamed theSchool of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer) and after reunification became theGermanSchool of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer).
The school was founded in 1947 asÉcole Supérieure d'Administration by the Frenchoccupational authorities in order to democratize the German senior civil service. Created as a sister institution toÉcole Nationale d'Administration, it was the first and only German school to employ the Frenchgrande école model.[4] In 1950 it was formally established as a German institution of public law with legal capacity and entrusted with "fostering the administrative sciences in education and research".[5][6] In 1961 and 1970 respectively, it was bestowed with the right to granthabilitations and doctorates, thereby receiving full university status.[7] Since its inception, the school has had a reputation as an "elite training center".[8][9][10] The school is the only German university run jointly by the Federal Republic (Bund) andall 16 German states (Länder).[2]
The university offers programs leading to apostgraduate certificate and master's degrees. Furthermore it runsdoctoral programs, and administers programs ofexecutive education.[2] The language of instruction is predominantly German, although each year a series of seminar courses offered in cooperation withIndiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs is delivered in English language.[11] In 2015 the cooperation expanded to include theUniversity of Southern California'sPrice School of Public Policy.[12] Master's students may earn theEuropean Master of Public Administration diploma by studying an additionalsemester abroad at one of the twelve partner schools in the EMPA network.[13]
The one-termpostgraduate certificate program offers complementary studies in public management. It is aimed at young and future government officials holding a graduate-level degree. It resembles the first semester of the Master of Administrative Sciences program.[14]
TheMaster of Administrative Sciences (Magister rerum publicarum) is the school's traditional flagship program. It is a one-year postgraduate program open to students holding an additional graduate-level degree, preferably in law, economics, history, or sociology. Students can choose from some 100 courses that are divided into five policy areas: 1. Public tasks, Organization and Proceedings, 2. Public Management, 3. European and International Affairs, 4. State and Economy, and 5. Higher Education and Research Management. The program comprises two terms at the school, an eight-week internship at German or European institutions, and a subsequent period of three months to write the master's thesis and pass an oral examination.[15] International student enrollment in this program regularly hovers around 50 percent.[16]
TheMaster of Arts in Administrative Sciences is a two-year interdisciplinary program focusing on public administration in an international context. First year students follow a core curriculum consisting of six modules on administrative, legal, economic, methodological, and strategic topics, and complete a mandatory eight-week internship. In the second year, students choose courses from the following six optional modules: 1. Government and Administration, 2. Public Policy, 3. Europeanization and Internationalization of Public Administration, 4. Organization and Personnel, 5. Funding of Public Services, and 6. Competition and Regulation in the Infrastructure Sector. At the end of the second year, students complete the master's thesis.[17]
TheMaster of Arts in Public Economy is a two-year program dedicated to the study of thepublic economic sector from an interdisciplinary perspective. During the first year, students follow the core curriculum of the M.A. in Administrative Sciences. Second-year students complete four deepening modules in Public Finance, Competition and Regulation, Procurement, and Public Corporate Governance, choose one optional module on Public Enterprises, or Infrastructure, and write a master's thesis.[18]
Both M.A. programs also offer a one-year option for students holding a previous relevant master's degree. TheMaster of Public Administration in Higher Education and Research Management is a two-year part-time program for professional university or research institute administrators.[19]
The university runsdoctoral programs in administrative sciences (Doctor rerum publicarum), law (Doctor juris), and political sciences and economy (Doctor rerum politicarum). Doctoral candidates are required to complete one year of coursework in residence at the school, and produce a dissertation which makes a creditable contribution to scholarship in its field. The dissertation must be supervised by a member of the faculty.[20]
The school'sexecutive education provides in-service training for senior civil servants of all government levels. The seminars, workshops and conferences deal with contemporary problems of administration, legislation, and European affairs.[21] TheSpeyer Leadership College (Führungskolleg Speyer) is a two-year in-service program preparing senior executives holding at least the rank of aGovernment Director[22] to assume higher positions.[23]
Admission to the school is competitive and is limited to 25 seats per program and year for the M.A. programs, and to 60 seats for the Master in Administrative Sciences program. Formal minimum entry requirement for all degree programs is aclass rank among the top third in the previousacademic degree program. Professional administrative experience is considered an asset. For prospectiveinternational students, alanguage test for German atCEFR C1 level is required.[17][18]
The German state heavily subsidizes university study to keep higher education affordable regardless of socio-economic background.[24] Like most Germanpublic universities, Speyer charges notuition fees for academic programs, for both EU and non-EU citizens.[25] For the professional M.P.A. in Higher Education and Research Management program, the school charges €8,000 in tuition.[26] The annual housing costs for on-campusdormitories range from €1,560 to €3,240.[27]
The university performs "fundamental research with high relevance to practice", and regularly publishestreatises on administrative, legal, political, and economic matters in the Speyer University Monograph Series (Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Speyer).[28][29] With its 17 chairs dedicated topublic andconstitutional law,administrative sciences, economics,modern and contemporary history, sociology, andpolitical science, the school maintains a strategic partnership with theGerman Research Institute for Public Administration, which is part of theLeibniz Association, and is located on the campus.[2] It also maintains individual research cooperations with 20 universities in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. It is a member of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), the Standing Conference of European Public Service Training Agencies (SCEPSTA), theTransatlantic Policy Consortium (TPC), theNational Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA).[30]
Besides numerous politicians, diplomats, professors, judges, and high-ranking government officials at local, state, federal, and international level, the university's noted alumni and faculty includePresident of GermanyRoman Herzog; ProfessorNiklas Luhmann, one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century; currentMinister of JusticeChristine Lambrecht; formerFederal Minister andUnder-Secretary-General of the United NationsKlaus Töpfer; Federal MinisterWolfgang Bötsch;First Mayor and Prime Minister ofHamburgChristoph Ahlhaus; vice president of theFederal Constitutional Court of GermanyFerdinand Kirchhof; president of theBundesbankHelmut Schlesinger; president of theFederal Court of Auditors of GermanyDieter Engels;Head of the German ChancelleryWaldemar Schreckenberger; president of theFederal Court of Justice of GermanyWilli Geiger; president of theFederal Employment Agency of GermanyFlorian Gerster; Executive Director of theBundesbankThilo Sarrazin;Attorney General of GermanyAlexander von Stahl;Advocate General at theEuropean Court of JusticeCarl Otto Lenz; former CEO and current Chairman ofBASFJürgen Strube; and former CEO ofAllianz Global Investors and current Chairman of theDeutsche Börse GroupJoachim Faber.
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