{{Short description|Public management school in Speyer, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox University | name = German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer | native_name = Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer | native_name_lang = deu | image_name = German University of Administrative Sciences logo.gif | motto = | mottoeng = | established = 1947 | type = Public | calendar = | endowment = | president = Holger Mühlenkamp | undergrad = | postgrad = Approx. 400 | faculty = 17 university professors, approx. 100 lecturers | staff = | city = Speyer | state= Rhineland-Palatinate | country = Germany | coor = {{coord|49|18|59|N|8|24|59|E|display=title|type:edu}} | campus = Suburban | athletics = | colors = White and yellow {{color box|#0}}{{color box|#FFD700}} | nickname = | mascot = | affiliations = EMPA<br/>EGPA<br/>SCEPSTA<br/>NASPAA<br/>TPC<br/>IASIA | website = [https://www.uni-speyer.de/ www.uni-speyer.de] | publictransit = }} The '''German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer''' (German: ''Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer''; sometimes referred to as '''Speyer University'''), is a national graduate school for administrative sciences and public management located in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/|title=About Us|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414204816/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/|archive-date=14 April 2012}}</ref> Founded in 1947 by the French occupational authorities as a grande école, today it is operated under the joint responsibility of both the Federal Republic (''Bund'') and all 16 German states (''Länder'').<ref name = studies>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies.htm|title=Studies|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204060649/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies.htm|archive-date=4 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It runs four Master's programs, grants doctoral degrees and habilitations, offers a postgraduate certificate program, and administers programs of executive education. The school is a major training ground for German and international senior government officials.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news342669|title=Tomorrow's administrative elite meets in Speyer|access-date=4 April 2012 | language = de|work=The Science Information Service}}</ref> Noted alumni and faculty include former President of Germany Roman Herzog, Professor Niklas Luhmann; former Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht, current Justice at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Heinrich Amadeus Wolff, former President of the Bundesbank Helmut Schlesinger, former Prosecutor General of Germany Alexander von Stahl, and CEO of BASF Jürgen Strube.
The school was founded in 1947, as the '''State Academy of Administrative Sciences Speyer''' (''Staatliche Akademie für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer''). In 1950 it was renamed the '''School of Administrative Sciences Speyer''' (''Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer'') and after reunification became the '''German School of Administrative Sciences Speyer''' (''Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer'').
==History== The school was founded in 1947 as ''École Supérieure d'Administration'' by the French occupational authorities in order to democratize the German senior civil service. Created as a sister institution to École Nationale d'Administration, it was the first and only German school to employ the French grande école model.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/campus/verwaltungshochschule-speyer-gegen-die-inflation-guter-noten-1438407.html|title=Against grade inflation – A portrait of the DHV Speyer |access-date=4 April 2012 |language = de|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung online|last1=Zenthöfer |first1=Jochen }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite book |title=Zur Struktur der deutschen Verwaltung ''(On the Structure of German Administration)''|year=1967|publisher=Duncker & Humblot |location=Berlin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/sfisch/Stefan_Fisch_60_Jahre_DHV.pdf |title=60 years German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer |access-date=4 April 2012 |language=de |work=Speyer University website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020071354/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/Sfisch/Stefan_Fisch_60_Jahre_DHV.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2007 }}</ref> In 1961 and 1970 respectively, it was bestowed with the right to grant habilitations and doctorates, thereby receiving full university status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/Ueberuns/Aufgaben.htm|title=Structure and Tasks|access-date=4 April 2012|language=de|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314124930/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/Ueberuns/Aufgaben.htm|archive-date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since its inception, the school has had a reputation as an "elite training center".<ref>"The DHV in Speyer is an elite learning centre of administration (...)" {{cite web|url=http://www.m-r-n.com/en/home/research-studies/excellent-colleges.html|title=Excellent colleges|access-date=2012-04-04|work=Rhine Neckar Metropolitan Region website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224134059/http://www.m-r-n.com/en/home/research-studies/excellent-colleges.html|archive-date=2012-02-24}}</ref><ref>''"The German University of Administrative Sciences (DHV) in Speyer ranks among the most renowned elite training centers in the country" ("Die Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften (DHV) in Speyer gehört zu den berühmtesten Kaderschmieden im Land")'' {{cite web |url=http://www.bachelorstudium.de/hochschulen/deutsche-hochschule-fuer-verwaltungswissenschaften.html|language = de|title= German University of Administrative Sciences|access-date=2012-04-04 |work=bachelorstudium.de – An independent study guide}}</ref><ref>''"Elite institution between the vines" ("Eliteinstitut zwischen Rebstöcken")'' {{cite news |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/campus/verwaltungshochschule-speyer-gegen-die-inflation-guter-noten-1438407.html|title=Against grade inflation – A portrait of the DHV Speyer |access-date=4 April 2012 |language = de|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung online|last1=Zenthöfer |first1=Jochen }}</ref> The school is the only German university run jointly by the Federal Republic (''Bund'') and all 16 German states (''Länder'').<ref name="studies"/>
==Academic programs== thumb|right|238px|Otto Mayer House thumb|right|238px|Main Auditorium thumb|right|238px|Lobby of the Otto Mayer House The university offers programs leading to a postgraduate certificate and master's degrees. Furthermore it runs doctoral programs, and administers programs of executive education.<ref name = studies/> The language of instruction is predominantly German, although each year a series of seminar courses offered in cooperation with Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs is delivered in English language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/spea_abroad/SPEA_Summer_Abroad/Speyer/index.shtml|title=SPEA in Speyer|access-date=4 April 2012 |work=Indiana University – SPEA website}}</ref> In 2015 the cooperation expanded to include the University of Southern California's Price School of Public Policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uscontherhine.com/|website=USC |title=Price on the Rhine|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref> Master's students may earn the European Master of Public Administration diploma by studying an additional semester abroad at one of the twelve partner schools in the EMPA network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://empa-network.info/web/|title=The EMPA program|access-date=4 April 2012|work=EMPA Network website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427051246/http://empa-network.info/web/|archive-date=27 April 2012}}</ref>
The one-term '''postgraduate 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-3%20Mon.htm|title=The one-term course|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807122833/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-3%20Mon.htm|archive-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The '''Master 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-M-P.htm|title=Magister rerum publicarum|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015003635/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-M-P.htm|archive-date=15 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> International student enrollment in this program regularly hovers around 50 percent.<ref>consisting of 35 % Asian, 30 % European, 25 % African, and 10 % American students (Data as of 2004).{{cite web|url=http://mifkjf.rlp.de/fileadmin/mifkjf/Integration/Daten_und_Fakten/1.ZuwBericht_Teil_C_und_Anhang.pdf|title=Immigration Report – Part C|access-date=4 April 2012|language=de|work=Rhineland Palatinate Ministry of Education website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525034728/http://mifkjf.rlp.de/fileadmin/mifkjf/Integration/Daten_und_Fakten/1.ZuwBericht_Teil_C_und_Anhang.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The '''Master 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.<ref name = MAAS>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-MasterAS.htm|title=M.A. in Administrative Sciences|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429060232/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-MasterAS.htm|archive-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The '''Master of Arts in Public Economy''' is a two-year program dedicated to the study of the public 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.<ref name = MAPE>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-MasterOEW.htm|title=M.A. in Public Economy|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429061410/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-MasterOEW.htm|archive-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Both M.A. programs also offer a one-year option for students holding a previous relevant master's degree. The '''Master of Public Administration in Higher Education and Research Management''' is a two-year part-time program for professional university or research institute administrators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wissenschaftsmanagement-speyer.de/|title= MPA in Higher Education and Research Management |access-date=4 April 2012 |work=Speyer University website}}</ref>
The university runs '''doctoral 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-Doc.htm|title= Doctoral studies|access-date= 4 April 2012|work= Speyer University website|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110807122822/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/studies-Doc.htm|archive-date= 7 August 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref>
The school's '''executive 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/continuing%20education.htm|title=Executive education|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204060704/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/continuing%20education.htm|archive-date=4 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The '''Speyer Leadership College''' (''Führungskolleg Speyer'') is a two-year in-service program preparing senior executives holding at least the rank of a ''Government Director''<ref>''Regierungsdirektor (A15)''; equivalent to U.S. GS-14 / O-5 positions</ref> to assume higher positions.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.uni-speyer.de/de/weiterbildung/fuehrungskolleg-speyer/ueber-das-fks.php|title=Speyer Leadership College|access-date=4 April 2012 |language = de|work=Speyer University website}}</ref>
==Admission and fees== 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 a class rank among the top third in the previous academic degree program. Professional administrative experience is considered an asset. For prospective international students, a language test for German at CEFR C1 level is required.<ref name=MAAS/><ref name=MAPE/>
The German state heavily subsidizes university study to keep higher education affordable regardless of socio-economic background.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unifr.ch/ztd/ems/doc/FAQ_EMS_NC.pdf|title=Test Scores versus School Grades as Selection Criteria: Paternoster-Effect, Filter-Effect, Cost-Benefit-Effects and Effects on the Fairness of Admissions|access-date=20 April 2012|language = de|work=University of Fribourg website}}</ref> Like most German public universities, Speyer charges no tuition fees for academic programs, for both EU and non-EU citizens.<ref>Note: As of 2012, only public universities in Bavaria and Lower Saxony continue to charge tuition fees for undergraduate and academic consecutive graduate programs. {{cite web|url=http://www.bildungsspiegel.de/aktuelles/rheinland-pfalz-neues-hochschulgesetz-soll-studiengebuehren-ab-2012-abschaffen.html?Itemid=262|title=Rhineland Palatinate: New higher education act to abolish tuition fees from spring term 2012 onwards|access-date=20 April 2012|language=de|work=bildungsspiegel.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524022705/http://www.bildungsspiegel.de/aktuelles/rheinland-pfalz-neues-hochschulgesetz-soll-studiengebuehren-ab-2012-abschaffen.html?Itemid=262|archive-date=24 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the professional M.P.A. in Higher Education and Research Management program, the school charges €8,000 in tuition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wissenschaftsmanagement-speyer.de/bewerbung-kosten/|title=M.P.A. in Higher Education and Research Management – Application and fees|access-date=20 April 2012|language=de|work=Speyer University website|archive-date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219113427/http://wissenschaftsmanagement-speyer.de/bewerbung-kosten/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The annual housing costs for on-campus dormitories range from €1,560 to €3,240.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/Studium/Vormsemester/Unterbringung.htm|title=Student Dormitories|access-date=20 April 2012|language=de|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423121530/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/Studium/Vormsemester/Unterbringung.htm|archive-date=23 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Research== The university performs "fundamental research with high relevance to practice", and regularly publishes treatises on administrative, legal, political, and economic matters in the Speyer University Monograph Series (''Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Speyer'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/research.htm|title=Research|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204060639/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/ENGL/research.htm|archive-date=4 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duncker-humblot.de/?ses=f1948bd8fece187fe4c7e8d07976a92c&mnu=200|title=Speyer University Monograph Series – Overview|access-date=4 April 2012 |work=Duncker & Humblot Publishers website}}</ref> With its 17 chairs dedicated to public and constitutional law, administrative sciences, economics, modern and contemporary history, sociology, and political science, the school maintains a strategic partnership with the German Research Institute for Public Administration, which is part of the Leibniz Association, and is located on the campus.<ref name = studies/> 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), the Transatlantic Policy Consortium (TPC), the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhv-speyer.de/Forschung/Kooperationen.htm|title=International Relations, Memberships and Cooperations|access-date=4 April 2012|work=Speyer University website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314120710/http://www.dhv-speyer.de/Forschung/Kooperationen.htm|archive-date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Alumni== 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 include President of Germany Roman Herzog; Professor Niklas Luhmann, one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century; current Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht; former Federal Minister and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Klaus Töpfer; Federal Minister Wolfgang Bötsch; First Mayor and Prime Minister of Hamburg Christoph Ahlhaus; vice president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Ferdinand Kirchhof; president of the Bundesbank Helmut Schlesinger; president of the Federal Court of Auditors of Germany Dieter Engels; Head of the German Chancellery Waldemar Schreckenberger; president of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany Willi Geiger; president of the Federal Employment Agency of Germany Florian Gerster; Executive Director of the Bundesbank Thilo Sarrazin; Attorney General of Germany Alexander von Stahl; Advocate General at the European Court of Justice Carl Otto Lenz; former CEO and current Chairman of BASF Jürgen Strube; and former CEO of Allianz Global Investors and current Chairman of the Deutsche Börse Group Joachim Faber.
==See also== * German Research Institute for Public Administration
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