Re:Germany's State Distance-Learning University
by leipert on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:57AM
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I assume that the amount of research that is done, papers produced, etc. is much higher in traditional Unis compared to the Fernuni.
If you look it through the reverse lense, the ratio of professor to student is much worse than your alma mater. So one professor has to take care of much more students, exams, etc.
To me the Fernuni seems great if you want to study while having a job, during a pandemic, are just interested in the degree, are not a in-Person Person, are a Self-motivating learner or live far away from a Uni City.
The traditional Uni seems great, if you want to experience social life, are a study group kind of person, want to go into academia, like noodles for 2€ in the Mensa. Also a lot of STEM or medicine that needs access to research facilities will be easier in a traditional Uni.
Re:Germany's State Distance-Learning University
by read_if_gay_ on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:53AM
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I suppose not needing many facilities nor (I think) research output means you gain a lot of efficiency.
BTW, I never knew, but they run an efficient operation, it seems.
My Alma Mater, the University of Stuttgart, has 23k students, 5.3k staff, including 265 professors. They run on an annual budget of 536 million Euros.
(All numbers from Wikipedia)
The FernUni has 76k students (3x), 1.3k staff (1/3), including 90 professors (1/3), on an annual budget of 90 million Euros (1/6).