University scandal in Neubrandenburg: Giving away conclusions under suspicion!

University scandal in Neubrandenburg: Giving away conclusions under suspicion!

In the Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, there is an alarm mood after reports on presumably gifted degrees have appeared. Rector Gerd Teschke informed the employees about the developments in an internal circular email. The reports of the Nordkurier, who reported serious allegations against a professor, who is said to have provided preferred students with bachelor's degrees without the necessary academic achievements, are now causing excitement. So far, the university has not made a public statement on the allegations, since a test procedure under the femberber protection law is underway, according to Teschke. Nordkurier reports .

The Ministry of Science of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has already taken up the matter and examines the suspected misconduct of the professor and possible failures of the university. On October 23, 2018, two service and specialist supervisory complaints were submitted to the professor, which led to internal hearings and investigations. So far, however, these measures have remained without sanctions. A possible connection between the preferred students and the professor becomes clear through dependency relationships in the service complaints. The students concerned were only briefly enrolled in the course, but received extensive recognitions from other subjects, which resulted in a simplified final process.

progress and internal exams

Teschke emphasized that after the internal investigation in 2019, the university already carried out process corrections in recognition and examination processes. On May 6, 2024, the Ministry of Science requested all relevant documents for review, which the university submitted on May 28, 2024. On March 28, 2025, the Rectorate also informed about a parliamentary request from the AfD faction on the events. It is worrying that there are now reports of at least four cases of presumably given degrees.

In a crisis discussion with Minister Bettina Martin on May 25, 2025, Teschke expressed that the university was working on the clarification of the facts. Even if he announced no details of possible sanctions against the professor, he made it clear that further steps are treated with the highest priority.

university reforms and their relevance

The incidents in Neubrandenburg have a highlight of the challenges with which German universities are confronted today, especially with regard to the reforms in the education system. The reform process for switching to bachelor and master's degrees has been shaped by national and international developments since 1999. A report from the Conference of Ministers of Education and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research emphasizes the importance of such a reform and documents its progress until the Bologna conference 2024 Bildungserver .