http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Universities_Excellence_Initiative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Universities_Excellence_... And I don't think his st

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Universities_Excellence_Initiative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Universities_Excellence_... And I don't think his statement is true. He may be right that there is no single(!) university that can compete with MIT for example. But there are excellent groups in various fields at various universities.