德国教育与科研部的新闻官员弗洛里安·弗兰克告诉记者，德国没有统一的中央机构对学位及各种学术头衔进行管理，而是直接由各联邦州的法律部门负责。这方面的造假行为“不仅会受到各学术部门的纪律处分，还将受到法律制裁。” Florian Frank, a news officer at the German Ministry of Education and Scientific Research, told reporters that there is no unified central agency in Germany that manages degrees and academic titles but is directly governed by the legal departments of the federal states. Fraudulent conduct in this respect “will not only be subject to disciplinary action by academic departments, but will also be punishable by law.”