Hong Kong universities drop down Times Higher Education rankings

By ITS Education Asia

I suppose given all the trouble that Hong Kong has had in the education sector over the last 12 months it should come as no surprise to see Hong Kong universities falling in the Higher Education rankings as reported in this article from the SCMP.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is no longer the city’s top academic institution, according to the latest Times Higher Education rankings for the Asia region.

HKUST dropped from third to fifth in the rankings, which were released by the British education magazine on Wednesday, with the University of Hong Kong in fourth place, maintaining its position from last year.

Six of the city’s  publicly funded universities were ranked, with five dropping a number of places. Four of them remained among the top 20 of 489 universities in the region, one fewer than Hong Kong recorded last year.

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