13 May 2013

Hong Kong institutions fared reasonably well in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, being represented in the top 200 in almost all 30 subjects.

9:45AM
15 Apr 2013

Students intending to study abroad are so used to looking up where universities stand in global league tables that it is easy to forget the rankings are just a decade old - the first was released...

10:09AM
25 Jun 2012

In Hong Kong's brand-conscious society, university rankings attract much public attention. After all, universities' ranking and reputation are key considerations in many people's college selection...

6:30PM
29 May 2012

Heavy investment in higher education by governments in Asia and an 'erosion in performance' by established institutions has led to a shake-up in an annual international ranking of universities....

4:05PM
16 Feb 2012

Paris is the best location in the world for education, followed by London and Boston, according to an educational benchmarking agency.

7:40AM
10 Jan 2012

A year ago, I wrote in this column that 'as Hong Kong aspires to be a regional education hub, we should rethink the essence of university education and ask: what kind of excellence do we want to...

5:03AM

The University of Hong Kong has regained its status as Asia's top-ranking university in the latest QS World University Rankings, months after it was knocked off the top spot by the Hong Kong...

6:42PM

An international university ranking has given five of Hong Kong's universities high spots in social sciences.

2:03PM

It is good news that the government is reserving 720,000 square metres of land capable of providing 1.2 million square metres of floor area for use by tertiary education institutions.

2:28PM

The European Commission is wading into the controversy over world university league tables by piloting a 'multi-dimensional' ranking system designed to reflect the diversity of Europe's...

5:58AM

Last year was a bonanza year for all my almae matres in terms of rankings: the University of Glasgow was voted the finest Scottish university; Stanford edged out the University of Pennsylvania to...

10:49PM

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been ranked 18th among the world's top 200 universities, according to the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) World University Rankings 2007.

11:28AM

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