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Hong Kong universities decline across the board in global ranking list

Shift from three to four-year degree programme cited as scores for seven Hong Kong universities dipped across the board

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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) officiates the 189th Congregation ceremony in AsiaWorld-Expo. Photo: Dickson Lee

Seven local universities fell in the latest edition of a world university ranking table, as the University of Hong Kong once again lost out to a Singaporean institution for the top ranking in Asia.

Compilers of the latest QS World University Rankings expected the drop to be temporary as it followed a restructuring which saw local universities switch to offering degrees over four years instead of three.

Three of Hong Kong's seven publicly funded universities are ranked among the list's top 50.

HKU Centre for Medical Ethics and Law co-director Terry Kaan (left) with Cambridge medical law chair John Spencer. Photo: David Wong
HKU Centre for Medical Ethics and Law co-director Terry Kaan (left) with Cambridge medical law chair John Spencer. Photo: David Wong
But HKU fell two places to 28th this year, the University of Science and Technology dropped six places to 40th and Chinese University dropped seven places to 46th.

The National University of Singapore, which this year rose to 22nd from 24th last year, remains the top Asian university. This is the second year that it has eclipsed HKU.

Quacquarelli Symonds, which compiled the table, is a British rankings publisher. Its rankings are some of the most widely observed in the world.

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