Hong Kong universities fall in rankings across multiple subjects in new list from Britain-based publication
- The University of Hong Kong, Chinese University, the University of Science and Technology and City University all saw their rankings slip in more than half of subjects tracked
- Polytechnic and Baptist universities were the only two local institutions not to see drops in a majority of subjects
Four Hong Kong universities have slipped in a global ranking of their programmes in various subjects formulated by a Britain-based publication, with some of the biggest drops seen in the arts and humanities, as well as the sciences.
The University of Hong Kong, Chinese University, the University of Science and Technology and City University all saw a year-on-year decline in more than half of the subjects being tracked in the Times Higher Education’s rankings for 2021, which were released on Wednesday.
Researchers said the main reason for the drop in the latest rankings was a decline in teaching and research reputation, noting that the data collection process largely did not cover the period after the city’s anti-government protests erupted in June last year.
More than 1,500 universities from around the world were ranked in the latest league table, which looked at 11 subjects, including business and economics, health, computer science, education, engineering and law.
Universities were ranked according to five indicators: teaching and learning environment, research volume and reputation, citations, international outlook and the amount the institutions earned from selling the fruits of their research to the commercial sector.