University of Hong Kong returns to ranks of world’s 50 most reputable tertiary institutions, Tsinghua University breaks into top 10
- HKU places 48th on Times Higher Education list, while HKUST, CUHK and PolyU also make top 200
- Tsinghua University becomes first mainland Chinese tertiary institution to break into top 10, which could sap talent away from British and US schools
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has placed among the world’s top 50 tertiary institutions in an annual reputation ranking, while Tsinghua University has become the first mainland Chinese post-secondary school to break into the top 10.
The classification of 202 universities by the Times Higher Education magazine released on Wednesday was based on the votes of 10,963 published academics from across the world.
The magazine said the mainland’s breakthrough into the top 10 could have an impact on Britain and the United States ability to attract talent and funding.
HKU ranked 48th this year after slipping from 44th in 2019 into the 51 to 60 range last year. The magazine only assigns an individual rank for the top 50 universities and groups the rest into bands of varying sizes.
Three other universities in Hong Kong made it to the top 200 but all held onto their previous spot: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (91-100); Chinese University (101-125); and Polytechnic University (126-150).