Hong Kong universities rise in newly published global subject rankings, driven by positive employer feedback on graduates’ performance

More than 50 per cent of subjects offered moved up the rankings in a newly published global league by Britain-based education information firm Quacquarelli Symonds

City’s four public universities included in league table for data science and artificial intelligence programmes, with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in top 10

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology campus in Sai Kung. UST was the highest placed local university for data science and artificial intelligence programmes in a global ranking. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Published: 7:46pm, 10 Apr 2024Updated: 7:51pm, 10 Apr 2024

More than 50 per cent of subjects offered at Hong Kong’s universities rose in their rankings in a newly published global league, with the firm behind the rating hailing the city as the world’s most improved location for graduates’ performance according to employers.

For the first time, Hong Kong’s four public universities were included in the league table for data science and artificial intelligence programmes. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s (UST) emerged top among the local institutions for the subject after coming in at 10th place.

Four subjects in Hong Kong’s public universities ranked in the top 10, an increase from last year’s three, according to Britain-based education information firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which compiled the rankings of 16,400 subjects offered at more than 1,500 universities worldwide this year.

A total of 204 subjects from eight public universities in the city and Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts were ranked, in which 91 moved up and 35 went down. Some 51 subjects maintained the same position as last year and 27 were new entries.

The rankings were based on five metrics: academic reputation; 98,000 survey responses from graduate employers worldwide; research citations per paper; productivity and impact of the published work of scholars; and international research network.

The ranking includes more than 200 subjects from eight public universities in the city and Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Photo: Fung Chang

University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) dentistry maintained the world’s third-best, while education rose one spot to seventh place. Chinese University of Hong Kong’s nursing jumped from 16th to eighth. HKU’s social policy and administration was booted out from the top 10, sliding to 21st.