Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the world's higher education research institution, announced the 2023 World University Rankings today (9th). National University of Singapore and Peking University jumped six places to No. 12 this time, ahead of Tsinghua University in No. 14.
In Hong Kong, seven universities continued to make the list, and the University of Hong Kong continued to become the first in Hong Kong. The global ranking rose one place from the previous year and ranked 21st, the fifth highest in Asia.
Among the seven universities, except HKU, the Chinese University, Polytechnic University and Baptist University all rose in the rankings, while the University of Science and Technology, City University and Lingnan University fell in the rankings, so HKUST was surpassed by CUHK.
Ben Sowter, senior vice president of QS, said that Hong Kong's ranking results this year are generally positive, and it is undoubtedly a leader in higher education, nurturing international talents, and innovative medicine, technology and scientific development, but also mentioned that there is a unique set of , that international scrutiny has the potential to affect Hong Kong's reputation with academia and employers.
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The QS World University Rankings continue to use six indicators for ranking: academic reputation, employer evaluation, dissertation citation rate, teacher-student ratio, proportion of international colleges and proportion of international students.
The World University Rankings 2023 released by the World Higher Education Research Institute (QS) shows the top ten universities in the world.
Four institutions in Singapore and the Mainland ranked in the top 20
The QS 2023 World University Rankings will continue to be ranked first by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), while the University of Cambridge, which is tied for third with Stanford University in 2022, will replace Oxford University to become second in the world this year, and Stanford University will remain at third , Oxford University fell from second to fourth, and Harvard maintained fifth.
The National University of Singapore ranks 11th, the highest university in Asia, and the country's Nanyang Technological University also ranks in the top 20, ranking 19th, higher than Cornell University in the United States.
In terms of mainland universities, Peking University jumped six places from 18th last year to 12th, ahead of Tsinghua University, which rose from 17th to 14th, and became the first time that two mainland universities were ranked among the QS World University. The top 15 universities.
HKU, CUHK and PolyU move up one spot
In Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong continued to lead 7 universities in the list. Among them, the University of Hong Kong, the first in Hong Kong, rose from 22nd to 21st in the world last year; Chinese University rose from 39th to 38th, overtaking The former University of Science and Technology became second in Hong Kong; Polytechnic University reached a new high, rising from 66th to 65th; Baptist University rose from 287th to 6th to 281st.
However, the ranking of the other three local universities has dropped. The University of Science and Technology has dropped six places, from 34th to 40th, and the Chinese University has taken the lead; City University has dropped from 53rd to 54th; Lingnan Universities dropped from 581 to 590 to 601 to 650.
The QS World University Rankings 2022 has been released.
The picture shows the top ten universities in Asia.
CUHK President Duan Chongzhi: Global rankings show progress towards goals
Duan Chongzhi, President of CUHK, pointed out that CUHK is committed to fulfilling its commitment to "achieving excellence and long-term commitment", and to contribute to Hong Kong, the country and the world with high-quality academic achievements; the global ranking is a reference indicator for CUHK, showing that university members are striving towards Progress on the way to bigger goals.
Duan Chongzhi sincerely thanked CUHK’s staff, students, alumni and partners for their hard work and contributions, who have made CUHK’s excellence and world recognition.
The University of Hong Kong said that it has always been committed to providing high-quality education for students, striving for excellence in teaching, research and knowledge exchange. It is convinced that by implementing the future vision blueprint outlined by the University of Hong Kong, it is committed to becoming a world-class university in Asia, which will further enhance the University's international presence. reputation between.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said that it has always regarded the rankings as a reference to help understand the performance of the school and grasp the areas that need to be improved. It will continue to make progress as always, and is committed to implementing excellent performance in teaching and research, and to provide high-quality education and innovative scientific research as its own responsibility.
Duan Chongzhi pointed out that the global ranking is a reference indicator for CUHK, showing the progress made by university members on the way to greater goals.
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QS: International censorship may affect Hong Kong's reputation
Ben Sowter, senior vice president of QS, said that Hong Kong's ranking results this year were overall positive, but there was a unique set of warning signs that international scrutiny could affect Hong Kong's reputation with academia and employers, but there was also a unique set of warning signs. A highly international student-faculty base to enable world-class research.
He added that Hong Kong is undoubtedly a leader in higher education, nurturing international talent and developing innovative medicine, technology and science, and the focus should now be on continuing collaborative research and cultivating the nature and extent of its international reputation.
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