Invest and Settle in Hong Kong to learn about Hong Kong Education: Three young universities in Hong Kong have made progress. The Times Higher Education (THE) has released the ranking of the top 100 young universities under 50 years old globally, and three institutions from Hong Kong have entered the top 30, with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology maintaining its fourth position for three consecutive years.
The global young university ranking selects universities worldwide that are 50 years old or younger, evaluating their teaching and research performance, including student-to-faculty ratio, publication output, number of doctoral degrees, citation counts, and internationalization performance scores.
The Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea, established 29 years ago, was unable to retain the top position, which was taken over by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, established 46 years ago, which moved up from second place last year. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, known as the "MIT of Korea," maintained its third position this year. Three universities from Hong Kong have entered the top 30 this year, with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology continuing to rank fourth, the City University of Hong Kong rising three places to 14th, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University climbing seven places from 30th to 23rd.
In the QS rankings, four universities from Hong Kong made the list.
Similar to THE, the QS World University Rankings is also regarded as an authoritative global university ranking. QS has also conducted similar rankings. In the latest QS ranking of universities established less than 50 years ago, all Hong Kong universities listed in THE made it into the top 10: the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ranked 2nd, the City University of Hong Kong ranked 5th, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University ranked 8th, and the Hong Kong Baptist University, established in 1956, also appeared on the list, ranking 37th.
