UK-based higher education analytics firm QS announced on Thursday that among them, six courses offered by two universities in the SAR have been listed in the global top 10 in their respective fields, two more compared with the results in 2024.
Among them is the University of Hong Kong’s dentistry course, which sits at the number-two spot when compared with its global peers.
The university’s education course, meanwhile, rose to number three globally, and its linguistics and geography courses ranked ninth and tenth.
Meanwhile, the Chinese University’s nursing course rose to number five on the global table, with its linguistics course coming in at number 10.
Other than HKU and CUHK, seven courses from the Polytechnic University (PolyU) were ranked among the global top 30, while four courses from the City University (CityU) entered the global top 50 list.
CityU’s veterinary science, meanwhile, entered the global top 100 ranking for the first time.
Separately, QS highlighted that the city is one of the top higher education centres in the world for data science and artificial intelligence, as five universities that offer such subjects were ranked among the top 50.
But it expressed concerns over the SAR’s decision to cut education funding.
“This remarkable progress marks a strong resurgence, reaffirming Hong Kong’s position as a leading hub for academic excellence – though planned cuts to higher education funding raise concerns about the sector’s ability to maintain its current momentum and global competitiveness,” the firm said.
It added that the survey this year is the largest in terms of scale, involving over 175,000 academics and over 100,000 employers, and covering over 18,300 subjects at over 1,700 universities in the world.
