Six courses offered by two universities in Hong Kong have been listed among the top 10 in their respective global league tables, according to a ranking organisation, which also warned that financial cuts to the city’s higher education institutions could affect their competitiveness. The city also accounted for the most universities in Asia among a…
Upgrading the city into an international education hub has been made a top government priority in recent years, and rightly so. But there are also concerns as the rush to expand non-local admission quotas for universities and to promote the “Study in Hong Kong” brand has resulted in a surge in intakes from the mainland….
The proportion of first-year, non-local undergraduates at Hong Kong’s public universities who come from mainland China has increased to 75 per cent, while the percentage of the intake hailing from other countries has fallen, raising concerns over whether the city can meet its goal of internationalising its campuses. Data obtained by the Post from the…
Annual grants of HK$2,500 (US$321) for each of the nearly 800,000 students in Hong Kong will be cut, while spending on public universities will be slashed by HK$2.8 billion over the next three years, leaving parents unhappy about the way the government opted to tighten its belt. In an unprecedented move, the government also said…
Hong Kong’s education minister has said authorities would not raise tuition fees for non-local university students significantly despite the government’s fiscal deficit, so top candidates would not be deterred. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin told a radio programme on Saturday that having the best students come to Hong Kong was important in maintaining the…
Hong Kong’s Audit Commission has urged Polytechnic University to relax security measures to allow public visits after using HK$230 million (US$29.6 million) to repair damage sustained during the 2019 anti-government protests. In a report released on Wednesday, the commission said access to the university’s campus in Hung Hom had been restricted to students, staff and…