Hong Kong’s oldest university has been ranked seventh in the latest global league table for education, and has placed among the top 20 for medical and health.
Renowned British publication Times Higher Education (THE) released its annual subject rankings on Wednesday. The lists cover 11 subject areas and assess them using 18 performance metrics, such as teaching, research and internationalisation.
The latest rankings also saw Peking University and Tsinghua University enter the top 10 rankings for computer science and physical sciences, respectively, for the first time.
THE said the move represented an “emerging new world order” as the rankings for the two subjects were previously dominated by universities in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Institutions in the US topped eight of the subject rankings, while the UK held first place in three of the listings.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) performed the best among the city’s universities, with its education studies being the only local programme to make a top 10 ranking.
