Hong Kong had a great showing in QS’s latest ranking Top 50 Under 50, which ranks the world’s top 50 universities under 50 years old. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) dominated the top of the rankings taking second, fourth and sixth places respectfully.
It comes as young universities in Asia generally performed very well—Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) grabbed the remaining top six, gaining first, third and fifth places.
Bertil Andersson, President, NTU said, “Getting first place for the second year running is fantastic news not only for NTU, but also for Singapore which celebrates its Golden Jubilee this year. NTU's good performance is a tribute to the quality of our faculty, staff and students and I hope a huge encouragement to other young universities in the world that being young should not stand in the way of making an impact on a global scale"
Paul Arkwright
Publisher
