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Universities in Hong Kong
There are eight higher education institutes in Hong Kong funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC). There is also a number of self-funded institutions, including the Open University of Hong Kong, and public institutions such as the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
A pharmacist introduces services provided at an HKUMed Community Pharmacy in December 2024. The University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Medicine has revised its language requirements for admission. Photo: Nora Tam
Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Why Hong Kong’s medical schools should phase in their Cantonese requirement

Readers discuss language prerequisites at the city’s medical schools, and the promise of AI.

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong emerges as leading Asian study destination for Kazakhstani students

Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | Equity in education in Hong Kong must be defended at all costs

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US Politics

Opinion | Hong Kong and a not-so-simple father-daughter conversation about Harvard

As higher education in the West gets caught up in political theatre, Hong Kong can capitalise on the international education market shift.

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Harvard University campus, January 2, 2024. Photo: AP
Education in Hong Kong

Elite Hong Kong schools urged to raise the bar, challenge high-ability students

External reviewers find top schools must design more demanding lessons for top performers and adjust difficulty for struggling students.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Chinese reusable rocket’s success unlocks opportunities for Hong Kong

Flurry of commercial activity offers opportunities for Hong Kong’s financial markets, research universities and the Northern Metropolis.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Diocesan Boys’ School to become first to offer 3 university pathways

Parents should weigh international competitiveness and their child’s individual suitability when choosing curricula, education expert says.

Diocesan Boys’ School headmaster Ronnie Cheng addresses parents on Saturday at a Primary One admission talk on campus. Photo: Elson Li
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong to revamp senior secondary science and maths curriculum from 2029-30

Authorities aim to encourage more students to take science subjects at the senior secondary level.

Mainland China

Record non-DSE admissions to Hong Kong’s universities spark calls for quotas

Number of non-DSE students in Hong Kong public universities surges 63 per cent, while local exam-takers fall to 72 per cent of intake.

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Education in Hong Kong

Over 60% of students get better outcomes after seeking university admission review

Jupas office says it received 453 requests for reconsideration following review of university entrance exam results.

Students gather at the University of Hong Kong. Thursday’s results marked the highest reconsideration success rate since 2018. Photo: Karma Lo
Education in Hong Kong

How to help more non-Chinese-speaking students reach university in Hong Kong

Admission rate for NCS students sitting university entrance exam has remained persistently low over past five academic years.

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About 40 per cent of day school candidates meet the general entry requirements for undergraduate courses. Photo: Karma Lo
Education in Hong Kong

HKU, CityU secure spots in global university top 100

University of Hong Kong up five spots to 62nd, City University jumps to 95th in Academic Ranking of World Universities.

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Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong’s new university town a test of the city’s global ambitions

Done correctly, the Northern Metropolis University Town can create new international connections and redefine what higher education can achieve.

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Education in Hong Kong

Exclusive | CUHK chief Dennis Lo ‘calm’ about talk of Nobel Prize for groundbreaking test

Scientist who pioneered non-invasive prenatal testing credits success to his team and is focused on challenges as CUHK president.

Professor Dennis Lo is vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: Sun Yeung
Education in Hong Kong

‘Path open’ for revival of CUHK student union – if it registers, Dennis Lo says

University head also bats back at claims the university is overreliant on intake from mainland China.

Students at the Sha Tin campus for the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Lee
Education in Hong Kong

CUHK chief urges more funds for campuses in Northern Metropolis university town

Dennis Lo says the government’s HK$10 billion loan scheme is inadequate and local universities must expand to meet future challenges and compete globally.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Lingnan University student union ceases operations after 6 decades

Union makes announcement in social media post, citing ‘changes in the situation both on and off campus’ without detailing specifics.

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Education in Hong Kong

Tung Wah College says sorry for wrongly sending 11,000 hopefuls admission offers

Distressed applicants vent frustrations online following retraction of offers hours after being sent.

Tung Wah College. Photo: Handout
Education in Hong Kong

Saved as a baby, HKU medical newbie aims to pass on ‘hope, courage’ to society

HKU’s medical faculty admits 184 DSE students, equivalent to about 61 per cent of its 300 first-year places.

Education in Hong Kong

34% of Hong Kong students win university, diploma spots under admissions system

Jupas office also notes total number of applicants increased by about 5.3 per cent year on year to 45,545.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Can this surgery help Alzheimer’s patients?

Researchers conducting clinical trial for operation that drains abnormal build-up of two protein types in brain.

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Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60 to 70 per cent of all dementia cases worldwide. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Playing instrument helps medical students perform surgical tasks better: study

HKU study of 203 final-year medical students shows those with musical experience completed surgical tasks 10 per cent faster and more skilfully.

Professor Michael Co (left), assistant dean of pedagogy and assessment at HKU’s medical school, and Sien Gurr, a final-year medical student who plays the violin and guitar. Photo: Dickson Lee
Education in Hong Kong

Jardine Foundation to end scholarships for Oxford, Cambridge undergrads

‘Following a strategic review, the foundation will be increasing its focus and investment in Asia’, educational trust says.

Hong Kong courts

Mainland Chinese families lose legal challenge over public university fees

High Court rejects bid by 87 families to challenge rule that visa dependants must have lived in city for at least two years to access subsidised places.

Artificial intelligence

Opinion | OpenAI agent’s autonomous hack should scare world into regulating AI

Humanity is engineering its own obsolescence if it fails to establish strict, binding international guard rails for AI software deployment and educational integrity.

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A woman uses artificial intelligence to assist in her administrative tasks at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 11. Photo: AP
Education in Hong Kong

Editorial | Next HKU chief will need more than academic stature, administrative skills

The city aims to become an education hub in line with the national five-year-plan even as the geopolitical environment remains complicated.

The main building of the University of Hong Kong in Pok Fu Lam on June 17. The university’s vice-chancellor has announced he will step down at the end of his term in 2028. Photo: Karma Lo
Education in Hong Kong

Salary growth for Hong Kong degree graduates slows to 5-year low

Average monthly salary rises by just 2 per cent to HK$28,000 as underemployment hits record high.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

University to roll out screenings at pharmacies to uncover osteoporosis cases

Scheme will involve use of screening algorithm that allows pharmacists to identify high-risk patients and refer them to family doctors.

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