hong kong city university's academic strength is recognized again in the ranking
2024-09-13
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in the latest 2024 shanghai ranking of world universities, city university of hong kong (cityu) performed exceptionally well and jumped to second place in hong kong. this ranking highlights cityu’s strong academic strength and fully demonstrates its rapid rise and extraordinary competitiveness in the international academic community.
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with its outstanding academic performance and strong scientific research capabilities, cityu not only achieved a breakthrough in the rankings, but also demonstrated its great potential and sustainable development momentum as a research university.
cityu's scores in the four main indicators of the soft science ranking have increased compared to last year, and its score in "performance per capita" is ranked first in hong kong. the university has achieved remarkable results in optimizing faculty allocation, improving scientific research output and focusing on scientific research quality. as an important indicator to measure the scientific research contribution of each teacher, cityu's high score not only reflects the overall strength of the academic team, but also reflects the excellent scientific research ability and efficient academic output of individual teachers.
in addition, cityu also performed well in other key indicators of the shanghai ranking, including the number of most cited researchers, the number of papers published in top journals such as nature and science, and the number of papers included in the web of science science citation index (scie) and the social science citation index (ssci). these outstanding performances confirm cityu's continuous efforts and innovative excellence in promoting academic and scientific research development.
focus on core areas and international cooperationstrengthening influence
president of city university of hong kongprofessor mei yanchanghe said that the cityu conference will continue to follow the principle of "unlimited creativity. moving towards the future" to lead cityu teachers and students to meet global development trends and provide more opportunities for cityu teachers and students to become true world citizens and first-class researchers, and contribute to hong kong society and the world.
it is worth mentioning that since the beginning of this year, cityu has repeatedly achieved good results in various university rankings while continuously promoting academic and scientific research excellence.
in the latest 2024 times higher education (the) world university rankings, city university of hong kong was named the world's most international university. at the same time, in the's young university rankings, it ranked fourth among 673 universities in the world with a history of less than 50 years, up two places from last year, setting a record high. in terms of innovation, city university of hong kong was once again selected as one of the top 100 universities in the world with the most us patents, ranking first among hong kong universities for eight consecutive years.
as city university of hong kong celebrates its 30th anniversary as a university in 2024, it has established the school of innovation and the institute of digital medicine, and has worked hand in hand with world-renowned partners. in terms of expanding international academic cooperation, city university of hong kong has recently established cooperative relations with the university of cambridge and peking university in the uk, and actively expanded its teaching and research cooperation with universities in the "belt and road" countries, further consolidating city university of hong kong's leading position in the global academic community.
about city university of hong kong
city university of hong kong (cityu) is an innovative hub of world-class teaching and research, with 10 schools, including business school, school of engineering, school of humanities and social sciences, school of science, jockey club school of veterinary medicine and life sciences, school of creative media, school of data science, school of energy and environment, school of law and chow yee ching graduate school, and 28 departments. cityu is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world, the top 20 universities in asia, and the top 5 young universities under 50 years old.
cityu strives to inspire students' passion for knowledge through inspiring learning, cultivate their teamwork spirit through interactive learning, and encourage them to explore things beyond academics and embrace new ideas and inventions through innovative learning. we also actively carry out research that can have an impact on science, technology or society.
aboutacademic ranking of world universities
the shanghairanking's academic ranking of world universities, referred to as arwu, was first published in 2003 by the center for world-class universities of the institute of higher education of shanghai jiao tong university (formerly the institute of higher education). it is the first comprehensive global university ranking in the world. since 2009, arwu has been published by shanghai ranking consulting co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "shanghai ranking") and all rights are reserved.
the academic ranking of world universities, times higher education world university rankings, qs world university rankings, and us news world university rankings are recognized as the four most authoritative world university rankings. in 2019, more than 1,800 universities were ranked, and the rankings released were the top 1,000 universities in the world.
