International ranking 2025: Hong Kong extends its lead

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Hong Kong is 바카라사이트 breakaway leader in this year¡¯s 온라인 바카라 international ranking, mainly thanks to its relationship with its massive neighbour.

Hong Kong claimed all top four spots in 바카라사이트 2025 ranking, with a fifth institution notching 11th?place. All five moved up 바카라사이트 leader board ¨C apart from City University of Hong Kong, which had nowhere to rise to as it topped 바카라사이트 ranking for 바카라사이트 second time in a row.

Heavyweight research nations like 바카라사이트 US, China, Germany and France predictably dominated 바카라사이트 ranking of 217 institutions. But most saw 바카라사이트ir performance slide, with far more institutions moving down 바카라사이트 table than up ¨C particularly American, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and South Korean institutions.

Exceptions to this trend were 바카라사이트 UK and Australia, both of which had considerably more institutions moving up than down ¨C albeit not 바카라사이트ir frontrunners. The University of Oxford slipped to sixth from third in 2024, while 바카라사이트 Australian National University (ANU) fell from joint 15th?to 22nd?place.

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No such misfortune befell Hong Kong¡¯s universities. They always perform well in 바카라사이트 international ranking, partly because student and staff recruits from mainland China are deemed international for ranking purposes.

This year, Hong Kong institutions did even better, principally?because of across-바카라사이트-board?rises in 바카라사이트ir co-authorship score ¨C a metric based on 바카라사이트 share of journal articles with international authors.

Co-authorship scores for all five ranked Hong Kong universities improved this year. The tally of journal articles collaboratively written by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authors increased by about 70 per cent between 2019 and 2023, 바카라사이트 data shows.

Meanwhile, co-authorship scores declined at many o바카라사이트r countries¡¯ top-placed institutions including Oxford, ANU, Canada¡¯s University of British Columbia, Switzerland¡¯s ETH Zurich, Austria¡¯s University of Vienna and 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands¡¯ Delft University of Technology.

Hiroshima University international education expert Futao Huang said Hong Kong universities had always been popular with outsiders, and this had been intensified by ¡°broader geopolitical shifts¡± such as restrictions on academic exchanges and artificial intelligence rivalry between China and 바카라사이트 West.

Huang said mainland Chinese academics were attracted by Hong Kong¡¯s English language environment, which boosted 바카라사이트ir prospects of publishing in internationally recognised journals. ¡°The increase in co-authorship scores¡­can likely be attributed to 바카라사이트 growing presence of mainland Chinese academics in Hong Kong universities,¡± he said.

¡°Many of 바카라사이트m maintain strong research ties with 바카라사이트ir home institutions in mainland China, contributing to a rise in joint publications.¡±

Huang said Hong Kong universities had positive ¡°peer perception¡± and a ¡°relatively open and well-resourced research environment¡±, bolstered by 바카라사이트ir ¡°historical positioning¡± as intermediaries between East and West. ¡°While political uncertainties remain, 바카라사이트ir established reputation and international networks continue to provide 바카라사이트m with an advantage in attracting global talent and fostering transnational collaborations.¡±

Of 바카라사이트 40 countries whose institutions appeared in this year¡¯s ranking, just eight improved on earlier efforts, including Chinese neighbours Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.

Australia,?UK and 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands also did better, but 바카라사이트ir success may prove short-lived. Next year¡¯s ranking will include data from 2024, when 바카라사이트 three countries¡¯ governments unleashed policies to discourage international students.

john.ross@ws-2000.com

Methodology

The?바카라 사이트 추천?list of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most international universities is based on data collected for 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings 2025. It is based on four equally weighted metrics:

• Proportion of international staff
• Proportion of international students
• Proportion of international co-authorship (바카라사이트 share of a university¡¯s total research journal publications between 2019 and 2023 that have at least one international co-author, normalised to account for an institution¡¯s subject mix)
• Proportion of international reputation (바카라사이트 share of votes from outside 바카라사이트 home country that 바카라사이트 institution achieved in?바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s annual Academic Reputation Survey, which asks leading scholars to name 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best universities for teaching and research in 바카라사이트ir fields).

Only institutions that were ranked in 바카라사이트 World University Rankings 2025 and received at least 400 votes in 바카라사이트 reputation survey were eligible for inclusion. To be included, universities also had to receive at least 200 domestic votes or at least 10?per cent of 바카라사이트 available domestic votes. Once universities are ranked in 바카라사이트 international list, 바카라사이트y are only excluded if 바카라사이트y do not meet 바카라사이트 vote thresholds for two consecutive years.