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HKU Faculty of Education ranks the seventh globally in
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018

01 Mar 2018

The Faculty of Education (the Faculty) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) is ranked the seventh globally in the latest QS World Rankings by Subject 2018 released on February 28, 2018. 

The Faculty has consistently performed well in world rankings. In the Times Higher Education (THE) University Subject Ranking for Education 2018, the Faculty was ranked as world number four. In the QS University Subject Ranking, the Faculty was ranked the sixth globally for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016, and the seventh in 2017. The Faculty is glad to maintain its position among the top Education faculties in this latest QS ranking, joining the league of 1) University College London, 2) Harvard University, 3) Stanford University, 4) The University of Cambridge, 5) University of Oxford, and 6) The University of Melbourne.

QS uses four criteria for its ranking system – Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citations per paper, and H-index, which measures both the productivity and impact of a scholar’s publications. The relative weightings of these criteria vary slightly from discipline to discipline. For Education, the weightings are 50% Academic Reputation, 10% Employer Reputation, 20% Citations, and 20% H-index. They reflect what the academic peers and employers think of the Faculty, and they also reflect the achievements of academic staff in research (citations and impact). The Faculty has obtained the high indicative score of 87.3 and scored very strongly on all four criteria, which demonstrates the Faculty’s all-rounded achievements.

Professor A. Lin Goodwin, Dean of the Faculty, said: “My colleagues and I are extremely pleased with our QS University Subject Ranking of 7. We see it as an important indicator of the quality of our teaching and research, as well as the quality of our students. We are proud to be recognized for our efforts, even while we are also humbled and further motivated by this accomplishment to keep striving for excellence.”

For more information about the Faculty, please visit the Faculty website at http://web.edu.hku.hk/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/education.hku.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications) (Tel: 3917 4270 / E-mail: emchy@hku.hk).