The start of the year is heavy, and I recently heard that the QS official is going to do something again.
The QS World University Rankings have always been the most watched rankings in this series. Last year, taking advantage of the 20th anniversary, the official "shock" overhaul of the ranking reference index, the rankings of universities in many regions and countries have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Old indicators of QS World Universities.
For example, the UK and Australia are soaring in the rankings, while Hong Kong's institutions are regressing except for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
The University of Sydney celebrates its entry into the top 20 overnight
For a while, the Hong Kong students wailed.
The Spring Festival is over in the blink of an eye, and the release of the 2025QS World University Rankings is just around the corner. This time,There are rumors on the Internet that the official is going to change the party again this time**? Many people are rumored that this time they will continue to adjust the indicators on the basis of last year, and the school ranking will change even more as a result.
When there were different opinions, the official issued an announcement.
QS officially issued an announcement to dispel the rumors
QS said the ranking data collection cycle began in November last year, marking the start of a new release cycle; And teasersThe 2025QS World University Rankings will be released in June 2024and the latest QS Subject Rankings tentatively scheduled to be released in April 2025.
Source: QS).
The third part of the announcement is the ruleTo put it bluntly, the ranking methodology of 2025QS and 2024QS is completely the same, and there are no changes
Let's recall that last year's QS World University Rankings reference index.
The new indicator has been adjusted in two ways, one is to introduce three new assessment tracks: sustainable development, employment outcomes, and international research networks. Second, the original three weights of academic reputation, employer reputation and teacher-student ratio were calibrated.
New QS World University Indicators.
In addition, the official emphasizes that there is no "opt-out mechanism" for the rankings.
Source: QS).
All eligible universities will be included in the official list to ensure the integrity and authority of the rankings, regardless of whether the institution wishes to participate or not. (a bit bullish).
Source: QS).
In 2022,Chinese University, Nanjing University, Lanzhou Universityand others have successively stated that from that year onwards, they will no longer provide relevant data to international university ranking agencies. However, QS said it would respond by contacting a third party to obtain data.
Can you still see these mainland universities in this ranking", which has become a hidden easter egg that belongs to QS.
Bold** 2025QS ranking
Since the ranking indicators remain unchanged, let's boldly take a look at the performance of several universities this year, and you are welcome to write your thoughts in the comment area
First of all, on the whole, most netizens thinkThe ranking of Hong Kong schools will not change much, there is a high probability that there will be no big rise or fall:
The average of the top three in Hong Kong is 2-3 up and down;
CityU may see a change of 5-7 places;
Baptist Church and Lingnan University may have about 50 students
Of course, it is not ruled out that there are contrarian dark horses breaking out of the encirclement. (If so, do you think it will be PolyU?) Or dream of a metropolitan university on the list).
There is a certain basis for such speculation.
It can be seen from the rankings of previous years that the Hong Kong schoolTeacher-student ratio, international student ratio, international faculty ratioThese three are relatively outstanding.
Source: QS official website).
In recent years, these advantages of Hong Kong schools have remained stable, and the individual scores have not changed much.
Source: QS official website).
"Academic reputation".It is a traditional strength of Hong Kong schools, and the best HKU can be ranked 27th in the world, and because there are many similar scores in front of it, the actual ranking is even higher. The other two of the top three schools in Hong Kong, CUHK (ranked 50th in each category) and HKUST (ranked 63rd in each category), also ranked among the top scores.
Source: QS official website).
With the addition of three new indicators, Hong Kong schools are relatively weak. Looking at last year's rankings, only HKU scored particularly well in the category of "employment outcomes", while the rest of the universities performed mediocrely.
Source: QS official website).
sustainable", you can simply refer to the new QS developmentRanking of Universities for Sustainable Development(1,400 universities on the list). The Hong Kong schools on the list are quite complete, but the results are average. The best is the University of Hong Kong, which is ranked 101st; The weakest is the Hong Kong University of Education, ranked 941-960.
Source: QS official website).
The advantages are obvious, the shortcomings are equally obvious, and the two offset each other; And in just one year, it is difficult for such a large operating institution as a university to make any huge adjustments.
Therefore, it is tentatively agreed that the 2025QS ranking of Hong Kong schools may not change much.
The current students are much more panicked than the people who eat melons. Someone on social media couldn't help but spur his alma mater: "Can you rush into the front xx?" ”
Crazy painting cakes, "Can Hong Kong Polytechnic enter the top three in Hong Kong?" ”：
The alumni agreed, "Charged me more than 300,000 yuan in tuition, and asked Polyu to enter Hong Kong for three years, right?" ”
Or directly @ the school, seek to compete and improve:
No matter how it changes, I believe that Hong Kong's universities will never be able to shake their position in the international education community. With time, Hong Kong schools, which are gradually and perfectly adapted to the contemporary education system, why worry about not being able to rise in the rankings?
Finally, let's talk about it, do you think your school is going up or down this time, or is it a steady and steady type?