Haiyan Song

The rise and rise of Asia's universities: the results of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 signal a major shift in the geopolitics of knowledge and innovation - World Economic Forum. While mainland China’s top two flagship universities have held their positions (Tsinghua University in 12th place and Peking University in 13th overall), 18 Chinese universities have achieved their best-ever positions. This includes Zhejiang University (up eight places to 39th) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (up 12 places to 40th). Both have moved into the top 40 for the first time, overtaking America’s Georgia Institute of Technology (joint 41st) and Canada’s McGill University (joint 41st) and University of British Columbia (45th) in the process. China now has five universities in the top 40, up from three last year, and 35 in the top 500 – which is more than Australia. Every one of Hong Kong’s six universities ranked last year has risen, led by The University of Hong Kong, which moved up to 33rd from 35th. It has also added two new entrants to the rankings this year, securing a record six universities in the top 200, as well as two in the top 350. South Korea rises significantly in all four research quality metrics and has 10 universities rising, and only four slipping. It now has a record four higher education institutions in the top 100. And beyond the East Asian powerhouses, new geographical centres of research and innovation are emerging. In South East Asia, Indonesia is the most improved of all larger nations in the world in terms of its overall rankings score, while Malaysia has six rising universities and just one slipping. University of Malaya entered the world top 250 this year, while Sunway University rocketed up into the top 350. Thailand’s flagship, Chulalongkorn University, has jumped into the world top 600 for the first time. More on the rise of Asia (and the relative decline of the West) on the #WEF blog here: https://lnkd.in/eYmSxqE7 #THEUniRankings #THEWAS

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𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 | 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠   The Policy Address 2025 highlights the HKSAR Government’s ongoing efforts to establish Hong Kong as an international education hub. One key highlight is increasing the admission ceiling for self-financing non-local students at publicly financed universities.   To address the growing demand for student accommodation, the Government has decided to broaden the scope of the Hostels in the City Scheme to include the redevelopment of commercial buildings into student hotels. In addition, the Government will allocate new sites to increase the supply of student housing.   Will student accommodation continue to be a focus in the investment market? Russell Lam, CFA FRM MHKIS RPS (GP), Executive Director, Capital Markets at #KnightFrank Hong Kong, shares his insights.   #HKPolicyAddress2025 #PolicyAddress #StudentAccommodation #StudentHousing #LivingSector #RealEstate #proeprty #YourPartnersinProperty

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The China Ministry of Education's Supervision Platform for Overseas Collaborative Education Programs has announced that Zhejiang University of Technology and the University of Exeter in the UK have jointly established the legal entity institution "Zhejiang-Exeter Joint College," which has now received the approval from the Ministry of Education. This marks the first overseas collaborative institution at the university to receive formal approval from the Ministry of Education and represents another significant milestone in the university's internationalization effort.

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