The University of Hong Kong

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We excel in RESEARCH

Indicator

HKU Performance

Data

Source

University Grants Committee (UGC) Areas of Excellence (AoE) Awards

Highest number of awards and largest amount of any UGC-funded institution

6 projects (total value HK$244M) directed or co-directed by HKU investigators out of 10 projects (total value HK$496.02M) funded since 1996

UGC website

Research Grants Council (RGC) Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) Awards

Highest number of awards of any UGC-funded institution

190 winning proposals for 2007-2008

UGC/RGC website

Funding secured in RGC CERG Awards Scheme

Largest amount of any UGC-funded institution
(9 times in the past 10 exercises)

HK$138M (28%) awarded from total 2007-2008 RGC CERG allocation of HK$487M

UGC/RGC website

Awards from Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) under the Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITSP)

Joint Highest number of awards of any UGC-funded institution

60 projects funded (24%) out of a total of 250 projects approved since 1999

ITF HKSAR Government website

National Natural Science Awards

Largest number of awards of any UGC-funded institution

9 members out of 31 scientists in Hong Kong have received 11 awards since 1989. One member became the first scientist from Hong Kong who received the First Class Prize.

Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre website

Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowships

Largest number of fellowships of any UGC-funded institution

27 fellowships out of a total of 67 awarded since 1997

Croucher Foundation website

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Academicians

Largest number of Academicians of any UGC-funded institution

10 Academicians since 1995

CAS website

Refereed publications

Highest number of any UGC-funded institution

4,934 peer-reviewed refereed publications (2005-2006) - the latest figure available

RGC Annual Report 2006

Refereed publications per academic and research staff member

Highest number of any UGC-funded institution

3.9 per staff member (2005-2006) (based on 1,255 wholly UGC-funded academic and research staff in academic departments)

UGC website

Total number of citations of HKU papers published in journals tracked by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)

Highest number of any Hong Kong institution tracked by ISI

140,778 citations in 17,219 papers published in journals tracked by ISI based on 15 fields (1997-June 2007)

ISI Essential Science Indicators

Total number of publications published in journals tracked by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)

Highest number of any Hong Kong institution tracked by ISI

2,425 publications (2006)

ISI Web of Science

Impact of HKU's publications

80 HKU Academic Staff have been ranked by the ISI among the world's top 1% of scientists, based on the number of citations recorded for their publications

ISI Essential Science Indicators (Sept 2007)

World ranking

Ranked 18 in the world's top universities

Times Higher Education Supplement 2007

Acclaim

2008 Reader's Digest Asia Trusted Brands Platinum Award (Category: University)

Reader's Digest

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Indicator

HKU Performance

2007 Data

(Conversion of Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination grades into scores: A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1, Others=0)

Source

Average score in Use of English

Best score of any UGC-funded institution

Programme with the highest score of any UGC-funded institution

2.70

LLB 4.47

JUPAS

Average score in 2 Advanced Level (AL) and 1 Advanced Supplementary Level (AS) subjects

Best score of any UGC-funded institution

Programme with the highest score of any UGC-funded institution

3.49

MBBS 4.93

JUPAS

Average score in 3 AL subjects

Best score of any UGC-funded institution

Programme with the highest score of any UGC-funded institution

3.25

MBBS 4.88

JUPAS

Average combined score in Use of English, Chinese Language and Culture, 2 AL and 1 AS subjects