Universities in Hong Kong are roughly divided into four grades, and the comprehensive strength of the same grade is not very different.

The first grade is: 1, University of Hong Kong 2, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Grade two is: 1, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2, City University of Hong Kong.

The third grade is: 1, Hong Kong Polytechnic 2, Hong Kong Baptist 3, Lingnan.

The fourth level is: 1, Education College 2, Zhuhai College and so on.

In the past, there were only two universities in Hong Kong, namely the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University. These two schools have the most prestige and strength in Hong Kong, and most of the upper class in Hong Kong graduated from these two schools.

After that, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a new university, has made great progress and gradually emerged in just over ten years.

These three schools can compete with Peking University and Tsinghua in the Mainland.

Because the University of Hong Kong ranks first in the world in terms of investment, and the annual salary of professors exceeds US$ 6,543,800 (the total income exceeds HK$ 6,543,800), the faculty of these three universities far exceeds that of Peking University and Tsinghua, and only famous universities such as Tokyo University can compare with them in Asia.

City University, Polytechnic University and Baptist University were all "colleges" in the past, which mainly trained junior colleges, not undergraduate education. (It is called "post-secondary college" or "post-secondary education" in Hong Kong. Generally, it is 2 years of preparatory education, 2 years of junior college education, and 1 year academic education, so it is also called "22 1 academic system". Over the past decade or so, these colleges have all become universities, and they have gradually grown up by taking advantage of Hong Kong's advantages. Among them, Chengda has the fastest growth. The strength of these three schools is now equivalent to Fudan, Nanjing University, Wuhan University and so on in the mainland.

The remaining schools, such as the Institute of Education, are still specialized education, but the specialized education in Hong Kong is Hong Kong after all, and the specialized education in the Mainland is not comparable. The Open University is equivalent to adult continuing education, which is useless in other places except Hong Kong. Hong Kong Shue Yan University (namely "Shue Yan College") is a freak among all universities in Hong Kong. For various reasons, it has been excluded and restricted by the government and society until it was upgraded to a university a year or two ago. Students who graduated from Shue Yan are also an exception in Hong Kong's tertiary institutions.

There are only three schools in Macau: 1, Macau University 2, Macau University of Science and Technology 3 and Macau Polytechnic.

The University of Macau is very small, with less than 65,438+0,000 graduates each year. The scientific research strength is very limited, and the teaching quality is equivalent to that of Hong Kong Baptist Church and Polytechnic. However, to evaluate a school, we must examine its scientific research strength, so the comprehensive strength of Australian universities is incomparable with that of Sun Yat-sen University and Nankai University in the Mainland. Among all universities in Hong Kong and Macao, Macau University of Science and Technology is a freak, and its comprehensive strength is difficult to evaluate. Its teaching quality is equivalent to the last school in the mainland, and its scientific research strength is equivalent to two in the mainland. Macau Polytechnic is very special. Macau Polytechnic is engaged in specialized education, and its scale is very small (even smaller than that of Australian universities). However, its education funds are very high. According to the head count, the expenditure of Macao Polytechnic is the highest among all universities in Hong Kong and Macao. Macao Polytechnic does not engage in scientific research, but only trains specialized personnel. It takes one more year to study undergraduate. This is a Portuguese learning system, not a mainland college.

Factions of universities in Hong Kong and Macao: (Universities in Hong Kong and Macao are generally modeled after famous universities in Europe and America)

British style: Hong Kong University, Macau University (Macau University takes a mixed route of Europe and America).

American style: CUHK, HKUST

Portuguese Style: Macau Polytechnic Institute

Chinese style: Macau University of Science and Technology