Times Higher Education World University Rankings on Wednesday published ten subject rankings, revealing the world's leading universities in various subjects.
Hong Kong has the greatest number of universities in Asia to make it to the top 200 in a prominent global ranking system, but top mainland Chinese and Singapore institutions ended up higher.
Student protests against fee increases turned violent on Wednesday as several universities suspended academic activities.
University of Science and Technology retains spot in second place, while City University keeps fourth spot and Polytechnic University stays in sixth position in list compiled by London-based company
A funding crisis is threatening to disrupt South African universities that had been hit before by student unrest over fee increases, authorities warned on Monday.
The fall in the number of students taking the gaokao will force some colleges and universities to find novel recruitment methods if they want to enroll enough students, education experts have warned.
More than 70 colleges have been named and shamed for illegal enrollment and online fraud by a website, said Beijing Youth Daily.
Tsinghua University was listed as one of the world's 20 best schools－a first for China－in a prestigious international ranking that was released recently.The achievement reflects China's growing reputation for quality teaching and research that is attracting more students from abroad.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for deepening reforms in the country's education sector in order to better cultivate innovative minds.
Some 88 Chinese universities are included in the Global 400 subjects in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, which was released Tuesday by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education research firm.
South African Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande on Monday urged university students to end protests and return to class.
One in seven females at British universities experience serious physical or sexual assault during their time as students, a report published Sunday has revealed.
China overtakes Japan as Asia's number one nation for world-class universities, according to the Asia University Rankings 2015 published Wednesday by the Times Higher Education.
Bearing names similar to top universities, China's fake colleges woo and swindle high school graduates through slick recruitment websites.
China's prestigious Peking University has accepted 99 students onto its MA in China Studies, it said on Wednesday.
Harvard University has again won the laurel of world's most prestigious university, while two Chinese higher education institutions Tsinghua and Peking also made good progress, according to the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015.
A Chinese newspaper has published an article by the country's education minister in which he warns of textbooks with "wrong Western values" and claims college students and teachers are targets of infiltration by "hostile forces."
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