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How well (highly or lowly) are Hong Kong Universities regarded in the international job market?

  • Schools like , , were recently ranked pretty highly in some world college ranking reports. (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html) They even outranked the , , . So in terms of job placements, especially in sectors that are most desired by college graduates such as finance, consulting and technology, how are these schools really doing? How high or low are these colleges regarded by recruiters around the globe?

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    I think any recruiter for financial firms (the only area about which I have any knowledge) is going to have those three universities in her top-50 list; likely higher than that if she's recruiting, say, trainees for a HK operation. Beyond institutional academic quality, such a recruiter is hoping for near-native fluency in English and Mandarin, along with internships or work experience in a global financial firm. You're more likely to  tick those boxes in bulk by interviewing HK grads, while you'll only find them piecemeal in London or NY.

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I wouldn't say that I have immense experience with Hong Kong's higher education, but the universities you have listed are regarded highly by the locals, so employability in Hong Kong is a given. Most of the HKU graduates I know end up seeking jobs from the Hong Kong job market. One of them, a Business/Finance graduate, ended up working for HSBC. The other, an English graduate, found a job at a top Hong Kong advertising agency. An HK degree would not be considered extremely prestigious on an international scale. I can't see why a HK degree would fair better than degrees from other countries as college rankings are not entirely indicative of your employability. College rankings are attained from research at the postgraduate level, not the quality of the students that attend. In conclusion, universities like HKU, HKUST and CUHK are regarded as good universities in Hong Kong, and you would be able to land a job locally and internationally, but it's not the Holy Bible of degrees so there isn't any guarantee that recruiters around the globe would take precedence of a HKU graduate over, say, a UCL graduate. Employability is dependent on individual performance above anything else.

Daphne Jong

I think we have to keep in mind that the rankings are based mostly on research output and not on student quality. These league tables are quite misleading when we keep in mind the assessment criteria for these tables: a highly ranked university may not generate high quality students: it does generate high quality academics and research!

David Woo

The competition at university in Hong Kong is so fierce and with only a few limited choices on a large population in a small area so you will only get the best graduates. What I find however interviewing many Software Developer graduates is that with the flexibility of course work in many degrees you don't always get an applicant that can actually write software or understand the basic concepts.  Too much emphases is placed on broad subjects and students can get an IT degree without the need of writing much software at all.

Henry Vera

I'm not sure why I was requested to answer this question. But I haven't noticed HK degrees getting any special acclaim here in Thailand.

T.J. Altman

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