We need to look at the causality. The increase in non local students is mainly driven by the drop in JUPAS applicants (drop by more than 50% in the past decade) due to low birth rate, trend of studying abroad and migration. Local universities need to admit more non local students in order to survive and develop. Obviously it is not for university ranking.

If you look at the higher education in Taiwan, their universities’ rankings drop in recent years despite the significant economic growth as a result of the booming semiconductor industry. Many Taiwan universities have been closed down or merged due to under enrolment and insufficient funding. In 80s to 90s, NTU was considered to be a leading university in Asia, competing head to head with NUS and HKU but right now its ranking is far behind the other two. The decline is likely caused by the lack of international students to compensate the drop of local students.

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應該係正苦歡迎 。
無論資助或全費，學校應該都係收足。資助係正苦磅水！

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內地算「國際」，呢個違反政治倫理，係咪有會去qc 附近告發！

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咪係o羅
升Rank就話個Ranking冇公信力
跌Rank就話間學校冇能力

升就唔信
跌就信

同個股市一樣
好消息就跌
壞消息就升

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这个排名对香港未来的发展很有利，相信中央不会有意见的。
香港的运动员都是以中国香港跟国家队竞争，都是分开两个阵型。

最终都是看那条线画在哪里而已。

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这个case有点不一样，我们是针对这个排名本身的methodology来讨论，而不是某些学校排位的问题。

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就是！清華的理工是世界第一

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National Taiwan University

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