Key statistics
The data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the?³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ?World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2016 academic year, and may vary from subsequent or earlier years.

Students
This is the number of full-time equivalent students at the university.

Student-to-staff ratio
This is the ratio of full-time equivalent students to the number of academic staff ¨C those involved in teaching or research.

International students
The percentage of students originating from outside the country of the university.

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Female-to-male ratio
The ratio of female to male students at the university.

Editor¡¯s note: November 2018

In?a portion of?data?provided to?THE?by Elsevier for the 2019 World University Rankings,?four institutions in Hong Kong were tagged with an incorrect country code.?

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This impacted their international collaboration data metric, which sits?within the?international outlook pillar, and accounts for 2.5 per cent of a university¡¯s overall score. ?

The indicator measures the proportion of an institution¡¯s research journal?publications with at least one international co-author.?

Where incorrect?country tags were applied, publications?from those affected?institutions were?misclassified?as being ¡°International¡± or, in other cases, ¡°National¡±.

The institutions were informed and their country codes swiftly?corrected. ?

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The amendment altered the position of two of the 751 institutions ranked in the Life Sciences Subject Ranking.

These were:?Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (which moved from position 100 to 89, following the amend); Chinese University of Hong Kong (moved from 151-175 to 126-150).

As per?THE's?rankings correction policy, where an amendment is made, the relevant institution is retrospectively listed in its correct position.?We do not rerun the complete ranking and we?only amend when a change is positive.?All other universities?maintain their original rank.

THE?verified?with?the external?data provider that?no?further?countries were affected.

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THE?is committed to transparency and accountability across all of its rankings.

Our corrections policy is available to view here.