The Review 2004

T H E R E V I E W 2 0 0 4 23 Teaching and Learning 22 T H E R E V I E W 2 0 0 4 FACTS AND FIGURES Profile Indicators Research INDICATOR University Grants Committee (UGC) Areas of Excellence (AoE) Awards Research Grants Council (RGC) Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG) Awards Funding secured in RGC CERG Awards Scheme Awards from RGC Central Allocation Vote (CAV) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)/Research Grants Council Joint Research Scheme (RGC JRS) Awards Funding secured in NSFC/RGC JRS Awards from Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) under the Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITSP) Funding secured from ITF National Natural Science Awards Croucher Foundation Senior Research Fellowships Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Membership Refereed publications Refereed publications per academic and research staff member Total number of citations on HKU papers published in journals tracked by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Citations per paper in ISI ranking Impact of HKU’s publications HKU PERFORMANCE Highest number of awards and Largest amount of funding of any UGC- funded institution Highest number of awards of any UGC- funded institution Largest amount of any UGC-funded institution (7 times in the past 8 exercises) Second Highest number of awards of any UGC-funded institution Highest number of awards of any UGC- funded institution Largest amount of any UGC-funded institution Highest number of awards of any UGC-funded institution Second Largest amount of any UGC-funded institution Largest number of awards of any UGC-funded institution Largest number of fellowships of any UGC-funded institution Largest number of members of any UGC-funded institution Highest number of any UGC-funded institution Highest number of any UGC-funded institution Highest number of any Hong Kong institution tracked by ISI Highest number of any Hong Kong institution tracked by ISI 19 HKU Academic Staff of Reader or Chair Professor grade have been ranked by the ISI among the world's top 1% of scientists , based on the number of citations recorded for their publications Sources: University Grants Committee (UGC), Research Grants Council (RGC), Joint University Programmes Admission Scheme (JUPAS). * Source: University Grants Committee DATA 4 projects (total value HK$159.7M) directed or co-directed by HKU investigators out of 8 projects (total value HK$320.8M) funded since 1996 193 winning proposals (2004-2005) HK$125M (31%) awarded from total 2004- 2005 RGC CERG allocation of HK$403M 18 projects (20%) funded out of 88 projects approved since 1991 6 projects funded (33%) in 2003-2004 out of a total of 18 projects approved HK$3.53M (35%) out of total funding of HK$10M in 2003-2004 37 projects funded (27.8%) out of a total of 133 projects approved since 1999 HK$169.2M (23%) out of a total of HK$733.8M allocated since 1999 8 members out of 26 scientists in Hong Kong have received 9 awards since 1989 20 fellowships out of a total of 44 awarded since 1997 8 members 3,925 weighted refereed publications (2001-2002) 3.24 per staff member (2001-2002) (based on 1,210 wholly UGC-funded academic and research staff in academic departments) 65,764 citations in 11,044 papers published in journals tracked by ISI based on 11 fields (1994-2004) 5.95 number of citations per paper (1994-2004) Admissions INDICATOR Average score in Use of English, 2004 Average score in 2 Advanced Level (AL) and 1 Advanced Supplementary Level (AS) subjects, 2004 Average score in 3 AL subjects, 2004 Percentage of students admitted with an average of Grade A in 3 AL subjects, 2004 Percentage of students admitted with Grade A in Use of English, 2004 Number of applicants for the Early Admissions Scheme for Secondary Six Students (EAS), 2004 Number of EAS applicants placing HKU programmes as their first choice, 2004 Number of EAS applicants admitted in 2004-2005 Number of EAS applicants admitted with 8 to 10 ‘A’s in HKCEE, 2004 Total number of HKCEE ‘A’s achieved by EAS applicants admitted, 2004 Non-local students (all levels of study) Admission of fee-paying Mainland China students HKU Worldwide China programmes (summer courses in Mainland China) Exchange students (including Mainland China students) HKU PERFORMANCE Best score of any UGC-funded institution Best score of any UGC-funded institution Best score of any UGC-funded institution Highest percentage of any UGC-funded institution Highest percentage of any UGC-funded institution Largest number of any participating UGC-funded institution Largest number of any participating UGC-funded institution Largest number of any participating UGC-funded institution Largest number of any participating UGC-funded institution Largest number of any participating UGC-funded institution Largest headcount of any UGC-funded institution Highest students’ scores in the Mainland High School Examination of all students admitted by institutions in Hong Kong Largest number in Hong Kong Largest headcount of any UGC-funded institution DATA (Conversion of Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination grades into scores: A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1, Others=0) 2.79 3.42 3.18 46% 46% 449 (99% of all eligible applicants) 218 (48% of all eligible applicants) 189 (45% of all students admitted to EAS of participating institutions) HKCEE Results 10 ‘A’s: 6 (60%) 9 ‘A’s: 29 (69%) 8 ‘A’s: 41 (55%) 1,385 (47% of HKCEE ‘A’s achieved by all students admitted to EAS of participating institutions) 820 (2003-2004) * 192 (2004) Over 500 (2004) 392 incoming (2003) 432 outgoing (2003) Other Indicators INDICATOR Scores in Common English Proficiency Assessment Scheme (CEPAS) Employment of full-time undergraduates – unemployment rate Percentage of teachers with PhD or higher professional qualifications Library stock and expenditure on library resources HKU PERFORMANCE Highest scores of any UGC- funded institution Lowest unemployment rate of any UGC- funded institution 93% Largest of any UGC-funded institution DATA 6.87 (2003-2004 final year) 0.4% unemployment rate (2002-2003) 2.28 million bound volumes (June 30, 2004) and HK$76.4 M (2002-2003)