HKBU’s research standards recognised by UGC’s Research Assessment Exercise
25May
The University Grants Committee (UGC) announced the results of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2020 on 24 May. HKBU’s research standards were recognised, and the University performed strongly in a number of key research areas.
Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU, welcomed the assessment results, and said that: “As a leading liberal arts university in Asia for the world, HKBU has performed impressively by capitalising on its unique strengths in the arts and humanities, creative media, sport and Chinese medicine. By leveraging our position and heritage in these areas, we will continue to foster research synergies between the humanities and sciences to tackle new global challenges.”
“The University’s traditional strengths in the disciplines of the arts, humanities, communication and media studies, sport as well as Chinese medicine are reaffirmed. As a research-led liberal arts university, HKBU’s performance in the areas of big data and artificial intelligence is also impressive,” said Professor Guo Yike, Vice-President (Research and Development) of HKBU.
HKBU’s academic disciplines cover 24 of the 41 Units of Assessment (UoAs) in the RAE, and the University performed excellently in a number of individual UoAs:
• Considering the proportions of “internationally excellent” (three stars) and “world leading” (four stars) research projects, HKBU is the best performer among all institutions in four UoAs, including communications & media studies (81%), area studies, cultural studies and other arts/humanities (73%), music & performing arts (76%) and physical education, sport, recreation & physical activities (69%);
• Considering the proportion of “world leading” (four stars) research projects, HKBU is the best performer among all institutions in the UoAs of translation (34%) and music & performing arts (45%); and
• In the Panel of Computer Science / Information Technology, 95% of our research projects were considered “internationally excellent” (three stars) and “world leading” (four stars). This result is close to the best performance among all universities.
“Thanks to the great efforts and commitment of colleagues in the quest for research excellence, HKBU has performed outstandingly well in the exercise. The University will continue to raise its standards in research, with the aim of becoming a leading research-led liberal arts university in the world and contributing to the well-being of mankind,” said Professor Guo.
Please click the below links to learn more about individual Faculty/School/Department's performance in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2020:
