HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Training Bureau stated that it had known as on universities within the Chinese language territory to draw prime expertise following a ban on Harvard University enrolling foreign students.
United States President Donald Trump’s administration revoked Harvard College’s potential to enrol worldwide college students and is forcing present overseas college students to switch to different faculties or lose their authorized standing.
The ban, efficient for the 2025 to 2026 faculty yr, comes because the administration stated Harvard fostered antisemitism and coordinated with the Chinese language Communist Social gathering. Chinese language nationals make up a couple of fifth of Harvard’s overseas pupil consumption in 2024.
“The Training Bureau has promptly known as on all universities in Hong Kong to introduce facilitation measures for these eligible with a view to safeguarding the respectable rights and pursuits of scholars and students, and to draw prime expertise,” the bureau stated in an emailed assertion.
The bureau has contacted the Harvard Membership of Hong Kong to supply help for college students who’ve been admitted to Harvard for additional research.
“We are going to proceed to maintain a detailed eye on the wants of scholars whose research have been affected by the shifting world schooling panorama,” it stated, including that it might think about help measures as a part of town’s function as an “worldwide schooling hub.”
Hong Kong, a former British colony with a inhabitants of seven.5 million, has 5 universities within the prime 100 of the Instances Larger Training World College Rankings and was till just lately considered certainly one of Asia’s freest educational arenas.
Faculties and universities within the monetary hub are actually obliged to combine nationwide safety and patriotic themes into their educating, bringing them nearer in keeping with schooling in mainland China.
Hong Kong’s College of Science and Know-how (HKUST) on Friday (Could 23) introduced an open invitation to worldwide undergraduate and postgraduate college students at Harvard College, in addition to these holding confirmed presents to proceed their research at HKUST.
“The college will present unconditional presents, streamlined admission procedures, and educational help to facilitate a seamless transition for college students.”
