We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Magic City, the economic center of Rabbit City.

Even though Pengcheng is developing very rapidly now, people in Shanghai still look down on it.

What's the saying?

People in Guangdong province think all outsiders are from the north, people in the capital think all outsiders are from the province, and people in Shanghai think all outsiders are from the country.

This is not the case in Guangdong Province now. People in the capital have their own pride but they are not xenophobic.

People in Shanghai are different. Growing up in such a magical city, they are born with a sense of nobility and foreign style.

But we have to look at both sides of the matter. The people of Shanghai have indeed contributed a lot.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be a saying that the whole country needs people from Shanghai, and the whole country is a bit disgusted with people from Shanghai.

Sense of superiority? Some people say that it does not exist, and that the people of Shanghai have suffered a lot of injustice and feel that they are being targeted.

"Why? Why do universities in other cities recruit students in all subjects, while ours is purely science? I don't accept it."

"What's the point of being dissatisfied? It's not just our Magic City that's like this. Isn't it the same in the capital as well?

If that doesn't work out, can you still apply to the Chinese University of Hong Kong or other universities abroad?"

The visitor did not appreciate it. His face flushed with anger and a hint of grievance, and he said, "If I want to go, I'll go to the best university. My grades are worthy of it."

After saying that, he raised his leg and left, heading towards the administrative building.

He is not the only one who is dissatisfied, unsatisfied and has opinions. All liberal arts students in the capital of Shanghai are like this.

In 1987, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology expected to recruit 1700 students from the mainland, including 650 undergraduates and 1050 postgraduates.

It doesn’t matter for undergraduates, what matters is the interview performance and grades.

But it is different for graduate students. Among the 1050 graduate student places, 900 are in pure science majors, such as physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, etc.

There are also restrictions on the remaining 150 places for other majors, basically management, law, etc.

What makes people in Shanghai most angry is that there are no schools from these two places among the 150 places.

Although university students in these two places come from all over the world, locals account for more than 60%, so college students in the two places feel that they are being targeted.

Generally speaking, if you target me, I will just go to study abroad in another university. I don’t even think highly of you.

However, a magazine report at the beginning of the year attracted the attention of the education community around the world and caused a huge uproar.

On March 3, Hong Kong's famous magazine Hong Kong Business Magazine released a ranking of global universities.

This list was developed by Hong Kong Business Magazine in collaboration with England Reed International Group, the British Department of Education and Time Magazine in the United States.

The list will take many aspects into consideration, the most important of which are scientific research capabilities in the past three years, paper citation rates, the ratio of teachers to students in the school, the ratio of international students, the ratio of international faculty and staff, and teacher achievements.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which was established just over four years ago, is among the top universities, ranking tenth in the world and first in Asia, surpassing many century-old institutions.

The first reaction of other schools was that there was something fishy going on and they were unwilling to accept it.

However, after seeing the detailed data from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 99% of people chose to shut up and felt that there was no problem.

In the past four years, postgraduate students of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have published a total of 1883 papers rated B or above.

The number is not large. If ranked according to the total number, they can only be in the top 100, but it is impossible to be in the top 50.

However, if we calculate the number of papers published per capita, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has surpassed many top universities such as Harvard, MIT and Cambridge.

Don’t forget that the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology only started recruiting graduate students in the past two years. In other words, in most cases, teachers are the ones who start projects and lead a group of undergraduates to conduct scientific research.

This kind of academic atmosphere is really amazing, and the most crucial thing here is the support from the Far East Department.

Since 1985, Luo Nianzhong has asked major groups to transfer some non-core research that the other party is capable of completing to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which is considered to be forcing things to happen.

After the most important scientific research capabilities and papers come first, let alone international teachers and international students, and the teacher-student ratio.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology lost points in terms of employers' and companies' satisfaction with students and their ability to generate income.

Who knows that universities have only been established for a short time and few of them have entered the society?

In other words, the release of this ranking was no less than an earthquake in the global education community.

There have been such university ranking lists before. Time magazine began ranking universities in the United States in 1980.

It started in England even earlier, in the early 20th century.

Even Rabbit ranked the country's universities in four areas last year: science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine. Other countries also have similar rankings.

However, Hong Kong Financial Magazine is the first to rank universities around the world.

The key is that the fame and influence of Hong Kong Financial Magazine are there. Not to mention the most anticipated global rich list every year, even the company value list and the GDP potential list of various countries are deeply trusted by readers around the world.

Today, Hong Kong Finance Magazine is distributed in more than 100 countries and regions around the world and is known as one of the must-read publications for successful people.

Because it provides very detailed analysis of the world economic situation, many people can find useful investment information from it.

Therefore, people from all walks of life around the world are convinced by this ranking list of Hong Kong Financial Magazine, not to mention Rabbit.

Even the plans for studying abroad at government expense have been changed because of HKUST's admissions. The original 6:3 ratio of science and arts has been changed to 9:1.

This year, Rabbit plans to send 2.8 people to study abroad at public expense, of which 3700 will be to universities in Hong Kong Island.

However, the region and country that sent the largest number of people was not Hong Kong Island, but the United States and the island countries, which together accounted for nearly 1.3 people, almost half of the total number.

But if we talk about the top 30 universities in the world, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is far ahead in the number of students studying abroad at public expense.

There are 891 students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology alone who are studying in Hong Kong Island at public expense, all of whom are postgraduate students. You can imagine what kind of talents come here.

If we add in the number of students recruited by HKUST, the number will exceed 2600.

"Aren't you afraid that this will lead to boycotts from people in these two cities? Will it be difficult for HKUST to recruit students in the future?"

In the office of the president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chen Shubo still did not understand Luo Nianzhong's temporary admission decision.

The enrollment strategy has been adjusted to recruit fewer students. Is it really necessary to give up any one?

Yes, is it necessary? Yes.

Whether you admit it or not, the teaching level in the capital and Shanghai is higher than other parts of the country.

It would be a waste if we don’t learn science with such good educational resources.

Although there are top talents in every field, judging from the future employment situation and industrial development trend, science is the most effective in promoting the development of science and technology.

Luo Nianzhong had good intentions, but he would not admit it.

“People all over the world have slavery in their bones. As long as you are strong enough, they will have the idea of ​​surrendering to you. You can also call them servile.

As long as the faculty of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is there and the employment prospects after graduation are there, no matter how demanding we are, they will follow the path we have planned."

In fact, there is one point that Luo Nianzhong didn’t mention, and that is the demand for pure science talents.

Not to mention the semiconductor industry, which is Far East's forte, the automobile manufacturing industry, the Internet industry, the gaming industry, the mineral industry that southern Yunnan is preparing to enter, etc. all require a large number of pure science talents.

Not to mention the future energy, aerospace and other industries that are planned to be involved, even the electricity of the Kadoorie family around the Far East Group and the water industry of Cheng Kar-shun, which one does not need it?

Not to mention when informatization and digitalization come, almost all industries will need pure science talents.

It is impossible for Luo Nianzhong to hire Western talents on a large scale, so he must speed up the training of talents, and the Confucian cultural circle is his talent base.

This is also the reason why he treats students from island countries, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places equally.

Regardless of whether they stay in the Far East Department after graduation, or return to China or start a business, it cannot change the fact that HKUST is their alma mater. In disguise, it will increase the influence of the Luo family in Asia.

Chen Shubo did not protest too much against Luo Nianzhong's intervention in this enrollment. Regardless of liberal arts or science, the teaching policy and core of HKUST will not change.