Chief Secretary Eric Chan thanks city’s eight public universities for helping affected students and seizing opportunity to attract more top talent
Hong Kong’s eight public universities have received about 850 transfer inquiries related to “sudden policy changes” affecting overseas higher education amid the Trump administration’s hostile stance towards foreign enrolments, according to the government.
Authorities revealed the number of inquiries submitted so far following a meeting between university heads and the government’s Committee on Education, Technology and Talents on Thursday.
Last month, the United States said that international students at Harvard University must either transfer or leave the country. Some Hong Kong students looking to study at US universities earlier also failed to secure visa appointments with the country’s local consulate.
During the meeting, Chief Secretary and committee chairman Eric Chan Kwok-ki expressed gratitude to the heads of the eight public universities for helping affected students.
