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    In knowledgeable members estimation, which Hong Kong Uni has the highest reputation for IT, Computer, Graphics and / or Design excellence? Particularly in the area of PhD work.

    If they might have some " Kudos " with the Japanese, that might be an advantage.

    Are there any renowned Professors here in those fields?


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    Most Respected University Department

    In knowledgeable members estimation, which Hong Kong Uni has the highest reputaion for IT, Computer, Graphics and / or Design excellence? Particularly in the area of PhD work.

    If they might have some " Kudos " with the Japanese, that might be an advantage.

    Are there any renowned Professors here in those fields?


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    Isn't HK's expertise textiles and material testing? I read about MBA being not too bad, but everything else is surely low on anyones list.


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    The Uni's have got a miriad of departments. Hence my question.
    FI - Up here in Tai Po the Uni has a HUGE block for the BioChem department so hardly a textile and material testing focus.


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    Respect, look at HKU.

    UST however is a lot more progressive and international in its outlook, from what I gather talking to students and profs.

    For Computer Science, you need to consider if you need a sciences oriented uni or a technology / business track uni. Again, my opinion is HKU is a more sciences oriented program.

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    IMO, HKUST for anything re technology.

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    Graphics/Design aren't really areas where there is much research going on. The real research usually happens in Computer Science /Engineering departments, and while some applications might have huge impact in the graphics industry, I don't think there are any PhD programs (in HK) focussing on such topics.

    What I do know is that CUHKs engineering faculty has some professors who do really interesting stuff in image processing. I remember a demonstration where they demonstrated a pattern recognition program. You would feed old mangas into the program - those that had only every other page printed in colour, while the others used BW patterns. It would then automatically create a coloured version of the entire comic, including shadings and such. But if you start in that faculty as a PhD student, you'll go through at least two semesters of tough math - particular Fourier transforms in all varieties - before you ever get anywhere near anything related to graphics.

    Generally speaking, I'd rank the locals schools UST>CUHK>CityU>HKU for CS/engineering. Of course this is very subjective and all I know is hearsay from other graduate students, but at UST you're the core of the university, while the focus of HKU, afaik, is more tilted towards Medicine, Law and Bioscience.


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    HKUST is slightly better ranked in IT and engineering than other HK universities.

    That said it should be a pretty minor factor in choosing where to do a Ph.D. You are not guaranteed to find a topic that interests you at HKUST nor a supervisor whose supervising style fits the one you need. Look at universities that you find 'good enough' and find the best supervisor you can.

    http://www.topuniversities.com/world...rsity-rankings

    http://www.usnews.com/articles/educa...s-top-400.html

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    FYI - Looking to utilise PhD students rather than be a PhD student myself.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Boris:
    The Uni's have got a miriad of departments. Hence my question.
    FI - Up here in Tai Po the Uni has a HUGE block for the BioChem department so hardly a textile and material testing focus.
    Isn't bio-chemistry in HK mainly about man-made fibres?

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