University of Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong
香港大學
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MottoSapientia et Virtus (Latin)
明德格物 (Chinese)
Motto in English
Wisdom and Virtue
TypePublic
Established30 March 1911 (1911-03-30)
Vice-ChancellorPeter Mathieson
Academic staff
7,197[1]
Administrative staff
2,683[1]
Students27,933[2]
Undergraduates16,187[2]
Postgraduates11,746[2]
Location
Pok Fu Lam
,
Hong Kong
CampusUrban
Colours  Dark green [3]
Websitehku.hk

The University of Hong Kong (also called Hong Kong University or HKU) is a university in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. It is the oldest university in Hong Kong.[4] In 2016, it was listed as the 45th best university in world reputation rankings.[5]

The university offers subjects in:

Reputation and rankings

University rankings

  • Global – Overall
  1. ARWU World: 88 (2023)
  2. QS World: 17 (2025)
  3. THE World: 35 (2024)
  4. THE Reputation: 61-70 (2023)
  5. USNWR Global: 44 (tie) (2024)
  • Regional – Overall
  1. QS Asia: 2 (2025)
  2. THE Asia: 4 (2023)
  3. USNWR Asia: 6 (2023

Overall ranking

HKU was ranked #17 worldwide in QS 2025, #35 worldwide in THE 2025, #88 worldwide in ARWU 2023, and #44 worldwide in U.S. News 2024.

The Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities (ARTU), which sorts universities based on their combined performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, found that HKU was the 42nd best-ranked university worldwide in 2023.[6]

HKU was ranked 61-70th in the THE World Reputation Rankings 2023.[7]

HKU is ranked as the most international university in the world in 2023 by Times Higher Education.[8]

Subject ranking

QS subject rankings

In the QS World University Rankings by broad subject area 2023:

Broad subject area HKU's world rank
Social Sciences & Management 29
Arts and Humanities 34
Engineering & Technology 79
Life Sciences & Medicine 29
Natural Sciences 81

THE subject rankings

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject 2024:[9]

Subject HKU's world rank
Arts & Humanities 54
Business and Economics 39
Clinical & Health 19
Computer Science 53
Education 6
Engineering 43
Law 20
Life Sciences 43
Physical Sciences 47
Psychology 62
Social Sciences 35

Graduate Employability Ranking

HKU graduates ranked 47th worldwide in the Times Higher Education's Global University Employability Ranking 2022,[10] and 10th worldwide in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QuickStats - Staff Profiles". University of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "QuickStats - Student Profiles 2014 / 2015 (In Headcounts)". University of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  3. ↑ "HKU Centenary Signature" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  4. ↑ "University History". HKU. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "University of Hong Kong". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Full Rankings | Rankings". University of New South Wales. Australia. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  7. ↑ "World Reputation Rankings". Times Higher Education. UK. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Most International Universities". Times Higher Education. UK. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "University of Hong Kong". Times Higher Education (THE). 2024-06-27. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  10. ↑ "Best universities for graduate jobs: Global University Employability Ranking 2022". Times Higher Education: Student. UK. 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  11. ↑ "QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022". QS Top Universities. UK. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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