# List of subject rankings of Hong Kong tertiary institutions

This page lists various subject rankings, including QS University Subject Rankings, U.S. News & World Report, Times Higher Education World University Subjects Rankings and Academic Ranking of World Universities, of universities and colleges in Hong Kong. They adopt different ranking methodologies.

## Abbreviation

    HKU: The University of Hong Kong
    CUHK: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    HKUST: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    CityU: City University of Hong Kong
    PolyU: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    HKBU: Hong Kong Baptist University
    LU: Lingnan University
    EdU HK: The Education University of Hong Kong

## QS World University Rankings by Faculty

| | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Discipline | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute |
| Arts & Humanities | 19 30 65 97 135 181 235 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU HKUST HKBU LU | 13 31 54 106 127 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU HKUST | 18 29 82 115 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 16 31 89 95 | HKU CUHK PolyU CityU |
| Engineering & Technology | 14 26 41 44 60 371 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU HKBU | 15 27 50 51 76 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU | 17 30 41 56 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU | 18 35 57 70 79 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU |
| Life Sciences & Medicine | 36 76 266 341 | HKU CUHK HKUST PolyU | 34 65 287 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 40 74 330 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 44 84 351 | HKU CUHK HKUST |
| Natural Sciences | 15 29 101 103 108 307 | HKU HKUST CUHK PolyU CityU HKBU | 21 42 111 | HKU HKUST CUHK | 26 48 118 | HKU HKUST CUHK | 31 42 100 | HKU HKUST CUHK |
| Social Sciences & Management | 14 26 27 48 49 247 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU HKBU | 11 26 27 54 | HKU CUHK HKUST PolyU | 10 24 25 43 48 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU | 18 26 30 59 69 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU |

## QS World University Rankings by Subjects (top 200)

| | | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Discipline | Subject | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute |
| Arts & Humanities | Philosophy | 49 | CUHK | 21 | CUHK | 30 43 151-200 | HKU CUHK HKBU | 41 101-150 101-150 | HKU HKBU LU | 51-100 101-150 101-150 | CUHK LU HKU | 51-100 51-100 101-150 | CUHK HKU LU |
| Arts & Humanities | Modern Languages | 28 35 101-150 151-200 151-200 | HKU CUHK HKUST PolyU CityU | 15 42 51-100 51-100 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU HKUST | 18 34 51-100 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU HKUST | 11 17 41 51-100 51-100 151-200 151-200 | CUHK HKU HKUST CityU PolyU HKBU LU | 15 30 51-100 101-150 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU LU | 15 42 101-150 101-150 151-200 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU LU HKBU |
| Arts & Humanities | Geography & Area Studies | 20 34 151-200 | HKU CUHK PolyU | 33 151-200 | CUHK PolyU | 33 101-150 101-150 101-150 | CUHK HKBU PolyU HKUST | 25 51-100 101-150 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 19 46 101-150 101-150 101-150 | HKU CUHK HKBU PolyU HKUST | 13 49 51-100 101-150 101-150 | HKU CUHK PolyU HKBU HKUST |
| Arts & Humanities | History | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 101-150 | HKU HKUST | 40 45 101-150 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 51-100 101-150 151-200 | HKU CUHK HKUST |
| Arts & Humanities | Linguistics | 27 47 | CUHK CityU | 40 51-100 | CityU CUHK | 22 35 45 | CityU CUHK PolyU | 18 23 24 48 | HKU PolyU CityU CUHK | 9 18 21 35 101-150 | HKU CityU CUHK PolyU HKUST | 10 25 29 41 101-150 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU EdUHK |
| Arts & Humanities | English Language & Literature | 21 47 51-100 101-150 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU HKUST PolyU | 34 35 43 101-150 151-200 | HKU CityU CUHK HKUST PolyU | 26 38 42 101-150 151-200 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU HKUST LU | - | - | 24 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKU CityU CUHK PolyU | 24 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKU CityU CUHK PolyU |
| Engineering & Technology | Computer Science & Information Systems | 26 41 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU CityU CUHK PolyU | 13 22 42 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 10 12 19 49 51-100 | HKU HKUST CUHK PolyU CityU | 11 14 18 50 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU | 8 12 18 51-100 51-100 251-300 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU HKBU | 14 19 22 49 49 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU |
| Engineering & Technology | Chemical Engineering | 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU CUHK | 20 51-100 101-150 151-200 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU | 22 51-100 101-150 101-150 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU | 26 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST CUHK HKU PolyU | 27 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST CUHK HKU PolyU |
| Engineering & Technology | Civil & Structural Engineering | 25 42 51-100 51-100 | HKU HKUST CityU PolyU | 14 28 50 51-100 | HKU HKUST PolyU CityU | 8 16 17 51-100 | HKU PolyU HKUST CityU | 10 12 15 31 | HKU HKUST PolyU CityU | 9 11 17 35 | HKU HKUST PolyU CityU |
| Engineering & Technology | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 21 28 51-100 51-100 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU | 17 20 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 14 19 22 44 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 11 27 38 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 19 22 25 37 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 20 22 25 51-100 51-100 | CUHK HKU HKUST CityU PolyU |
| Engineering & Technology | Mechanical Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering | 44 51-100 151-200 | HKUST CityU PolyU | 19 30 51-100 101-150 101-150 | HKUST HKU PolyU CUHK CityU | 27 35 51-100 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 20 34 43 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU PolyU CityU CUHK | 31 46 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU PolyU CUHK CityU | 39 44 51-100 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CityU CUHK PolyU |
| Medicine | Medicine | 45 101-150 | HKU CUHK | 28 51-100 | HKU CUHK | 24 51-100 | HKU CUHK | 24 49 | HKU CUHK | 28 51-100 | HKU CUHK | 30 51-100 301-400 | HKU CUHK CityU |
| Medicine | Biological Sciences | 46 51-100 101-150 | HKU HKUST CUHK | 42 101-150 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK | 51-100 101-150 101-150 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 42 51-100 51-100 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 51-100 101-150 101-150 301-400 301-400 | HKU CUHK HKUST CityU PolyU | 49 101-150 101-150 301-400 301-400 | HKU CUHK HKUST CityU PolyU |
| Medicine | Psychology | 30 51-100 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU | 22 37 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU | 18 29 101-150 | HKU CUHK CityU | 25 41 | HKU CUHK | 34 43 101-150 | HKU CUHK CityU | 41 51-100 101-150 | HKU CUHK CityU |
| Medicine | Pharmacy & Pharmacology | - | - | 34 51-100 | HKU CUHK | 51-100 51-100 | CUHK HKU | 37 101-150 | HKU CUHK | 34 46 | HKU CUHK | 37 46 | CUHK HKU |
| Medicine | Dentistry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | HKU | 1 | HKU |
| Medicine | Agriculture & Forestry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Natural Sciences | Physics & Astronomy | 51-100 51-100 51-100 151-200 | HKU CUHK HKUST CityU | 51-100 51-100 101-150 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU | 51-100 51-100 151-200 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU | 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU | 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 201-250 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 51-100 51-100 151-200 201-250 201-250 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU |
| Natural Sciences | Mathematics | 50 50 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST CUHK CityU HKU PolyU | 19 23 25 51-100 51-100 101-150 | CityU CUHK HKU PolyU HKUST HKBU | 25 32 40 44 51-100 | CUHK CityU HKUST HKU PolyU | 26 40 45 45 101-150 | CUHK CityU HKUST HKU PolyU | 20 29 33 42 101-150 201-250 | HKU CityU HKUST CUHK PolyU HKBU | 27 39 44 50 51-100 | CUHK CityU HKU HKUST PolyU |
| Natural Sciences | Environmental Sciences | 33 50 | HKU HKUST | 32 37 | HKUST HKU | 41 49 | HKU HKUST | 25 51-100 | HKUST HKU | 51-100 51-100 250-300 | HKUST HKU HKBU |
| Natural Sciences | Earth & Marine Sciences | 101-150 101-150 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK | 19 51-100 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK | 51-100 151-200 151-200 | HKU HKUST PolyU | 34 101-150 151-200 | HKU HKUST PolyU | 26 151-200 151-200 | HKU PolyU HKUST |
| Natural Sciences | Chemistry | 43 47 101-150 | HKUST HKU CUHK | 9 11 51-100 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU | 20 24 101-150 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK PolyU | 19 35 151-200 151-200 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU | 23 25 101-150 101-150 151-200 201-250 | HKU HKUST CUHK PolyU CityU HKBU |
| Natural Sciences | Materials Sciences | 35 47 51-100 | HKUST HKU CityU | 36 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU | 23 51-100 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU | 29 51-100 51-100 151-200 | HKUST CUHK HKU CityU | 44 51-100 51-100 51-100 | HKUST CityU HKU CUHK |
| Natural Sciences | Geography | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 46 101-150 101-150 101-150 | HKU CUHK HKBU PolyU HKUST | 13 49 51-100 | HKU CUHK PolyU |
| Social Sciences | Statistics & Operational Research | 26 30 40 47 51-100 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU | 14 16 39 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 7 15 21 25 43 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU | 15 19 39 43 51-100 | HKUST HKU PolyU CUHK CityU | 15 19 39 43 51-100 | HKUST HKU PolyU CUHK CityU | 23 24 39 46 51-100 | HKU HKUST CUHK PolyU CityU |
| Social Sciences | Sociology | 26 30 40 47 51-100 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU | 19 30 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU | 39 40 101-150 151-200 | CUHK HKU CityU PolyU | 39 41 101-150 101-150 | CUHK HKU CityU PolyU | 26 37 51-100 151-200 | CUHK HKU CityU PolyU | 28 39 101-150 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU PolyU |
| Social Sciences | Politics & International Studies | 27 51-100 | HKU CityU | 19 46 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU | 12 45 51-100 | HKU CityU CUHK | 16 38 39 | HKU CityU CUHK | 26 36 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU | 23 51-100 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU |
| Social Sciences | Law | 31 51-100 | HKU CUHK | 16 51-100 | HKU CUHK | 20 51-100 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU | 18 51-100 51-100 | HKU CityU CUHK | 19 42 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU | 18 50 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU |
| Social Sciences | Economics & Econometrics | 42 43 51-100 101-150 151-200 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 29 35 51-100 101-150 101-150 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU | 30 32 42 101-150 101-150 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU | 28 30 34 51-100 101-150 | HKU HKUST CUHK PolyU CityU | 30 36 49 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU | 25 37 46 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK PolyU CityU |
| Social Sciences | Accounting & Finance | 30 41 49 51-100 101-150 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 22 26 49 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 16 23 33 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 18 19 27 51-100 51-100 151-200 | HKU HKUST CUHK CityU PolyU LU | 17 23 35 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU | 19 23 30 51-100 51-100 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU |
| Social Sciences | Communication & Media Studies | - | - | 21 41 51-100 | HKU CUHK CityU | 29 36 51-100 101-150 | CUHK CityU HKU HKBU | 19 30 50 101-150 | CUHK CityU HKU HKBU | 23 51-100 51-100 51-100 | CUHK CityU HKU HKBU | 26 31 43 51-100 | CUHK CityU HKU HKBU |
| Social Sciences | Education | - | - | 8 26 | HKU CUHK | 11 23 | HKU CUHK | 16 25 51-100 | HKU CUHK HKIEd | 6 15 20 | HKU HKIEd CUHK | 6 12 26 | HKU EdUHK CUHK |
| Social Sciences | Statistics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 22 45 51-100 51-100 151-200 | HKUST HKU PolyU CityU CUHK HKBU | 23 24 39 46 | HKU HKUST CUHK PolyU |

## U.S. News & World Report – Best Global Universities Rankings by Subjects

| | 2016 | 2016 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Discipline | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute |
| Arts & Humanities | 95 | HKU | 27 103 132 | HKU CUHK CityU |
| Biology & Biochemistry | 130 | HKU | 125 | HKU |
| Chemistry | 73 126 147 151 191 | HKUST HKU PolyU CUHK CityU | 39 164 181 185 201 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU |
| Computer Science | 13 16 32 35 35 | HKUST CityU CUHK PolyU HKU | 11 17 27 34 76 | CityU HKUST CUHK PolyU HKU |
| Clinical Medicine | 94 104 | HKU CUHK | 87 118 | HKU CUHK |
| Economics & Business | 57 57 63 85 96 | CityU HKUST CUHK HKU PolyU | 39 67 68 77 | HKUST CityU CUHK HKU |
| Engineering | 10 15 24 43 77 | CityU PolyU HKUST HKU CUHK | 15 16 25 34 83 | CityU PolyU HKUST HKU CUHK |
| Materials Science | 40 44 75 85 105 | HKUST CityU PolyU HKU CUHK | 22 31 48 73 86 | HKUST CityU CUHK PolyU HKU |
| Mathematics | 32 73 122 137 | CUHK CityU PolyU HKBU | 31 59 74 | CUHK CityU PolyU |
| Pharmacology & Toxicology | 57 76 | CUHK HKU | 71 102 | CUHK HKU |
| Psychiatry & Psychology | 96 134 | HKU CUHK | 86 145 | HKU CUHK |
| Social Sciences & Public Health | 108 143 152 229 | HKU CUHK PolyU CityU | 63 99 131 | HKU PolyU CUHK |

## Times Higher Education World University Subjects Rankings

    The institution had ranked the top 50 universities in each of the six categories but was added to 100 in the latest 2013-14 league tables.
| | 2010-11 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2013-14 |
| Subject | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute |
| Art & Humanities | - | - | 36 | HKU | 29 | HKU | 40 65 | HKU CUHK |
| Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health | 22 | HKU | 34 | HKU | 36 | HKU | 48 73 | HKU CUHK |
| Engineering & Technology | 19 20 | HKU HKUST | 28 37 | HKUST HKU | 23 43 | HKUST HKU | 21 42 80 89 | HKUST HKU CityU PolyU |
| Life Sciences | 29 50 | HKU HKUST | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physical Sciences | 36 43 | HKU HKUST | - | - | - | - | 86 | HKU |
| Social Sciences | 27 | HKU | 27 | HKU | 30 50 | HKU HKUST | 39 45 70 | HKU HKUST CUHK |
| | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Subject | Rank | Institute | Rank | Institute |
| Arts and Humanities | 28 59 126-150 | HKU CUHK PolyU | 29 64 126-150 | HKU CUHK PolyU |
| Computer Science | 28 38 55 74 | HKUST CUHK HKU CityU | 28 37 46 74 93 176-200 | HKUST CUHK HKU PolyU CityU HKBU |
| Engineering & Technology | 18 30 59 60 | HKUST HKU CUHK CityU | 23 40 61 63 70 | HKUST HKU CityU CUHK PolyU |
| Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health | 31 63 | HKU CUHK | 29 49 301-400 401-500 | HKU CUHK PolyU HKBU |
| Physical Sciences | 46 57 66 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 49 54 58 98 151-175 251-300 | CUHK HKU HKUST CityU PolyU HKBU |
| Law | 18 27 52 | HKU CUHK CityU | 22 45 49 | HKU CityU CUHK |
| Education | 4 20 | HKU CUHK | 4 18 | HKU CUHK |
| Psychology | 49 76 | HKU CUHK | 54 73 | HKU CUHK |
| Social Sciences | 30 41 61 | HKU CUHK HKUST | 26 47 61 | HKU CUHK HKUST |

## Academic Rankings of World Universities by Subjects (top 200)

| ARWU Board Subject fields | 2013 | 2013 |
| Subject | Rank | Institute |
| Natural Science & Mathematics | 101-150 | CUHK |
| Engineering & Computer Sciences | 25 34 51-75 76-100 101-150 | CityU HKUST CUHK PolyU HKU |
| Life & Agriculture Sciences | 151-200 | HKU |
| Clinical Medicine & Pharmacy | 151-200 151-200 | HKU CUHK |
| Social Sciences | 51-75 76-100 101-150 101-150 101-150 | HKUST PolyU HKU CUHK CityU |
| ARWU Specific Subjects | 2013 | 2013 |
| Subject | Rank | Institute |
| Mathematics | 40 49 51-75 151-200 | CUHK CityU PolyU HKBU |
| Physics | - | - |
| Chemistry | 76-100 76-100 151-200 151-200 | HKU CUHK CityU HKUST |
| Computer Sciences | 24 29 42 51-75 51-75 151-200 | HKUST CUHK CityU HKU PolyU HKBU |
| Economics/Business | 51-75 76-100 101-150 101-150 101-150 | HKUST CityU HKU CUHK PolyU |
| ARWU Specific Subjects | 2018 | 2018 |
| Subject | Rank | Institute |
| Computer Science & Engineering | 19 38 49 51-75 51-75 201-300 | CUHK CityU PolyU HKUST HKU HKBU |