University of Hong Kong

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. In 2016, it was listed as the 45th best university in world reputation rankings.

The university offers subjects in:
Arts and humanities
Business and Economics
Clinical, pre-clinical and health
Computer science
Engineering and technology
Life sciences
Physical Sciences
Social sciences

 Reputation and rankings 
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World:	88 (2023)
QS World:	17 (2025)
THE World: 	 35 (2024)
THE Reputation:	61-70 (2023)
USNWR Global:	44 (tie) (2024)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia:	2 (2025)
THE Asia:	4 (2023)
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.

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

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

 Subject ranking 

 QS subject rankings 
In the QS World University Rankings by broad subject area 2023:
Broad subject areaHKU's world rankSocial Sciences & Management29Arts and Humanities34Engineering & Technology79Life Sciences & Medicine29Natural Sciences81

 THE subject rankings 
In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject 2024:
SubjectHKU's world rankArts & Humanities54Business and Economics39Clinical & Health19Computer Science53Education6Engineering43Law20Life Sciences43Physical Sciences47Psychology62Social Sciences35

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

 References 

Category:1911 establishments in Asia
Category:1910s establishments in China
Category:Colleges and universities in Hong Kong