About City University of Hong Kong:

City University of Hong Kong is a public research university in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. It is one of eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions. City University of Hong Kong is organised into four colleges and three schools, including the College of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, School of Creative Media, School of Energy and Environment, and School of Law.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World University Rankings 392 397 419 397 381 336 323 315 298 280 265 258 242 218 182 168 130

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture - 281 - - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 301-350 269 281 294 176
Engineering 45 50 42 33 30 27 21 20 12 17 18 21 26 23 17 22
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 451-500 351-400
Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Natural Sciences - - - 295 242 269 263 248 209 204 213 197 177 119 99 78
Social Sciences - 283 208 157 174 169 197 179 147 173 169 172 138 126 132 102

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 - 451-500
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chemistry 248 188 189 202 180 135 114 112 105 75 58 53 63
Chemical Engineering 225 217 212 160 123 103 84 88 71 47 63 44 41
Civil Engineering 67 57 58 70 70 48 44 44 47 45 41 43 85
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Computer Science 7 12 12 9 8 6 8 5 8 13 13 13 13
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 61 43 - 50 40
Electrical Engineering 18 20 14 11 11 10 11 9 12 13 15 16 11
Environment / Ecology 236 200 198 239 264 253 276 241 219 186 - - -
Geosciences - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 230
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science 68 48 41 45 44 43 38 43 43 36 28 24 16
Mathematics 26 61 55 25 19 20 24 27 31 48 73 71 79
Mechanical Engineering 46 41 37 16 19 31 23 19 27 27 18 10 18
Microbiology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Physics 229 197 263 262 225 219 212 228 177 144 86 54 64
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 451-500 - - -
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 246 194 187 197 148
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 29 23 14
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 90 103 71
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 56 41 49