University of Hong Kong

Continente:: Asia
Country:: Hong Kong
Address:: The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Web Site:: www.hku.hk

About University of Hong Kong:

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university located in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Founded in 1911, its origins can be traced back to the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese which was founded in 1887, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. It is often cited as one of the most prestigious universities in Asia. Today, the University of Hong Kong is organised into 10 academic faculties with English as the language of instruction. It exhibits strength in scholarly research and education of science, biomedicine, dentistry, education, humanities, law, linguistics, political sciences, and social sciences.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
World University Rankings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	134	134	132	131	96	72	91	89

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Agriculture	235	136	210	218	227	196	181	196	180	172	155	132	129	132	140	110	100
Engineering	84	71	98	98	99	85	61	85	70	81	87	87	86	87	88	117	109
Life Sciences	235	243	210	171	171	199	184	152	138	154	156	174	168	97	68	99	103
Medicine	158	135	141	143	138	138	124	130	141	149	148	148	138	106	115	138	118
Natural Sciences	199	198	200	196	206	229	199	205	200	184	189	172	159	168	148	127	104
Social Sciences	174	163	139	115	104	104	110	110	95	97	83	80	72	54	52	39	32

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Agricultural Sciences	151	227	225	193	179	156	201	148	150	196	210	187	152	122
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	179	199	-	154	159	144
Chemistry	142	188	210	171	173	181	185	199	186	161	187	162	232	189
Chemical Engineering	179	173	159	192	176	146	137	131	138	127	104	109	117	125
Civil Engineering	58	28	24	44	42	38	31	33	26	26	18	13	32	182
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153	138	104	118	142	120
Computer Science	46	67	55	52	76	58	62	77	71	77	100	100	179	234
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	80	75	-	59	51	42
Electrical Engineering	50	64	44	37	29	25	31	41	52	61	67	70	61	64
Environment / Ecology	219	171	165	159	163	162	136	118	93	90	-	93	83	71
Geosciences	98	103	78	60	74	68	77	91	80	77	-	82	53	66
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	136	140	-	44	55	57
Materials Science	182	197	166	152	155	148	161	141	134	117	116	112	109	163
Mathematics	114	150	134	141	156	153	129	169	176	136	169	301-350	301-350	288
Mechanical Engineering	129	133	118	124	142	161	132	166	148	126	70	71	211	-
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	88	-	-	-	38
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	164	185	-	97	117	124
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	244	238	-	247	240	218
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	197	165	160	155	149	139	147	163	170	128	133	108	95
Physics	-	-	-	-	-	-	247	239	215	194	204	158	158	134
Plant & Animal Science	170	224	243	221	249	232	247	264	-	-	266	283	257	264
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	126	114	-	93	82	76
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	93	75	54	52	41	31
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	263	232	-	293	297	279
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	143	161	147	122
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	67	64	71
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	45	37	42