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.^[4] In 2016, it was listed as the 45th best university in world reputation rankings.^[5]

University of Hong Kong

香港大學
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Motto	Sapientia et Virtus (Latin) 明德格物 (Chinese)
Motto in English	Wisdom and Virtue
Type	Public
Established	30 March 1911 (1911-03-30)
Vice-Chancellor	Peter Mathieson
Academic staff	7,197[1]
Administrative staff	2,683[1]
Students	27,933[2]
Undergraduates	16,187[2]
Postgraduates	11,746[2]
Location	Pok Fu Lam , Hong Kong
Campus	Urban
Colours	Dark green [3]
Website	hku.hk

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

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]