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SCIENCE SPARKS 2025

Institutional Reputation & Global Presence

HKU SCIENCE FAMILY

TEACHING 
STAFF

>150

UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS

>3,010

RESEARCH POSTGRADUATE
STUDENTS

~790

TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE
STUDENTS

~1,010

ALUMNI
 

>29,560

Family

 

UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

 

QS logo

QS ASIA UNIVERSITY
RANKINGS 2025

 #2

QS WORLD UNIVERSITY
RANKINGS 2025

#17

 

 

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THE ASIA UNIVERSITY
RANKINGS 2024

 #6

THE WORLD UNIVERSITY
RANKINGS 2025

 #35

 

 

RANKINGS BY SCIENCE SUBJECTS

 

#45 THE logo    Life Sciences

LIFE SCIENCES
(THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2025)

#41 THE logo    Physical Science

PHYSICAL SCIENCES
(THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2025)

 

 

 #34 QS logo    Life Sciences and Medicine

LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE
(QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2025)

 #58 QS logo    Natural Sciences

NATURAL SCIENCES
(QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2025)

 

 

TOP-NOTCH SCHOLARS

 

20.8%

of the professorial staff in our Science departments are classified as Top 1% Scholar's on average over the past decade 
(Clarivate Analytics’ Essential Science Indicators)

6

Members of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)7Memberships of
foreign academics
 

4

Members of Hong Kong Academy of Sciences 24Croucher Foundation
Senior Research Fellows

 

RESEARCH EMINENCE

 

6Areas of Excellence
(AoE) projects

3

Theme-based Research
(TRS) projects

2

State Key
Laboratories

 

3HKU-CAS Joint
Laboratories
2Government's InnoHK
Research Clusters

8

RGC Collaborative
Research Funds from
2022 to 2024

 

INTERNATIONALISATION

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~35%

Academic staff are from overseas

#4
THE The Most International University 
in the World in 2025
 
 

~52%

Non-local students in the Faculty

#49
THE World Reputation Rankings 2025
 
 

 

TEACHING & LEARNING

 

Undergraduate Programmes

- 4  Key Programmes by the Faculty and collaborators

- 6  Programmes by the affiliated School

 

 Taught Postgraduate Programmes

- 8  Key Programmes by the Faculty and collaborators

- 5  Programmes by the affiliated School

 
 Research Postgraduate Programmes

- Maste of Philosophy

- Doctor of Philosophy

 

 

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT

Graduates 
 Essentially100% employment rate in the past decade (including further studies)

 

ADMISSIONS INTAKE FOR KEY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

         Highest scores for 2024/25 intake:
 JUPAS#Non-JUPAS 
 6901 Bachelor of Science33.544 (IB)/ 5A*(GCEAL) 
 6688 Bachelor of Science & Master of Research
(Science Master Class)
42.545 (IB)/ 5A*(GCEAL) 
 6858 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws42.541(IB) 
 # Best five subjects score   

 

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

Patent Application Granted: 77over the past three years

 


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