#4
in Asia (2021)
#22
in the world (2021)
#4
in Asia (2020)
#39
in the world (2021)
#41
in Impact Ranking (2020)
Global recognition
QS World University Rankings by subject 2020
#51-100
Biological Sciences
#42
Chemistry
#50
Earth & Marine Sciences
#51-100
Environmental Sciences
#51-100
Materials Science
#43
Mathematics
#51-100
Physics & Astronomy
#50
Statistics & Operational Research
THE World University Rankings by subject 2020
#46
Life Sciences
#55
Physical Sciences
Prestigious Awards and Honours
- Members of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Member of The Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong
- State Science and Technology Awards in the categories of State Natural Science Award
- Biwako Prize for Ecology by the Ecological Society of Japan
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
- Foreign Fellow and Foreign Associate of National Academy of Sciences, USA
- Foreign Member of Academia Europaea
- The L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science (Asia-Pacific Laureate)
Top-ranked Scientists
According to Clarivate Analytics’ Essentials Science Indicators 2020, 16.5% of our professoriate staff are the world’s Top 1% scholars
Research Eminence
- Strives for research excellence
- Most supportive of interdisciplinary research
- World class facilities
- Leads 6 Areas of Excellence (AoE) projects to facilitate international and inter-institutional collaborations (2 ongoing projects are 2D Materials Research: Fundamentals Towards Emerging Technologies and Chemical Biology Approach to Molecular Medicine)
- Leads a State Key Laboratory in Synthetic Chemistry
- Partners with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for 3 HKU-CAS Joint Laboratories (Chemical Geodynamics, Chemical Synthesis, and New Materials)