#1
among the universities
in Hong Kong
by QS World University Rankings 2019
#2
by QS Asia University Rankings 2019
#25
in the world
by QS World University Rankings 2019
#1
among the universities
in Hong Kong
by THE World University Rankings 2019
#4
by THE Asia University Rankings 2018
#36
in the world
by THE World University Rankings 2019
Global recognition
QS World University Rankings by subject 2019
#48
Biological Sciences
#34
Chemistry
#41
Earth & Marine Sciences
#51-100
Environmental Sciences
#51-100
Materials Science
#45
Mathematics
#51-100
Physics & Astronomy
#34
Statistics & Operational Research
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 2018, 16% 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 5 Areas of Excellence (AoE) projects to facilitate international and inter-institutional collaborations (3 ongoing projects are Theory-Modeling and Simulation of Emerging Electronics, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, and Chemical Biology Approach to Molecular Medicine)
- Leads a State Key Laboratory in Synthetic Chemistry
- Partners with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for 3 HK-CAS Joint Laboratories (Chemical Geodynamics, Chemical Synthesis, and New Materials)