#2
in Asia (2025)
#11
in the world (2026)
#6
in Asia (2024)
#35
in the world (2025)
#13
in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings (2025)
Global recognition
QS World University Rankings by subject 2025
#44
Biological Sciences
#44
Chemistry
#29
Earth & Marine Sciences
#27
Environmental Sciences
#34
Life Sciences and Medicine
#55
Materials Science
#33
Mathematics
#65
Physics & Astronomy
THE World University Rankings by subject 2025
#45
Life Sciences
#41
Physical Sciences
Prestigious Awards and Honours
- Nobel Prize Laureate
- Members of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Member of The Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong
- International Member for US National Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Member of Academia Europaea
- State Natural Science Award, China
- Chern Prize
- Chinese Chemical Society’s Contribution Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry
- Dow Lectureship at California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
- Future Science Prize – Mathematics and Computer Science Prize
- L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science
- National Excellent Young Scientists Fund
- Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Lectureship and Medal, UK
- Silver Bauhinia Star
- Tan Kah Kee Science Award in Mathematics & Physics
- Tencent New Cornerstone Investigator Program
Top-ranked Scientists
According to Clarivate Analytics’ Essentials Science Indicators, 20.8% of the professoriate staff in our Science departments are classified Top 1% scholars in average over the past decade
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)