Worldwide Recognition

We take pride in our institution not only because of our rankings, but we are also a university that cares about our people. Your ideas, your dreams and your well-being matter to us.

 

#1

World Leading
Internationally Excellent
Research in Hong Kong1

#33

World's Top University2

#20

Global Sustainability Leader3
#1 in Hong Kong

#25

Global Employability4
#1 in Hong Kong
#3 in Greater China

#1

World's Top Executive MBA Program5
12 times No. 1 in the world

  1. University Grants Committee, Research Assessment Exercise 2020

  2. QS World University Ranking 2027

  3. THE Impact Rankings 2026

  4. Global Employability University Ranking 2026

  5. Financial Times’ Global EMBA Rankings 

8000 + Postgraduate Students 60 + Countries and Regions Coming from ~80 % Non-Local Students Truly Global, Proudly Diverse Student Community
Africa
Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
Asia Pacific
Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Europe
Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
North America
Canada, United States
Central & South America
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru

Truly Global, Proudly Diverse Student Community

Brilliant Minds

Be inspired by our outstanding faculty who are distinguished scholars, dedicated teachers and passionate life explorers.

Faculty
100%
with PHD Degrees

Boston

Brown

Cambridge

Carnegie-Mellon

Chicago

Columbia

Cornell

Duke

Harvard

Illinois

London

Maryland

Michigan

MIT

New York

Northwestern

Oxford

Pennsylvania

Princeton

Purdue

Southern California

Stanford

Toronto

UBC

UC Berkeley

UCLA

Washington

Yale

Including HKUST

*Substantiation-track faculty (Assistant Professor or above) and Research-track faculty

880+
Faculty from
40
Countries and Regions
11.79%
North America
0.34%
Central &
South
America
7.82%
Europe
0.23%
Africa
9.3%
Other
Asian
Countries
47.17%
Chinese Mainland
22.45%
Hong Kong
0.91%
Australia &
New
Zealand

Research Excellence

HKUST provides strong infrastructural support for faculty and students to overcome traditional boundaries and cross-field challenges in their research. It creates an interdisciplinary environment that fosters cooperation, helps generate groundbreaking ideas, and allows these ideas to be tested and realized.

 

~100

Research Institutes,
Centers and Joints
Labs in Hong Kong&
Greater Bay Area

Success Stories
and Innovations
in HKUST

HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study

Strong Entrepreneurial Support and Network

HKUST is the place to nurture your entrepreneurial spirit and let it come alive. Transform your idea into action with state-of-the-art facilities and ample resources here. Be ready to impact the world.

HKUST Entrepreneurship Center