City University Soars to New Heights: Cracks Asia’s Top 10 and Claims Third Spot in Hong Kong
CityU ranks tenth in Asia in the latest QS 2025 Asian University Rankings, jumping seven places from last year and ranking third in Hong Kong. CityU is recognized as one of the top 1% universities in Asia in this ranking, confirming that Hong Kong is one of the best cities to study abroad.
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) ranked tenth in Asia among 984 shortlisted universities in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 2025 Asian University Rankings. The ranking jumped seven places from last year and ranked third in Hong Kong. CityU is recognized as one of the top 1% universities in Asia in this ranking, confirming that Hong Kong is one of the best cities for studying abroad, and actively promotes Hong Kong as an international post-secondary education hub and builds the “Study in Hong Kong” brand. CityU has outstanding performance in multiple evaluation indicators, including ranking first in Asia in the three sub-categories of “Global Expansion”. It also performs equally well in “Learning Experience” and “Research and Exploration”. CityU actively promotes international education and The achievements in academic research, innovation and development are obvious to all.
CityU ranks first in Asia in the three sub-categories of “Global Expansion”, including “ratio of international teachers”, “ratio of inbound exchange students” and “ratio of outbound exchange students”. It also achieved full marks in the “ratio of international students” . In addition, CityU performs well in “academic reputation”, “citation rate per paper”, and “number of papers per faculty member”.
President of City UniversityProfessor Mei YanchangSaid: “CityU’s university rankings have been rising steadily in recent years. This time it has entered the top ten in Asia in the QS 2025 Asian Regional University Rankings, which demonstrates the university’s steady progress in academic research and strives for innovation and excellence. CityU will continue to promote inspiring , interactive and innovative education, attracting outstanding talents from around the world, cultivating more future leaders with a global perspective, and contributing to building the “Study in Hong Kong” brand and building Hong Kong into an international post-secondary education hub. “
President Mui continued that this year coincides with CityU celebrating its 30th anniversary as a university. It has successively established the School of Innovation, the Institute of Digital Medicine, the School of Computing and the Hong Kong Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Science to further promote the transformation of research results into practical applications and benefit society. Bring positive impact and move towards the future with innovation.
CityU strives to create an international and diverse academic environment, providing teachers and students from many countries or regions around the world with opportunities to explore the world. CityU has been actively expanding its global footprint, establishing connections with top universities around the world, including mainland China and the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, and promoting academic and research collaborations. Among them, CityU has signed seven cooperation agreements with different colleges and departments of the University of Cambridge this year. It also recently announced that it will cooperate with the Lucy University of Cambridge. Cavendish College has launched a university scholarship program and will become the world’s first international partner institution under the “Future Global Leaders Program” launched by the college in the 2025/26 academic year.At present, the city has more thanThere are 400 exchange student program partners in more than 44 countries or regions around the world, and about 65% of undergraduate students participate in exchange programs.
CityU scholars are committed to proposing innovative solutions to pressing global issues through groundbreaking research, and their outstanding academic achievements are widely recognized. Among them, nearly 210 scholars are ranked among the “top 2% of scientists in the world”. Compared with the overall teaching and research staff of the university, CityU ranks first in Hong Kong in the proportion of top scientists; at the same time, 28 scholars are selected into Clarivate “The Most Cited Researchers in 2023” is also ranked first in Hong Kong based on the ratio of teaching and research staff to the number of recipients of this honor. This year, CityU has another 32 outstanding scholars who have been awarded funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2024. CityU has once again been selected into the top 100 universities in the world that have issued the most US patents, ranking first among local universities for eight consecutive years.
In order to attract outstanding scholars from around the world, CityU has launched the “Distinguished Visiting Professor Program” in 2023. It has so far invited nearly 50 prestigious scholars from many well-known universities to visit CityU to jointly promote interdisciplinary science with university teachers and students. and academic research, further expanding the academic research network and CityU’s global academic talent pool.