HKUST Leads the Pack

Rankings
Our international accolades
World’s Top 600+ Young Universities
in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024
Global Employability University Ranking 2025
No. 1 in Hong Kong, No. 3 in Greater China
Designed by the HR consultancy Emerging and published by Times Higher Education
Asia’s Top 700+ Universities
No. 3 in Hong Kong, No. 9 in Greater China
in Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2024
Facts and Figures
Active HKUST Start-up Companies
Established by HKUST staff, students and alumni or incubated by HKUST programs or facilities
of Faculty Members
World’s Top 2% Scientists
Stanford University 2023
Patent Influence Metric
Nature’s Leading 200 academic institutions
Patent Influence Metric published in 2022
Unicorn Start-Ups
Valued at >US$1 billion

Petscast - Marco Man Ho CHAN, Chit Kit YIP, Yui Cheung YU, Hei Lam KONG, Chun Yat CHAN
Hong Kong Techathon+ 2025 - Silver Award in Trusted AI Data Science category (Student Group)
Petscast - Marco Man Ho CHAN, Chit Kit YIP, Yui Cheung YU, Hei Lam KONG, Chun Yat CHAN
Lucida - Yash Abhishek KATARIA
Hong Kong Techathon+ 2025 - Merit Award in Smart Cities category (Student Group)
Lucida - Yash Abhishek KATARIA

Prof. Yangjian QUAN
Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2025
Prof. Yangjian QUAN
Turzo BOSE
CES Innovation Award
Turzo BOSE

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