City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) continued its upward trajectory in the latest 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings, placing 14th among 929 universities across Asia, up two places from last year. This achievement underscores CityUHK's strong performance in teaching and research and reflects its steadily rising academic standing in the region.

In this year's rankings, CityUHK recorded improvements across several key performance indicators, including "Teaching", "Research Environment" and "Research Quality", demonstrating its ongoing commitment to teaching excellence, fostering a vibrant research environment and advancing high-impact research. In addition, CityUHK ranked first in Hong Kong in the "International Outlook" indicator, further demonstrating its excellence in advancing internationalisation and promoting global academic collaboration.

Notably, CityUHK maintained a perfect score of 100 in the "Industry" indicator, highlighting its outstanding performance in knowledge transfer and collaboration with industry, and its success in translating research outcomes into impactful real-world applications that contribute to societal and economic development.

In recent years, CityUHK has delivered outstanding performances across major global university rankings. It is the second university in Hong Kong to be ranked among the top 100 in all four major global rankings: QS World University Rankings (63rd globally, 7th in Asia), Times Higher Education World University Rankings (73rd globally), U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings (54th globally), and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ShanghaiRanking) (top 100 globally). Furthermore, CityUHK has been named as the "Most International University" by THE for three consecutive years (2024–2026).

Located in Songshan Lake Science City, Dongguan, City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) is a cooperative university jointly established by City University of Hong Kong.

Led by the educational philosophy of "Integration of Teaching and Research", "Consistency in Academic Excellence" and "Innovating into the Future", CityUHK (Dongguan) leverages the academic strengths of City University of Hong Kong to build a world-class university.

CityUHK (Dongguan) currently offers five undergraduate programmes in Energy Science and Engineering, Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Data Science, as well as master's programmes in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology, Engineering Management, Business Information Systems, Data Science, Venture Creation, Business and Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Source: City University of Hong Kong