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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is ranked 44^th in the newly released Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025, marking its best ever performance in the league table. CUHK has soared nine spots from last year, to its highest ever position since the rankings were launched. CUHK shone particularly against the criterion of “Research Quality”, ranking 13^th in the world. This marks the ninth consecutive year that CUHK is among the world’s top 100 universities.

In this edition, CUHK achieved a perfect score of 100 for six performance indicators: “Institutional income”, “Research productivity”, “Research income”, “Research excellence”, “Patents” and “International staff”. CUHK showed the greatest advancement from the previous year in the “Research reputation” indicator.

CUHK Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rocky S. Tuan said: “We are very proud to see CUHK reaching its highest ever position in the THE World University Rankings, reflecting the dedication and excellence of every member within the CUHK community, particularly in research and knowledge transfer. We are particularly enthused by the recognition of our outstanding ‘Research Quality’, marked by recent substantial research funding to our outstanding scholars and innovative projects.  For instance, CUHK has secured funding for seven projects from the government’s RAISe+ Scheme, the most awards achieved among local institutions. CUHK is unwaveringly committed to pursuing excellence and exploring new horizons, and will continue to elevate our academic standing and impact on the global stage and making a greater contribution to society. As I finish my 7-year tenure as Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, this remarkable achievement of CUHK is a truly heartwarming going-away present! Thank you very much, CUHK!”

This comprehensive ranking took 17 performance indicators[1] in five areas into account this year, judging 2,092 universities from around the world for their performance in teaching, research environment, research quality, industry and international outlook.

For more information about the rankings, please visit here.

[1] The 2025 indicators include Teaching (Doctorate-bachelor ratio, Doctorate-staff ratio, Institutional income, Student-staff ratio, Teaching reputation); Research Environment (Research productivity, Research income, Research reputation); Research Quality (Citation impact, Research excellence, Research strength, Research influence); Industry (Industry income, Patents) and International Outlook (International co-authorship, International staff, International students).