CUHK excels in THE and QS rankings
CUHK has achieved a new high of 41st in the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, rising three places from last year. This marks the University’s best performance since the rankings were launched in 2010, and confirms that CUHK has remained among the world’s top 100 universities for an entire decade.
The THE Rankings evaluate universities worldwide using 17 performance indicators across five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook. This year, CUHK achieved a perfect score in five indicators: ‘institutional income’, ‘research productivity’, ‘research income’, ‘research excellence’, and ‘patents’. The ‘Doctorate-bachelor ratio’ and ‘teaching reputation’ indicators also recorded the most notable year-on-year improvements.
In regional rankings, CUHK placed 7th in the 2026 QS Asia University Rankings, marking its third consecutive year among the region’s top 10 universities and underscoring CUHK’s academic excellence and strong influence in Asia. Additionally, the University received the prestigious QS Global Engagement Champions Award at the 2025 QS Higher Ed Summit: Asia Pacific. This recognition celebrates CUHK’s commitment to fostering an international outlook through student and faculty diversity, as well as its robust international research networks. CUHK is proud to stand among the top five institutions excelling in these aspects.
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