Of the 11 subject areas ranked in the latest 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject, Education at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been ranked sixth among world universities, while Clinical & Health ranked 19th globally.

Eight subjects at HKU have been ranked among the world’s top 50 universities.  They are Education (6th); Clinical & Health (19th); Law (29th); Social Sciences (35th); Business & Economics (39th); Life Sciences (43rd); Engineering (43rd); and Physical Sciences (47th).

Of HKU's leading subjects, four have been ranked in the top three among Asian universities. They are Education (1st); Law (2nd); Clinical & Health (3rd); and Psychology (3rd).    

HKU ranks first among local universities in eight subject areas.  The eight top-ranked subjects locally are Education; Clinical & Health; Law; Social Sciences; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences; Arts & Humanities; and Psychology.

The rankings evaluate universities using 18 performance indicators, grouped into five areas: Teaching (the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citation (research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry income (knowledge transfer). For rankings by subject, the overall methodology is recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings adjusted to suit the individual fields.

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