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We can’t help but feel a sense of pride whenever Hong Kong’s name is etched onto the map, and the latest results from the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2026 have given us plenty of reason to brag. For the first time, all eight of our publicly funded universities have made their way into the top 100!
At the very top of the Asian list, mainland China’s Tsinghua University continues to wear the crown for the eighth year in a row, with Peking University following in second place for the seventh year running. Singapore’s National University of Singapore rounds out the top three, while Nanyang Technological University and the University of Tokyo both share the spotlight in fourth place.
On the home front, the University of Hong Kong continues to lead the pack, maintaining its position at number six. The Chinese University of Hong Kong has slipped slightly from ninth to 10th, while the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University remained in their respective ranks at 12th and 18th. City University of Hong Kong climbed up two spots to number 14, and Hong Kong Baptist University made an impressive leap by jumping up 10 spots to number 40.
While there’s already lots to celebrate, the headline-grabbers this year are the two debuts from the Education University of Hong Kong, which made its first-ever appearance in the top 100 by securing a respectable 37th spot for its debut ranking, and Lingnan University, which joined the elite ranks at 84th.
With every one of our public universities now sitting at the top table, the city’s academic standing is looking stronger than ever. Hong Kong also remains the only city on the planet to boast five different institutions within the top 100 global rankings. Phil Baty, the chief global affairs officer at Times Higher Education, noted that Hong Kong stands at the heart of a shift in power of higher education and research from the West to the East, describing the city as the flagship of this surging wave across Asia and a world-leading force in the academic world.
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