The Dean of Engineering is delighted that the HKUST School of Engineering again ranks # 1 among all the Engineering schools in Hong Kong and is consistently being ranked within the top 30 universities worldwide in Engineering and Information Technology according to the latest 2009 Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings.     

The top 3 universities remain to be Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University, respectively. Harvard is being ranked 22, Princeton at 23, Cornell at 24, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign at 25, HKUST at 26, Seoul National University and the University of Waterloo at 27.  

We are proud to be one of the key players in the world, and the only university from Hong Kong amongst the leading and top 50 global technology universities. The excellence of Hong Kong engineering education and research is also being recognized by having 5 of its universities being ranked in the top 100 universities with the University of Hong Kong at 63, Chinese University of Hong Kong at 78, Hong Kong Polytechnic University at 91, and the City University of Hong Kong at 92.  

The quality of work carried out at the School of Engineering has been highlighted by HKUST’s excellent performance in different global rankings. The University’s consistent presence in the tables reflects its strong international standing and the respect for faculty members and their work among fellow academic internationally.