Ranked 1st in the world for industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9)
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), 2026
Full ranking profile 64 placements
Every placement the Index records for City University of Hong Kong. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2026 Headline industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Library & Information Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =3 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =3 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Public Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =10 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =10 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =10 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =13 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =15 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =19 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =21 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =25 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =25 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =39 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Engineering | METU (URAP Lab) | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Chemistry | National Taiwan University | =43 |
| NTU 2025 Physics | National Taiwan University | =47 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =47 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =53 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =55 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =57 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =60 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =60 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =63 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =64 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =70 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =73 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =89 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =89 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =96 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =98 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =101 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =102 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =108 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =115 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =130 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =134 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =135 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =141 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =147 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =163 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =163 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =164 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =177 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =185 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =196 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =204 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =216 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =239 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =251 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =316 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =352 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =358 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =362 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =365 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =378 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =475 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =487 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =701 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.