Ranked 6th in the world for Computer Science & Engineering
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering, 2025
Full ranking profile 52 placements
Every placement the Index records for Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| THE Impact 2026 industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) | Times Higher Education | =9 |
| THE Impact 2025 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =11 |
| THE Impact 2025 decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =11 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Transportation Science & Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =15 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =19 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =21 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =27 |
| THE Impact 2026 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =28 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Business & Management Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =30 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =41 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =47 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =49 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =50 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =58 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =62 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =62 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =72 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =75 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =81 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =92 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =97 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =108 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =112 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =113 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =120 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =146 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =149 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =159 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =163 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =183 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =191 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =195 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =199 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =220 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =226 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =228 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =247 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =272 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =280 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =301 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =308 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =314 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =320 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =328 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =366 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =376 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =471 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =551 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.