Seven PolyU subjects rank in the global top 30 in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025; Nursing climbs to highest place in a decade

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has excelled in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2025, with seven subjects, across the disciplines of business, construction and environment, design, health, and hotel and tourism management, being placed in the global top 30. This reflects the international recognition PolyU has received for its academic and research achievements in multiple fields.

PolyU ranked in the global top 30 for its subjects in Hospitality & Leisure Management (11th), Nursing (16th), Architecture & Built Environment (17th), Civil & Structural Engineering (17th), Art & Design (22nd), Marketing (22nd) and Environmental Sciences (27th). Among them, most notably, Nursing has climbed to its highest ranking in a decade, while Environmental Sciences came first in Hong Kong for the first time. Meanwhile, Hospitality & Leisure Management and Art & Design held onto first place among local universities.

This year, the University has a total of 26 subjects breaking into the world’s top 100, including Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, which ranked 40th globally. Having identified artificial intelligence (AI) as one of its strategic research areas, earlier this year the University established the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, while actively recruiting accomplished AI scholars from around the globe. It is also launching the new BSc (Hons) Scheme in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in the coming academic year, and plans to establish the “AI+ Academy,” to fully leverage the University’s academic and research strengths in this emerging field.

With its excellence in the disciplines of construction and environment, PolyU shines in several related subjects, among which are Architecture & Built Environment, Civil & Structural Engineering, and Environmental Sciences. Further harnessing its strength in these disciplines, PolyU will introduce the new BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies in the coming academic year to cultivate more promising talent for the construction industry.

Prof. Jin-Guang TENG, President of PolyU, said, “We are pleased with PolyU’s encouraging results in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, which reaffirm the University’s world-leading position across various disciplines. PolyU aspires to be an innovative world-class university that pursues excellence in education, research and knowledge transfer. Moving forward, we will continue to strengthen our ties and cooperation with partners around the world, with the aim of playing an increasingly important role on the global higher education stage.”

Covering over 1,700 universities from around the world, the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 evaluates universities across 55 academic subjects and five broad subject areas, based on their academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, the H-index and international research network.

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