City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has jumped five places from 154th last year to 149th this year, among the world’s top universities according to The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) 2007 survey. CityU is one of four Hong Kong universities listed in the top 200.

CityU broke into the world’s top 200 universities four years ago (ranked 198th) and has continued to climb ever since. It was ranked 178th and 154th in 2005 and 2006, respectively. “With the hard work and devotion of the CityU community, I am confident we will continue to improve in the years to come,” said Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki, Acting President.

The improvement in the rankings reflects the achievements of CityU staff, students and graduates. It also demonstrates that the University is well-respected internationally in the areas of professional education and applied research.

Professor Ho called upon the CityU community to thank supporters, donors, the University Grants Committee and the Government for their unfailing support, while celebrating its proud achievements and success. “Without their contribution and dedication, we would not have been able to come this far in such a short history,” he said.

“Together and united, we will work hard to nurture graduates to become professionals with a globalised outlook, and we will continue to scale new heights and make CityU a great university,” said Professor Ho.

The THES survey is based on six criteria, including peer review by academics, comments from graduate-recruiters, citations of academic papers, staff-to-student ratios, percentage of overseas staff members and the percentage of non-local students.