Sebelumnya The University of Hong Kong (HKU) 香港大學 [heung1 gong2 daai6 hok6] adalah universitas terbaik di Hong Kong. Namun untuk tahun 2022-2023, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 香港中文大學 [heung1 gong2 jung1 man4 daai6 hok6] menggantikan posisi HKU menjadi universitas terbaik di Hong Kong.
Berdasarkan sebuah laporan peringkat 2000 universitas di dunia bernama 2022-2023 Best Global Universities Rankings dari salah satu perusahaan publikasi terbesar di Amerika Serikat yaitu U.S. News and World Report, bahwa terdapat 4 universitas Hong Kong yang memasuki daftar 100 universitas terbaik di dunia. Di antaranya 2 universitas Hong Kong memasuki daftar 10 universitas terbaik di wilayah Asia.
10 universitas terbaik di kota Hong Kong
| Universitas | Peringkat di Hong Kong | Peringkat di wilayah Asia | Peringkat di dunia |
| The Chinese University of Hong Kong ( CUHK ) | 1 | 5 | 53 |
| The University of Hong Kong ( HKU ) | 2 | 6 | 55 |
| The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ( HKUST ) | 3 | 11 | 95 |
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ( PolyU ) | 4 | 13 | 100 |
| City University of Hong Kong ( CityU ) | 5 | 18 | 120 |
| Hong Kong Baptist University ( HKBU ) | 6 | 125 | 583 |
| The Education University of Hong Kong ( EdUHK ) | 7 | 216 | 835 |
10 universitas terbaik di Daratan Tiongkok
| Universitas | Kota | Peringkat di Daratan Tiongkok | Peringkat di dunia |
| Tsinghua University | Beijing | 1 | 23 |
| Peking University | Beijing | 2 | 39 |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Shanghai | 3 | 89 |
| Zhejiang University | Hangzhou | 4 | 93 |
| University of Science & Technology of China, CAS | Hefei | 5 | 102 |
| Huazhong University of Science & Technology | Wuhan | 6 | 109 |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS | Beijing | 7 | 112 |
| Fudan University | Shanghai | 8 | 116 |
| Nanjing University | Nanjing | 9 | 123 |
| Sun Yat Sen University | Guangzhou | 10 | 129 |
Peringkat universitas-universitas negara lainnya
| Universitas | Lokasi | Peringkat di dunia |
| Harvard University | Massachusetts , Amerika Serikat | 1 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) | Massachusetts, Amerika Serikat | 2 |
| Standford University | California, Amerika Serikat | 3 |
| University of California, Berkeley ( UC Berkeley ) | California, Amerika Serikat | 4 |
| University of Oxford | Oxford, Britania Raya | 5 |
| University of Washington Seattle | Washington, Amerika Serikat | 6 |
| Columbia University | New York, Amerika Serikat | 7 |
| University of Cambridge | Cambridge, Britania Raya | 8 |
| California Institute of Technology | California, Amerika Serikat | 9 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland, Amerika Serikat | 10 |
| Tsinghua University | Beijing, Tiongkok | 26 |
| University of Melbourne | Parkville, Australia | 27 |
| National University of Singapore | Singapura | 30 |
| University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Belanda | 39 |
| University of Munich | Munich, Jerman | 47 |
| King Abdulaziz University | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 65 |
| Seoul National University ( SNU ) | Seoul, Korea Selatan | 129 |
| Ton Duc Thang University | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 223 |
| University Malaya | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 226 |
| University of Tehran | Tehran, Iran | 329 |
| Bogazici University | Istanbul, Turkey | 377 |
| University of Macau | Makau, TIongkok | 379 |
| COMSATS University Islamabad ( CUI ) | Islamabad, Pakistan | 411 |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ( TIRF ) | Mumbai, India | 452 |
| University of Sharjah | Sharjah University City, Uni Emirat Arab | 564 |
| Chiang Mai University | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 739 |
| University of Indonesia | Depok, Indonesia | 970 |
| University of the Philippines Diliman | Quezon City, Filipina | 1338 |
| Gadjah Mada University | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | 1369 |
| Institute Technology of Bandung | Bandung, Indonesia | 1405 |
