PolyU has illustrated its growing global presence in recent years with worldwide recognition. On the Quacquarelli Symonds “Top 50 under 50” list ranking the world’s top 50 universities established within the last 50 years, PolyU moved up to the eighth position in 2014. Universities are ranked according to their academic reputation, employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, research citations and international student and faculty ratios.

In another ranking exercise, the Times Higher Education “100 under 50” World University Rankings 2014, PolyU rose from 34th to 30th position. The ranking is based on performance in teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook of the world’s top 100 institutions under 50 years old.

Construction engineering is one of the promising research areas at PolyU. According to a paper entitled “Bibliometric analysis in the international context of the ‘Construction and Building Technology’ category from the Web of Science database” published in the international journal Construction and Building Materials, PolyU tops the world in the publication of articles related to construction and building technology. In a ranking of over 12,800 institutions and research institutes with publications in the field, PolyU led institutional production with 587 weighted articles between 1997 and 2011. The University has been topping the world in this respect since the 2000/2002 ranking period. ♦