According to The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2008:
| Rank | University |
| 1 | The University of Hong Kong |
| 2 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 3 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 4 | Peking University |
| 5 | Tsinghua University |
| 6 | Fudan University |
| 7 | University of Science and Technology of China |
| 8 | Nanjing University |
| 9 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 10 | City University of Hong Kong |