Motto: "To develop things for the betterment of the people"
President: Mr. Poon Chung-kwong
Type of School Government Aided
Religious Affiliation: None
Established 1994
Location: Hunghom, Hong Kong
Student Population: 22,000
Faculty: 1,460
Campus Environment: Urban Area
Campus Area: 93,500 square meters
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is located in the urban area. 460
Campus Environment Urban Area
Campus Area 93,500 square meters
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is located at the junction of Cheong Wan Road and Hong Chong Road in Yau Tsim Mong District, close to the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Hung Hom and the Hung Hom Station of the KCRC. It covers an area of about 9.35 million square meters and has about 22,000 full-time and part-time students.
The university emphasized training in technical and engineering disciplines, as opposed to the only two universities (the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong) that followed a generalist approach at the time.
History
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University was formerly known as the Hong Kong Government Institute of Advanced Industrial Studies (HKGIAIS), which was established in 1937 at the former site on Wood Road in Wan Chai. In 1947, it was transformed into the Hong Kong Technical College (also known as the Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute in the 1970s), offering both full-time and part-time courses, and was relocated to its present site in Hung Hom in 1957.
On August 1, 1972, the Hong Kong Polytechnic was established to offer diploma and higher diploma courses in technical and practical subjects. It provided secondary school graduates with an alternative to the two mainstream universities.
On November 25, 1994, the Hong Kong Polytechnic was officially upgraded to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
July 1999, The School of Professional Education and Executive Development (SPEED) was established to provide continuing professional education programs for adults.
In August 2000, the Hong Kong Cyber University (HKCyberU) was established as the first cyber university in Hong Kong to offer distance learning online programs.
In 2002, The Hong Kong Community College (HKCC) was established to offer associate degree programs. On October 2, 2002, 11,273 students, faculty, staff and alumni of the University broke the Guinness World Record for Rainbow Wave at the Hong Kong Stadium***. This was also a celebration of the University's 65th anniversary and a fundraising event for the Children's Cancer Foundation and the Hong Kong Society for the Aged.
January 2004 saw the commencement of Phase VII and Phase VIII of the Campus Development Program.
Future Development
Phase VII of the Campus Development Program (Block Y), which commenced in January 2004, was completed in September 2005. Phase 8 is still awaiting land allocation from the Government.
In the future, the Polytechnic University will demolish its staff quarters, Bauhinia Court, and build a four-star academic hotel on the site. The university's president said on Oct. 4, 2005, that the new hotel building was expected to cost HK$500 million and would be completed in 2008, and that the new hotel would be built on the same site. He also said the new hotel would provide internships for hotel management students and would also be used for rental, research and teaching purposes.
Teaching units
Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles
Department of Applied Biological and Chemical Sciences
Department of Applied Mathematics
Department of Applied Physics
Department of Textiles and Clothing
Faculty of Business Administration
Graduate School of Business Administration
Faculty of Accounting and Finance
Department of LogisticsDepartment of Management and Marketing
School of Design and Languages
Department of Chinese Language and Bilingual Studies
Department of English Language
School of Design
Centre for Teaching and Learning of Chinese Language
Centre for Teaching and Learning of English Language
Centre for Liberal Studies
School of Construction and Landscape Architecture
Department of Building and Real Estate
Department of Building Services Engineering
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Department of Land Surveying and Geoinformatics
College of Engineering
Department of Computing
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
Faculty of Medical Technology and Informatics
Faculty of Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Sciences
Faculty of Nursing
Faculty of Optometry
Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Famous Alumni
Movie Director Wong Kar Wai
Famous Hong Kong singer Gigi Leung
Hong Kong Legislative Councilor Chan Yuen-han
Hong Kong Legislative Councilor Chan Kam-lam
McMillan Original Creator Mak Ka-pik
International Animation Designer Hui Shing-ngai\r
Miss Hong Kong 2005 Winner Ip Tsui Chui Tsui
Hong Kong Commercial Radio DJ Ruan Siu-yee<
Radio-Commercial Hong Kong DJ Young Master Jim
Mr. Cheng Ka-Yeung, Marketing Manager of Fairwood Fast Food Group
Fashion Designer and Columnist Deng Tat-chi
Sze Chun-wai, Assistant Manager of Purchasing Department of I.T Fashion Group