The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is a public comprehensive research university located in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is one of the universities in Hong Kong, which can be traced back to the Hong Kong Government Advanced Institute of Science and Technology established in 1937. It is the first government-funded institution in Hong Kong to provide engineering education. 1947 changed its name to Hong Kong Polytechnic.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic was established in1972; 1994, Hong Kong law "Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ordinance" came into effect, and the school was renamed as Hong Kong Polytechnic University. On March 5, 2020, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Foshan) project was included in the preparatory project plan for key construction in Guangdong Province.
In the academic year of 20 18-20 19, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has 8 colleges and 26 departments; The main campus covers an area of 94,600 square meters; There are 25,827 students in the school, including undergraduate students14,850 and graduate students 9,967.
20 19-2020, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University will offer more than 140 courses, including 10 non-degree courses, 45 bachelor courses, 9/kloc-0 lecture courses and more than 120 research courses.
Many full-time bachelor's degree courses offered by the school are unique to Hong Kong, including design, engineering physics, environment and sustainable development, clothing and textiles, surveying and mapping and geographic information, international shipping and logistics management, medical laboratory science, ophthalmology optometry, occupational therapy, physical therapy and radiology.
Mainland cooperation:
PolyU has established six development bases in cooperation with about 350 universities and institutions in Chinese mainland, Zhejiang University and Xi Jiaotong University, including two overseas centers in Hangzhou and Xi 'an.
Beijing Liaison Office is located in Peking University, and Shanghai Liaison Office is located in Tongji University. In Sichuan Institute of Post-disaster Reconstruction and Management, the partner is Sichuan University; And the Industry-University-Research base of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Shenzhen.