The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is one of the oldest universities in Hong Kong. It can be traced back to the Hong Kong Government Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, which was 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, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ordinance, a law of Hong Kong, came into effect and was granted the qualification of self-assessment by the government. The school was renamed the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University takes English as the teaching language, and its research is application-oriented. Jointly establish research centers and laboratories with Microsoft, Boeing, Alibaba, Huawei, State Grid and other companies.
Academic and teaching cooperation with Cambridge University, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University and other universities; He has developed space instruments for the European Space Agency, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the Chinese lunar exploration project and the Mars exploration program.
Li Qiang, Leung Chun-ying, Xu Qin, Liu Aili, Wang Jianzhou, Wang Xiaochu, Shang Bing, Wong Kar-wai, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Miriam Yeung and Liang Yongqi have been trained.
As of 20 19 and 10, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has 8 colleges and 29 departments; The main campus covers an area of about 94,600 square meters and has 5,429 full-time employees, including faculty 1352 and researchers 1409. There are 27,088 students, including undergraduates15,474 and postgraduates 10044.