With 86 years of proud tradition and ranking among the world’s top 100 institutions, PolyU aspires to be an innovative world-class university with a strong sense of social responsibility, driven by its motto, “To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind”. 

The University provides the best holistic education to nurture socially responsible leaders of tomorrow who possess a strong sense of national identity and a global perspective and pursues impactful innovation and interdisciplinary research to address the world’s most pressing challenges. A robust culture of knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship is a cornerstone of the University, ensuring PolyU’s technologies are transformed into practical real-world applications. The professional education model of PolyU adopts a unique experiential learning approach which comprises of Work-Integrated Education, Service-Learning, Overseas Exchange Opportunities, Leadership Programmes and Entrepreneurship Education. 

The university is taking lead in a range of disciplines on the global academic arena, including hospitality and leisure management, art and design, civil and structural engineering, social sciences and public health, to name just a few. On top of that, we are ranked 1st globally in CoinDesk’s “Best Universities for Blockchain 2022”.

Situated in the heart of the city, PolyU’s campus features state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities, as well as a wide range of innovative undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate degree programs across nine faculties and schools: Business, Construction and Environment, Engineering, Health and Social Sciences, Humanities, Science, Design, Fashion and Textiles, and Hotel and Tourism Management.