Celebrating 80 years of excellence

[Sponsored Article] The strive for greatness, an understanding of the importance of technological innovation and application, and a deep sense of responsibility in nurturing future leaders of society have all seen The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) bearing much fruit as it celebrates its 80th anniversary.

Professor Timothy W. Tong, president of the university, says PolyU has always had a clearly defined role in the tertiary education scene in Hong Kong.

”Our role is to provide quality education and support to technology and research development in a way that mirrors the socio-economic development of Hong Kong,” Tong says. “As a result, we have cultivated very close links in the business and commerce community in Hong Kong, Mainland and all over the world. This ensures that we are teaching students what the real world really wants, and also facilitates the applications of our many innovations in technology.”

The university has been pushing interdisciplinary collaborations as the nature of socio-economic issues has grown in complexity and scope in a globalised economy with rapid technological changes.

For example, it has set up the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development to look at creative solutions for rapid urbanisation, combining researches and academics from various fields such as social science, humanities, construction and material science, as well as engineering and computing from Hong Kong, Mainland and abroad.