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Support Services and Amenities
Student Union
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Student Union carries the spirit of democracy and fair judgement into representing of full-time students. Although independent of PolyU, we participate in the running of the University, with student representatives on various committees. We organise sports, recreational, academic, social and cultural functions, with orientation week and aquatic and athletic meets amongst the highlights. We stage exhibitions, seminars, cultural shows, debates and open competitions. We also provide photocopying and stationery in the Co-operation Shop. Students join by subscription and the payment of an annual membership fee. Enquiries: General Office, Room C302, Shaw Amenities Building. Tel. 2766 7025 or go to our website. |
Careers and Placement Services
The Careers and Placement Services Section (CPS) offers comprehensive career and placement services to PolyU students and graduates. We help students explore career options and acquire job search techniques throughout their university life and in preparation for their professional careers. CPS provides the following services: |
Student Development Programmes and Services
SPECIAL ePortfolio 'SPECIAL' stands for the different domains of desirable generic competencies that contribute to the all-round development and successful futures of students. The SPECIAL ePortfolio provides students with a personalised portal for all-round development. The features pf the e-Portfolio encourages students to follow a systematic developmental journey that enhances self-understanding and facilitates setting goals, making plans, recording progress and demonstrating achievement. Co-curricular Achievement Transcript The Co-curricular Achievement Transcript is presented as a certificate in recognition of the co-curricular achievements and contributions that students make during their studies at PolyU. The 'Preferred Graduate' Development Programme offers internship opportunities in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and overseas, which help you develop workplace competencies and enhance your employability. The Complementary Studies Programme stimulates students to broaden their horizons, encourages all-round development and motivates life-long learning. The Leadership Training Series provides a variety of training programmes to develop the leadership and other core competencies of students. The Community Service Learning Programme encourages students and staff to serve the community by applying their professional knowledge and skills. Our Personal Development Programmes offer small group experiential learning, career training workshops and psychological testing to build up students' generic competencies. The Lunch Talk Series helps students to learn from distinguished leaders and scholars in town to prepare them for future challenges. The PolyU-IDT Innovative Entrepreneur Contest encourages students to use their talents and ideas to explore their entrepreneurial dreams. Co-curricular Achievement Transcript Our Physical Education Programmes cultivate lifelong interest in participation in sports and improve physical well being. Our Student Athlete Development Programmes provide intensive training in a variety of workshops and other activities to develop team spirit, leadership skills and sportsmanship. Student Support Personal Counselling enhances their self-understanding, interpersonal relationship building, problem solving and adversity management, etc. Services for Students with Disabilities include support and personalised services for access, study and counselling. Our Induction Programme, which includes a Welcoming Ceremony and an Induction Showcase, helps new students to achieve a smooth transition into university life and to set personal goals for their university years. Visit our website for more details. |
Student Halls of Residence
The Student Halls of Residence are located in Hung Hom Bay and are within 12-minutes walking distance of the PolyU campus via a covered walkway. The Halls contain some 1,500 student rooms and an array of fully equipped sports, entertainment and catering facilities, such as a swimming pool, a gym, a snooker room and a karaoke room. More than 90% of the student bedrooms are designed for double occupancy, with the remainder designed for triple occupancy. Toilet and shower facilities are shared between two adjacent rooms. The Halls are not only places of lodging; more importantly, they offer abundant opportunities for the personal growth and all-round development of students through intensive social, cultural and intellectual interactions with hall-mates under one roof. Hall life is definitely a part of the university experience that one should not miss! All government-funded full-time degree students are eligible to apply for hall accommodation. For details, please visit our homepage. |
Information Technology Services
The Information Technology Services Office provides and operates all of the central IT services at PolyU, including the computer network and systems, the Student Computer Centre, Internet and Web services, network storage services, email systems and the University Portal. Wireless Internet connectivity is provided in classrooms and most public areas on campus. Network connection is also provided in the Student Halls of Residence for access to the central IT services. The Web-based portal is a personalised one-stop 'shop' from which you can access all announcements, notices, information, email and on-line services. IT Orientation Workshops and on-line Basic IT Skills Training are offered to all freshmen. Getting help is easy at the ITS Help Centre, in person, by phone or on the Web. e-Learning is widely practised on a common Web-based platform with more than 3,500 subject websites. Visit the ITS website for more details. |
Chinese Language Training
The Chinese Language Centre of the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies provides all PolyU students with a variety of Chinese and Putonghua training.
A Self-Learning Unit (FG701) allows students to gain access to Chinese books and magazines and various types of multimedia and Chinese language learning packages. Students can also receive counselling services at the Unit to enhance their language proficiency in Putonghua and Chinese. For more details, please visit our website at http://www.cbs.polyu.edu.hk. |
English Language Centre
Improve your English through the innovative programmes offered by the English Language Centre. English language learning opportunities include the following. Profession Related Language Training
English Language Enhancement Programme
Other language learning opportunities
Extracurricular activities
Visit our website http://elc.polyu.edu.hk to learn more about the Centre. |
General Education Studies
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's General Education (GE) Programme aims to promote all-round education to students across the University. The subjects are designed to broaden students' horizons so that they can meaningfully relate their professional studies to different contexts, be equipped with the ability to make sound judgments and have basic knowledge of the nation and society. Students enrolled in Government-funded full-time Bachelor's Degree programmes are required to complete at least two 2-credit GE subjects (one under the 'Broadening' category, which should be offered by a Department other than that of the student's own programme, and one 'China Studies' subject). Students enrolled in government-funded full-time Higher Diploma (HD) programmes, which cater for school leavers, are required to complete at least one 2-credit 'China Studies' GE subject. Students enrolled in government-funded or self-financed Articulation programmes, which cater for Higher Diploma/Associate Degree holders, are required to complete one 2-credit GE subject (either in the 'Broadening' or 'China Studies' area, as deemed appropriate by the Department that offers the programme in which they are enrolled). Students who participate in the 'Preferred Graduate' Development Programme with a summer placement in Shanghai can apply to take an alternate mode of GEC2801 during the summer term. This mode combines classroom lectures with associated guided study visits to Shanghai. For details, please contact the Student Affairs Office (www.polyu.edu.hk/sao/pgdp/en/about/gec2801.htm). In addition, students who come from overseas or the Chinese mainland can either take the English classes of China Studies subjects or apply for exemption and take a 2-credit Broadening GE subject as a replacement. For the latter choice, please fill in Form AS41c 'Application for Credit Transfer/Exemption' (available at the Academic Secretariat Service Centre) and submit it to your Department. |
Health Services
The University Health Service (UHS) provides Primary Health Care to the University Community. The services available to full-time students include clinical consultations, medication, first aid, minor operative treatment, immunisation and the certification of health examinations. Our in-house laboratory is well-equipped to support a wide range of investigations. This service is provided in a timely manner and facilitates daily clinical management and various health surveillance check-up programmes. Together with the Optometry Clinic, Radiography Clinic and Rehabilitation Clinic (run by other prestigious departments of PolyU), a one-stop-shop service is made available to UHS users. The UHS aims to uphold the principle of 'Practising Medicine without Medicine'. To achieve this, much emphasis is placed on health promotion and patient education. Various health campaigns and anticipatory activities are regularly organized to enhance health awareness amongst PolyU staff and students. Contemporary health issues such as obesity and metabolic syndrome have been ongoing targeted preventive medicine topics at the UHS. |
Cultural Activities and Your Cultural Hub
The Culture Promotion and Events Office is the executive arm of the Culture Promotion Committee. The Committee promotes culture as part of all-round student development, and presents a rich mix of arts programmes on campus. The Committee launched the 1st PolyU Arts Festival in 2002, which has since become a biennial event of the University. Other than the Arts Festival, there are over hundred of programmes each year, including dance, theatre, visual arts, film and video, orchestral music, literary arts, the Artist in Residence programme, the Millennium Talk series and many others. In March 2007, the Committee organised the Global Connection Carnival, which was also the Commencement Programme in celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the University. The Carnival, aimed at introducing cultures of different countries of the world, received overwhelming positive responses from the community. Other than organizing cultural programmes for students and staff on campus, the office runs the 1025-seat multi-purpose Jockey Club Auditorium, which is the cultural hub for our students and staff, and the 247-seat Chiang Chen Studio Theatre. Do drop by at the Auditorium, take a break, enjoy our foyer music and catch up with the cultural news. For more information, please visit our web page. |
Campus Facilities
Food Leisure/Relaxation Locker Shops |
Sports Facilities
Shaw Sports Complex
Kwong On Jubilee Sports Centre
Keith Legg Sports Field Michael Clinton Swimming Pool
Sports Facilities Off Campus Joint Sports Centre (36 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong)
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Library Services
The University Library is a six-storey building centrally located on campus. It provides 3,623 reader places, a variety of rooms for different study purposes and a 24-Hour Study Centre. The Library houses one of the largest collections of scientific, engineering and business materials in Asia. Other areas of strength are information technology, computing, nursing, textiles and design. The current collection contains more than 2.2 million items, including 4,100 active print serials. The Library also has extensive Internet access and a very impressive collection of over 32,600 unique e-journal titles and almost 226,000 e-books. All library materials are searchable on the Library Catalogue. E-resources, such as e-books, e-journals, e-newspapers, past examination papers, digital images, an online music library, an online spoken word library and video on demand, are widely accessible via the Internet on campus or remotely. Such Services as book renewals, book requests, viewing your own loan record and history, book recommendations, reference enquiries, and requesting materials from other University Grants Committee (UGC) libraries via the Hong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL) can be performed on-line. The Library provides an orientation course for new students and hands-on topical workshops for more advanced students. |
Industrial Centre Training
"A major and very successful development in the early years was the establishment in 1976 of the novel Industrial Centre for providing comprehensive professional and technological training of Polytechnic (later University) students. The Centre has since developed and expanded to become the only Industrial Centre in Hong Kong for engineering students in all local tertiary institutions, as well as being one of the best equipped in the world," said Sir Sze-yuen Chung, founder of the Industrial Centre and Founding Chairman of Council, Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1972-1986. The Industrial Centre (IC) provides engineering students and those of other disciplines at PolyU and other institutions with practical hands-on experience under a simulated industrial environment to complement their academic studies. Supported by HK$2 billion worth of sophisticated equipment and facilities, the Centre also provides consultancy, technology, application and product development services to industry as a means of staying abreast of the latest trends. Students not only learn about various technologies and their applications at the Centre, but they are also required to integrate different technologies and apply them to various innovative and real-life projects designed and led by the Centre and by industry. Such renowned projects as the Automatic Vehicle Clearance System (e-channel), the KCRC Gangplank, the Automatic Chocolate Packaging Machine, the Automatic Car Park and summer construction projects are only a few examples of the projects designed, developed and manufactured by students undertaking IC training. If you will be taking up IC training in the near future, then congratulations! In a year or two, you may be one of the students involved in fruitful and innovative projects and find yourself being interviewed by local newspapers, magazines and TV stations. IC training is considered to be one of the University's strengths and an important element that contributes to the nurturing of students’ all-round qualities such as creativity, innovation, team spirit, problem-solving and international skills, in addition to engineering and technical knowledge and skills. The Centre has been cited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (former IIE) as "something Hong Kong should be proud of" and has even been described by a national scientific publication as "where miracles are continuously created". To learn more about the IC, please visit our website at http://www.ic.polyu.edu.hk. |
Multimedia Technology Training
Multi-media Design Workshops The Multimedia Innovation Centre (MIC) in the School of Design offers students a series of multi-media workshops on 2D and 3D animation visual effects, sound design, game design and interactive applications in the digital content creation industry. For more details, please visit the MIC website at http://www.mic.polyu.edu.hk/workshop |
Educational Development Services
The Educational Development Centre (http://edc.polyu.edu.hk) helps to enhance the quality of learning and teaching at PolyU, and supports the University's strategic initiatives in nurturing the development of all-round students with excellent professional competencies through a variety of activities, including the following.
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