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Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Campus features

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  • Jockey Club Innovation Tower: designed by Zaha Hadid (her first permanent building in HK).
  • Pao Yue-kong Library: 9 million+ items, and the recent extension won a 2023 HKIA interior design award. Modern study spaces. Borrow laptops/equipment at self-service kiosks.
  • Sport: two swimming pools, two indoor sports centres, outdoor pitch with basketball courts and jogging track, tennis courts, gyms.
  • Culture: 1,084-seat auditorium plus studio theatre with year-round programme (music, film, theatre, artist-in-residence).

Ranking

  • 50th: QS ranking 2027
  • 6th most international University in the world in 2023

Location

Hung Hom, Kowloon

  • Next to Hung Hom MTR station - great transport across Hong Kong
  • Minutes from Victoria Harbour
  • Less than 1 hour by train to Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Accommodation

Guaranteed for exchange students

  • Halls are about 10 mins walk from campus (Hung Hom and Homantin halls, 4,600+ students living there from all over the world).A shared room is around £300 per calendar month
  • Each hall has a canteen with reasonably priced food, and their own sports and leisure facilities.
  • Rooms are air-conditioned with a fridge and internet.

What can you study?

Warwick department Highlight
Global Sustainable Development
  • Environmental Sciences ranked 1st in Hong Kong (QS by Subject 2026)
  • 21st in the world for Architecture & Built Environment – a sustainable city in action
Applied Linguistics
  • Linguistics ranked top 50-60 (QS subject rankings),
  • Bilingual setting (Cantonese/English) enables real life language study
Sociology
  • Very applied/practical take on social science
  • Hong Kong: urban change, East-meets-West
Life Sciences
  • Lab-based, applied teaching reflects PolyU's 'research into real world' ethos
SMLC
  • Mandarin and Cantonese environment
  • Degree courses in English
WBS
  • Accredited by AACSB (since 2010)
  • Accredited EQUIS (since 2007)
  • 45th in the world for Business & Economics (THE subject rankings 2024)
  • 22nd in the world for Marketing (QS 2025)
Economics
  • Top-50 business faculty
  • Major global financial centre
  • China
Engineering
  • 18th in the world (& 1st in Hong Kong) for Civil & Structural Engineering
  • Top 100 for Mech/Aero/Manufacturing also top 100 (QS 2026)
  • Their kit has actually flown on China's Moon and Mars missions
Physics
  • Strengths in materials, photonics, nanotech
  • Top 100 (QS) for Materials Sciences
Computer Science
  • 40th in the world for Data Science & AI (QS 2025)
  • AI academy (PAAI) as part of Hong Kong’s work to become an AI hub
Maths
  • Brand new faculty combining maths/computing/AI and hiring big-name researchers
  • Strong in stats, operations research, applied maths

Student Experience

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