Hong Kong Polytechnic University
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 香港 理工 大學 |
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| motto | "To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind." "To learn and apply, for the benefit of mankind." |
| founding | 1937 (as Government Trade School ) 1994 (university status) |
| Sponsorship | public (under state administration) |
| place | Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong , China
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| Rector | Teng Jin-Guang |
| Students | 27,088 (2017/18) |
| Employee | 5,429 (2017/18) 856 (of which part-time) |
| including professors | 1,352 (2017/18) |
| Annual budget | approx. HK $ 5.98 billion (2017/18) |
| Website | www.polyu.edu.hk |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , or PolyU for short ( Chinese 香港 理工 大學 , Pinyin Xiānggǎng Lǐgōng Dàxué , Jyutping Hoeng 1 gong 2 Lei 5 gung 1 Daai 6 hok 6 , English The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , short 理 大 , Lǐdà , Jyutping Lei 5 daai 6 ) is the largest state-funded university in Hong Kong .
history
The university's history began in 1937 as the Government Trade School on Wood Road in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island . The vocational school offered technical courses and was the first state-funded tertiary education facility in Hong Kong. In 1947 the company was renamed Hong Kong Technical College and in 1957 the current location was opened in Hung Hom , a district on the peninsula in the east of Kowloon . In 1969 the conversion to a polytechnic began and most of the vocational training courses were transferred to the newly established Morrison Hill Technical Institute (now the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education ). In 1972 the conversion was completed and the facility with its current name was opened. In 1994, the PolyU was recognized by the Hong Kong government as a fully-fledged university and changed its name to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University .
In November 2019, the university was occupied by students, schoolchildren and masked protesters of unknown origin as part of the protests in Hong Kong . Police surrounded the university and used tear gas and plastic bullets. The students threw Molotov cocktails and fired at the police with slingshots and arrows and bow . Protest participants and squatters as well as police officers were injured. In the violent clash, an arrow from the protesters shot through the lower legs of a police officer. The occupation lasted more than a week.
structure
The PolyU has a total of 27,088 students, about half of which are financed by state funds. Of these, 20,722 are full-time students and 6,366 part-time students. There are 5,429 employees, 1,352 of them in academia, 1,409 in research and 2,668 in administration. (As of 2017/18) The organizational structure is divided into eight faculties and two of them as so-called schools :
Faculties
- Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles ( applied sciences )
- Faculty of Business ( Business Administration )
- Faculty of Construction and Environment ( civil engineering and environmental sciences )
- Faculty of Engineering ( Engineering )
- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences ( Health Sciences and Social Sciences )
- Faculty of Humanities ( Humanities )
- School of Design ( design , communication design )
- School of Hotel and Tourism Management (Hotel and Tourism Management )
Others
The tallest building on campus is the Li Ka Shing Tower , named after the founder Li Ka-shing . The Jockey Club Innovation Tower is home to the School of Design with various departments and, for example, opportunities for bachelor's and master's degrees in the areas of communication design , advertising design (visual communication, graphic design), product design (product design), environment and interior design (interior design), Urban Environments Design ("urban development"), digital media and interactive media (digital and interactive media) etc.
See also
- List of secondary education institutions in Hong Kong
- List of universities in the People's Republic of China
Web links
- Official website (Chinese, English)
References and comments
- ↑ 開 物 成 務 勵 學 利民
- ↑ Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Council members. 2019, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ 滕錦光
- ↑ a b c d PolyU " Facts and Figures ": (Chinese, English): [1] At: www.polyu.edu.hk, accessed on February 18, 2019 - online
- ↑ PolyU “ Finance Report ”: (Chinese, English) PDF file; 1.6MB at: www.polyu.edu.hk, accessed on February 18, 2019 - online
- ↑ PolyU - " About PolyU ": History - Four stages of development On: www.polyu.edu.hk, accessed on March 30, 2013 - Online
- ↑ Katharin Tai: Demonstrations in Hong Kong: Encircled. In: zeit.de . November 18, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019.
- ↑ Protesters flee from Hong Kong University surrounded by buildings. In: zeit.de . November 18, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019.
- ↑ Occupation of Hong Kong University ended. In: zeit.de . November 26, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019.
- ↑ PolyU " Facts and Figures 17/18 ": (Chinese, English) PDF file; 4.6MB at: www.polyu.edu.hk, accessed on February 18, 2019 - online
Coordinates: 22 ° 18 ′ 16 ″ N , 114 ° 10 ′ 46.2 ″ E