Outstanding Alumni Award 2025

The Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award aims to give public recognition to outstanding graduates of PolyU for their professional achievements and significant contributions to the community and their alma mater.

Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU BEEE 2025

In addition to honouring distinguished graduates for their distinction in specific areas, the Award recognises the alumni’s active support to their alma mater. Support and Contribution to PolyU is one of the key nomination and selection criteria at all levels.

3 awards

3 Different Achievements from

Professional, Entrepreneurial and Scholarly

Young Alumni

Special recognition to outstanding young alumni awardees

Young Alumni at/under the age of 40

3 Levels

Awards will be conducted at 3 levels

Department level, Faculty/School level & University level

Nominations for Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU BEEE 2025 are invited for submission.

Call for nomination starts from June 2025
Nomination Form returns by 21 July 2025

Selection for Department Award will be conducted by the end of August 2025.

The Nomination Form can be downloaded from:

Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU BEEE 2025 - Nomination Form (PDF)

Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU BEEE 2025 - Nomination Form (Word)

The nominated candidate must be a graduate who has successfully completed full-time or part-time programme offered by PolyU (or its forerunners: Hong Kong Government Trade School, Hong Kong Technical College, and Hong Kong Polytechnic) which led to academic award accredited by the respective Institution.

The proposer can be a PolyU graduate, Honorary Graduate, University Fellow, PolyU staff, current PolyU Council and Court member and current Advisory Committee member. There is no limit to the number of nominations to be submitted by each proposer. However, the proposer cannot be the candidate himself/ herself or a direct relative of the candidate.

In addition to honouring distinguished graduates for their distinction in their chosen fields, the Award recognises the active support of the alumni towards their alma mater. The selection of the Award considers two criteria:

(1) Support and Contribution to PolyU: This criterion considers nominee’s extent of support and contribution to PolyU.
(2) Achievement Areas: Three achievement areas serve as a framework for assessing nominee’s achievements in the concerned areas. They include Professional Achievement, Entrepreneurial Achievement, and Scholarly Achievement.

Award Category	Description
Professional Achievement	This achievement area recognises alumni who have attained distinguished achievements, demonstrated exemplary leadership, and made a strong impact on their profession / industry / society.
Entrepreneurial Achievement	This achievement area recognises alumni who have demonstrated outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as founded or advanced business or technology ventures with impact.
Scholarly Achievement	This achievement area recognises alumni scholars who have made notable scholarly or research contributions in their disciplines, with proven track record and excellent reputation in the field.

Candidates who are aged at/under 40 in the award selection year would be eligible for the Outstanding PolyU Young Alumni Award.

Notes: The bestowal of the award shall subject to individual merits of the candidates. No award shall be given out in a certain category if no suitable candidate is identified.

Panel of Judges, comprising both internal and external members, will be formed to examine the nominations and assess candidates’ qualifications and performance for the awards.

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE)

Contact Person: Ms. Artemis Kuo
Email: artemis.kuo@polyu.edu.hk
Tel: 2766 4612