Call for Nomination: Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department of Biomedical Engineering 2025

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is now calling for nominations for the Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department of Biomedical Engineering until 25 July 2025, 11:59pm HKT.

The Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award (OPAA) is organised at three levels: Department level, Faculty/ School level and University level. The Departmental OPAA aims to give public recognition to outstanding BME graduates to recognise their diverse accomplishments and contributions. The departmental awardees will be nominated to the Faculty Award. All Faculty awardees will be considered for the University Award.

Award Categories and Selection Criteria

In addition to honouring distinguished graduates for their distinction in their chosen fields, the Award recognises the alumni’s active support to their alma mater.

Support and Contribution to PolyU is one of the key selection criteria at all levels.

Three specific areas of achievement would be given recognition:

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

Outstanding Young Alumni Award is introduced for alumni at/under the age of 40.

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.

Eligibility

The nominated candidate must be 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 PolyU graduate, Honorary Graduate, University Fellow, PolyU staff, PolyU Council and Court member and 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.

Nomination and Selection Schedule

The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is now inviting nominations for the Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department (BME). Please download the Nomination Form and return it to bme.info@polyu.edu.hk with all required supplementary documents on or before 25 July 2025, 11:59pm HKT.

Selection for Department Award will be conducted in August 2025.

Selection Committee

Selection Committee of the University will examine the nominations and assess candidates’ qualifications and performance for the awards.

Confidentiality

All information submitted on this nomination form will be kept strictly confidential and will only be used by the Selection Committee for the purpose of the selection process.  The candidate will not be contacted by the OPAA Secretariat until he/she is selected as the awardee of the Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award.

Enquiries

Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon

Email:  bme.info@polyu.edu.hk
Tel:      3400 8893