Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Faculty of Health and Social Sciences 2023

The Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award aims to give recognition to distinguished graduates of PolyU for great distinction in their chosen fields, active support to their alma mater, as well as impactful contributions to the wider community.

Since 2022, achievement categories have been established to celebrate considerable accomplishments of our alumni in specific areas, including professional achievement, entrepreneurial achievement, scholarly achievement, and community service achievement. Recognition is now also given to outstanding young alumni.

Nomination and Selection

The Award is organised at three levels, i.e. Department level, Faculty/School level and University level.

Department Award
The Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department/School is organised by departments/schools. The calls for nomination have started in the first quarter of 2023. Details have been announced by respective departments.

Faculty Award
Recipients of Department/School Awards and graduates who have completed programmes offered at the Faculty level, such as the Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) and Master of Science in Health Informatics, are eligible for the Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. We are now calling for nomination for the Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Faculty of Health and Social Sciences 2023 (Graduates who have completed programmes offered at the Faculty level).  Please complete the Nomination Form and return it to fhss.community@polyu.edu.hk together with all the required supplementary documents on or before 21 June 2023.

University Award
While Faculties and Schools will be invited to nominate recipients of their Faculty/School awards for the Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award, the nomination is also open to all eligible graduates. Details will be announced in mid year.

Eligibility

The nominated candidate must be a bona fide 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, 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.

Award Categories and Selection Criteria

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.

Four specific areas of achievement would be given recognition. They include Professional Achievement, Entrepreneurial Achievement, Scholarly Achievement and Community Service Achievement.

Special recognition to outstanding young alumni awardees is added. Candidates aged 40 or under at the award year can be considered for the Outstanding PolyU Young Alumni award.

Panel of Judges

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.

Enquiries

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Email: fhss.community@polyu.edu.hk
Tel: 3400 3184 / 3400 3983

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