31st Congregation of FCE

Congratulations to the over 1,500 FCE graduates of 2025!

This year, four separate FCE sessions of the 31st Congregation were held on 19 and 20 November 2025 at the Jockey Club Auditorium on the PolyU campus. Presiding over the ceremonies, Prof. Xiang-dong LI, Dean of Faculty, urged graduates to embrace vision, innovation, and resilience as they chart new horizons in this transformative era. He inspired the class of 2025 to embody the PolyU motto and lead lives of purpose and fulfilment, while nurturing a sense of responsibility towards Hong Kong, the Nation, and the world.

Each of the four departments invited a guest of honour to share insights from the respective professional fields, express confidence in the capabilities of the FCE graduates, and convey positive expectations for their future contributions. These respected leaders offered words of encouragement, guidance, and wisdom, motivating graduates to strive for excellence and to make meaningful contributions after graduation.

FCE departments host career events to empower students for informed career choices and planning

FCE Strategic Plan 2025/26-2030/31

In alignment with the PolyU Strategic Plan 2025/26-2030/31, the Faculty formulated the FCE Strategic Plan for the same period, setting forth a visionary roadmap for the academic years 2025/26 to 2030/31.

Rooted in the Faculty’s vision and missions, the FCE Strategic Plan articulates FCE’s objectives across four domains: Student Experience of Teaching and Learning, Research Performance and Research Postgraduate Studies, Partnership and Knowledge Transfer, and Management and Sustainability. For each domain, targeted strategic actions are outlined to drive progress and achieve the strategic goals.

FCE staff members may visit the FCE Staff Intranet to view the Strategic Plan.

FCE scholar partners with major land developer on Hong Kong's first tempered and laminated glass recycling solution at Tomorrow's CENTRAL

In late October 2025, Hongkong Land Limited announced a pioneering commercial-academic partnership with Prof. C.S. POON, Distinguished Research Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), and Gammon Construction, for its multi-billion-dollar initiative—Tomorrow's CENTRAL.

The innovation developed by Prof. Poon’s team will transform recycled tempered glass and laminated glass waste from shopfront and curtain wall buildings into powder, which replaces 20% to 30% of the cement used in brick production. These eco-blocks, which will be used as partition bricks and low-carbon cement alternatives for Tomorrow's CENTRAL, are 10 to 20% stronger than conventional bricks while maintaining similar weight. In addition to reducing carbon emissions during construction, the eco-blocks also offer superior strength and durability compared to traditional bricks. It is estimated that waste materials from existing properties in this project will be sufficient to produce over 20,000 eco-blocks for Hongkong Land’s shopping mall renovation, aiming to recycle 75% of the waste generated by the project.

This technology addresses the construction industry’s challenge of discarding large volumes of glass waste and has the potential for economical and scalable production. In future, it could be expanded to develop structural building materials, further advancing sustainable construction practices.

Long-serving staff

Following his dedicated service to PolyU for over a decade, Mr Chi San CHUNG, Assistant Technical Officer of the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE), completed his last working day on 20 November 2025. Before his departure, Prof. Xiang-dong LI, Dean of Faculty, presented him with a commemorative gift to recognise his valuable contributions to the University.