Caring for Our Staff
As a quality education provider, PolyU’s on-going commitment to our faculty and staff and their corresponding excellence is an important part of our history and tradition. We believe in supporting our staff since this brings out their best and allows them to contribute at the highest levels; hence allowing the University to provide the best holistic education and develop innovations for Hong Kong, the nation and the world. As such, the University works to ensure that our staff members are provided with a caring and inspiring environment that stimulates personal and career development while also promoting team collaboration.
Our 2017/18 workforce by employment type and gender is shown below.
Workforce by Employment Type and Gender
| Full time | Part time | |||
| Number of staff | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| Academic staff | 871 | 481 | 243 | 145 |
| Research staff | 851 | 558 | 210 | 170 |
| Administrative / Support staff | 1,093 | 1,575 | 32 | 56 |
| Total | 2,815 | 2,614 | 485 | 371 |