Engineering is one of the founding disciplines of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University building on a tradition of engineering excellence for over 85 years. Over the decades, the Faculty of Engineering remains committed to its mission of enhancing the well-being of the community by serving industries and the educational needs of students. Generations of talented young engineers have been nurtured; their vision and leadership have contributed significantly to the development of society in Hong Kong and worldwide.
The Faculty has five constituent departments, namely the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
We have around 6,000 students pursuing their studies in a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The majority of our engineering undergraduate programmes are accredited by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, a signatory under the Washington Accord.
Our academic and research works have gained recognitions locally and internationally. The popularity of our academic programmes and the quality of our research are reflected in the rankings below:
Best Global Universities Rankings 2025 by U.S. News and World Report
- 6th in the subject of "Engineering"
- 6th in the subject of "Mechanical Engineering"
- 28nd in the subject of "Artificial Intelligence"
- 34th in the subject of "Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025
- 41st in the subject of "Engineering"
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2025
- 74th in the broad subject area of "Engineering and Technology"
- 40th in the subject of "Data Science and Artificial Intelligence"
- 49th in the subject of "Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing"
- 65th in the subject of "Engineering – Electrical and Electronic"
Best Universities Rankings 2025 by Research.com - World Rankings
- 7th in the discipline of "Engineering and Technology"
- 23rd in the discipline of "Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering"
- 56nd in the discipline of "Electronics and Electrical Engineering"
- 57nd in the discipline of "Materials Science"
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2025
- 1st in the subject of "Transportation Science and Technology"
- 12th in the subject of "Mechanical Engineering"
- 23rd in the subject of "Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
- 36th in the subject of "Materials Science and Engineering"
- 40th in the subject of "Telecommunication Engineering"
- 47th in the subject of "Aerospace Engineering"
- 101st - 150th in the subject of "Biomedical Engineering"
(Note: The respective subjects above cover the Faculty of Engineering as well as individual units across the University working in the areas.)
The breadth of our research achievement stretches from earth to space and covers strategic areas with a high level of relevance to society. Some of our other key achievements include:
Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering
- Aviation Engineering - Air Transportation and Mobility, Air Traffic Control and Management, Human Factors in Flight Operations and Aircraft Maintenance, Airline Operation, Airport and Traffic Network Modelling
- Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Advanced Aerospace Propulsion Systems
- Unmanned Autonomous Systems – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs), Auto-driving, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
- Satellite Navigation and LEO Satellite Applications
- Low Altitude Economy – Low Altitude Transportation and Logistics, Low Altitude Public Services, Infrastructure and Service Network Planning, UAV Navigation and Control
Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence-based Knee Osteoarthritis Screening System
- Gold-LAMP: A Portable Ultra-fast Nucleic Acid Testing System
- High-throughput Microfluidic Platform for CTCs Detection in Cancer Precision Diagnostics
- Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton
- Mobile Exo-neuro-musculo-skeleton for Self-help Upper Limb Rehabilitation
- Radiation-free Scoliosis Assessment System Using 3D Ultrasound Imaging
- Liverscan: Palm-sized Real-time B-mode Ultrasound Imaging Guided System for Liver Fibrosis Assessment
- Ultrasound Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation
- All-electric Antilock Braking Systems for Vehicles
- Ammonia-powered Electric Vehicles
- Antennas and Applied Electromagnetics for Wireless Communication and Energy Transmission
- Anti-spoofing and Countermeasure for Biometric Systems
- Applied Cryptography
- Attacks and Defenses in Adversarial Machine Learning
- Biometrics Authentication Systems
- Cyber-physical Power System Simulation and Analysis
- Differential Privacy
- Direct Wireless Power Conversion Systems and Applications
- Egocentric Computer Vision, Ego Vehicle, and 3D Image Reconstruction
- Energy/Carbon Market Planning and Management
- Error Correction Coding
- Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
- Fibre Optic Sensing System for Health Monitoring
- Integrated Sensing and Communications
- In-wheel Motor Drives for Electric Vehicles
- Magnetic Differentials for Electric Vehicles
- Massive Connectivity for Internet-of-Things
- Optical Communications and Networks
- Power System Resilience, Reliability, Security and Stability Enhancement
- Radio Frequency Microelectronic Circuits
- Robotics for Material Intelligence
- Scheduling of Electric Bus Charging
- Secure Mobile Payment System through Near Field Communication
- Smart and Reconfigurable 6G Wireless Communication Networks Aided by Intelligent Reflecting Surface
- Smart Grid/Microgrid Operation and Control
- Smart Meter Data Analytics
- Speech Analytics and Language Intelligence
- Traffic Speed and Volume Prediction Considering Detectors Reliability
- Ultra-fast EV Charging and V2G Technologies
- Underground Cable Prognostics and Health Management
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Communications
- Wind/Solar/Hydrogen Energy System Control and Optimization
- Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles
- Wireless Electric Vehicle Energy Network
- Wireless Sensing Based Indoor Positioning
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- 3D Fireman Locating System Inside Multi-Storey Buildings
- AI-driven Language Model Linguistic Personality Assessment System
- Data centric AI systems for light-alloy forming tool design and process optimisations
- Development of Extremely Fast Charging Sodium Ion Batteries for Regenerative Braking in Electric Vehicles
- Human-robot Collaborative Manufacturing Systems
- Immersive Digital Health Education
- Industrial Intelligent Terminal Technology
- Innovative light-alloy forming technologies for light-weighting transportation vehicles for energy saving and CO2 emission reduction
- Intelligent Driving Simulator and Evaluation System Based on Mixed Reality
- Intelligent Non-invasive Structural Health Inspection System for Multi-part Covers
- Mars Landing Surveillance Camera for Tianwen-1 Mars Soft Landing Mission
- Mutual Cognitive Human-robot Collaborative Manufacturing System
- Multi-mode Optical Characterisation Interferometer (MOCI)
- Next-generation Rechargeable Batteries for Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage
- Novel High Efficacy Nano Multi-ring Defocus Incorporated Spectacle Lens for Myopia Control
- Novel Nano-imprinting Technology for Anti-counterfeiting Micro-images and Information Storage
- Surface Sampling and Packing System for Space Missions
- Ultra-precision Machining and Measurement Technologies for Biomedical, Bionics, Advanced Optics and Photonics Applications
- Vcare - Vision Training VR Device
- WireInspect: Anomaly Detection System for Elevator Steel Wire Ropes Using Deep Learning Models
- A Deep Learning Method for High-Fidelity, High-Resolution Day-Ahead Ultraviolet Index (UVI) Forecasting
- A Dry-Film Binder Fibrillation Approach to All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Battery Fabrication and Optimization
- A Totally-Additive-Manufactured Sensing Technique for Rapid Health Assessment After Orbital Debris Impact
- Advancing Green Aviation: From Fundamental Science to Application of Sustainable Aviation Fuels
- Aural comfortable headset for people with aural sensation and hearing issue
- Design of ultra-strong, ductile, and thermally stable nanocrystalline dual-phase alloys via coherent nano-honeycomb architectures
- Developing High Performance, Intelligent and Efficient Novel Robotic Systems
- Development of Advanced Quasi-Solid-State Anode-Free Sodium Metal Batteries for Next-Generation Electric Vehicles
- Development of high-strength fishing lines with ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
- Development of Multifunctional Coating Materials for Key Moving Components in High-End Offshore Engineering Equipment
- Energy-Efficient Liquid Cooling System for Data Centres
- Integrated Electrochemical H2O2 Production System for On-Site Air Purification in Hong Kong's MTR
- Integrating Sound Measurements
- Mutual Influence of Microstructure and Deformation in Hot Working High-Temperature Alloys with High γ' Content
- Pyrolysis moulding process for glassy carbon
- Re-inventing Surface Haptics for Robust Human-Machine Interactions: from New Modelling to Psychophysical Evaluation
- Robust Artificial Skin: Innovations for antifouling, anticorrosion, drug reduction and energy harvesting
