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80 years ago, the Government Trade School was established to provide technical education to youngsters in Hong Kong. The unit which provided education to the twenty-odd youngsters in 1937 has also gone through different stages of transformation, having the identities of Department of Automobile Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Departmentof Mechanical/Production Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Production and Marine Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering and is now The Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The Department has grown substantially over the years. It now has a total student population of 1,000, with more than 300 students graduating each year.
To achieve excellence in education and research in the discipline of mechanical engineering with global out-reach and impact.
To train future leaders, with creativity, broad vision, global outlook, and professional ethics for industry, academia, government and communities, who have sound knowledge in mechanical engineering with effective communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
To create knowledge and technologies through fundamental research and its applications in mechanical engineering, in order to serve the societal needs.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Texas at Arlington, USA
The University was ranked
17th
in the subject of “Engineering” (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineering) in Best Global Universities Rankings 2018 by the U.S. News and World Report
29th
in the subject of “Mechanical Engineering” in Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2018 by ShanghaiRanking’s.
(PolyU is the only university in Hong Kong ranked in the top 50)
51-100th
in “Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing” in QS World University Ranking by Subject, 2018
56th
in “Engineering and Technology” in QS World University Ranking by Faculty, 2018
23rd
in the subject of “Mechanical Engineering” in the NTU Ranking 2018
Department of Mechanical Engineering
6/F, FG Core
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel.: (852) 2766-6657 / (852) 2766-6658
Fax: (852) 2365-4703
Email: mmquiry@polyu.edu.hk