Academic Registry
Visit the Academic Registry Student Page for information on our prospectuses, examination and registration schedules, useful notices and application forms.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the commitment to and demonstration of honest and moral behavior in academic work. Students at PolyU are expected to uphold academic integrity and do their academic work in an honest and ethical manner, following the conventions and code of practice of their chosen discipline or profession. Various resources are available to provide a fair and honest learning environment which encourages you to maintain high standards of academic integrity. A special section is available on the website of Academic Registry to gather all essential information related to academic integrity, ranging from policy and procedures to support and resources (e.g. citation guides) offered by academic support units across the University for access by students and staff. You are encouraged to visit the website from time to time at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ar/academic-integrity/introduction.
Student Handbook
The Student Handbook covers information on academic integrity, student conducts and discipline. To ensure that you stay clear from dishonest behaviours, find out how to maintain academic integrity and the consequences of dishonest behaviours via the website of Academic Registry at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ar/academic-integrity/policies-and-regulations/.
Online Tutorial on Academic Integrity
The Tutorial helps students understand what academic integrity means, what constitutes plagiarism and ways to avoid it. It also provides essential information and study skills that students need for their academic study. All 4-Year undergraduate degree students are required to complete the Online Tutorial on Academic Integrity (OTAI) embedded in the Leadership Education and Development subjects while Articulation Degree/Senior Year Intakes students are recommended to complete OTAI embedded in the Essential Components of General Education within their first year of study at PolyU.
Resources on avoiding plagiarism
The Booklet About Plagiarism and How to Avoid it: Hot Tips for PolyU Students serves as a quick guide to help students understand more about plagiarism and learn how to use sources properly in their work. It also provides useful information on resources and helps avoid plagiarism. This handy booklet can be accessed at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ogur/docdrive/Academic_Integrity/Plagiarism_Booklet.pdf
You can also obtain more information about using sources and referencing styles from the following web page of the Centre for Independent Language Learning, English Language Centre of this University: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/en/elc/independent-learning/language-resources/referencing/
Library Support for Academic Integrity
A quick guide that consolidates and summarises good practices, resources, and helpful tools related to proper citations and avoiding plagiarism. More details here: https://libguides.lb.polyu.edu.hk/academic-integrity
EndNote and other Reference Management Tools for academic writing
EndNote is a widely used reference management tool to help you collect, organise, and share your references and is especially useful in letting you effortlessly insert in-text citations and format end of paper bibliographies for your research paper. There are also other similar tools that you can use depending on your needs. More details here: https://libguides.lb.polyu.edu.hk/ref-mgt-tools
Plagiarism detection tools
PolyU provides licenced use of the plagiarism prevention and detection tools Turnitin on LEARN@PolyU (理學). For more information about the system, visit http://turnitin.com/
Online Learning
You may obtain support and information about learning online on the Educational Development Centre's eLearning website: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/elearning/student-support/contents/
Exposure Studio Production
Exposure Studio Productions is a student-supported video production house located at BC401. Look out for their training workshops to prepare you for getting the most out of your future video assignments and projects. For more information, visit https://edc.polyu.edu.hk/esp/
Office of Undergraduate Studies
Visit the Office of Undergraduate Studies to learn more about the 4-year undergraduate degree curriculum, the General University Requirements (GUR) and support given to students.
Faculties, Schools and Departments
For detailed information and contacts of our faculties, schools and departments, click here.
Pao Yue-Kong Library
As a “learning hub” of PolyU, our library offers a vast physical and digital collection of study materials and provides diverse study spaces like study carrels and group discussion rooms to meet your learning needs. Come experience and try out new technologies in i-Space or grab a cup of freshly-brewed coffee from the LibCafe! The Library Guide for PolyU Freshmen introduces you to the top things every new student should know about the Library.
