EAGLE Global Youth Leadership Hub | Student Affairs Office

The EAGLE Global Youth Leadership Hub (EAGLE Hub), established in 2025 by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Student Affairs Office upon the success of the EAGLE programme, aims to deliver an innovative leadership education and to forge dynamic partnerships with the PolyU community, alumni, and global societal leaders. The EAGLE Hub empowers youth to cultivate leadership ethics, a global mindset, and a committed responsibility to shared sustainable development. By fostering moral character building and a collaborative vision, the EAGLE Hub inspires the next generation to shape a thriving sustainable future.

Mission

To advocate and promote students’ character building in values and moral development
To cultivate students’ global mindset and expand their perspectives through immersive global exposures and experiences
To nurture students’ collaborative vision to uphold and lead with an ethical outlook and a sense of responsibility, fostering shared sustainable development on the local, national, and international levels
To forge partnerships with the PolyU community, alumni, and global societal leaders and organisations to enrich student experiences, and to reinforce PolyU’s and SAO’s position in youth leadership development

EAGLE the Adventurers EAGLE International Youth Leaders Summit Cross-institutional Student-led Social Projects

Education Objectives

EAGLE stands for Ethics, Aspirations, Globality, Leadership, and Excellence. It empowers students to:

Ethics

Aspirations

Globality

Leadership

Excellence

To develop strong ethical principles for guiding future life decisions and lead with integrity

To aim high and cultivate strong motivation and resilience towards goals

To embrace a global perspective and an appreciation of diversities

To inspire and influence others through empowerment and collaboration

To commit to high standards and strive for continuous self-improvement

Distinguished Features

EAGLE comprises four distinguished features and offers a holistic experience to student’s leadership advancement:

Led by Experts

Leaders' Mindset and Skills

EAGLE invites field experts and renowned organisations to share valuable experiences and insights through various tailored workshops, leadership training camps, and engagement activities.

Unique Intercultural and Offshore Experience

EAGLE offers an offshore expedition where PolyU and international students can explore both historic and modern sustainable development.

Globally Connected

Sustainable Development Goals

EAGLE ensures an alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, contributing to the resolution of pressing global challenges.

Internationally Aligned

Empowering Collaborative Vision and Leadership

EAGLE encourages students to uphold and lead with a collaborative vision, an ethical outlook, and a sense of responsibility. This fosters shared sustainable development, creates meaningful social impact, and drives positive change through diverse social projects.

Grounded for Impact

Empowering Collaborative Vision and Leadership

Upcoming Programmes and Events

The EAGLE Hub is proud to present the following programmes and events in 2025/26.

Learn more and join us for a meaningful leadership journey.

EAGLE the Adventurers

“EAGLE the Adventurers” empowers PolyU students and students from our global partner universities with transformative experiential learning experiences.

It offers a platform with enriched intercultural interactions and hands-on leadership exposures through innovative training and dynamic engagements with the PolyU community, alumni, and global societal leaders, as well as a unique offshore trip that explores historic and modern sustainable development.

EAGLE International Youth Leaders Summit

Themed "Aspire to a Sustainable World for Future Generations", the Summit invites prominent global leaders to deliver keynote speeches and interact with our students to discuss actions towards a more sustainable future.

Parallel panel sessions will be hosted by global societal leaders on various topics, such as climate actions, ethics and ESG, sustainability and AI, etc.

Stay tuned for more information!

Cross-institutional Student-led Social Projects

The EAGLE Hub calls for applications for cross-institutional student-led social projects that aims to tackle social challenges in Hong Kong.

Apply in a group of four to eight students (with PolyU student(s) as leader or co-leader), and obtain funding and resources to transform your ideas into actions!

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EAGLE International Youth Leaders Summit

Stay tuned for more information!

Cross-institutional Student-led Social Projects

EAGLE the Adventurers

“EAGLE the Adventurers” empowers PolyU students and students from our global partner universities with transformative experiential learning experiences.