Outstanding Alumni Award

The PolyU Design Outstanding Alumni Awards aim to give recognition to outstanding graduates of PolyU Design for their professional achievements, active support to their alma mater, as well as impactful contributions to the wider community.

Nominations for the PolyU Design Outstanding Alumni Awards 2025 are now invited your submission.

Tentative Nomination and Selection Schedule

Nomination Period: from 17 June 2025 to 17 July 2025 (Deadline: 17 July 2025, 11:59pm HKT)
Evaluation and Voting: Late July 2025
Award Presentation: 26 August 2025

The PolyU Design Outstanding Alumni Awards honors alumni for professional excellence, alma mater support, and community impact. Since 2022, categories recognize achievements in professional, entrepreneurial, scholarly, and community service areas, including young alumni.

Each nomination must include:

a nomination form Nomination Form (DOCX);
a current curriculum vitae of the nominee with a passport photo;
copy of certificate(s);
copy of award(s); and
copy of other supplementary documents

Each nomination must be submitted by a proposer.
The proposer should have obtained nominees’ consent before the submission of nominations.
There is no limit to the number of nominations to be submitted by each proposer.
Proposer can also be nominated. However, the proposer cannot nominate himself/herself.

The completed nomination form should be submitted by e-mail to the School of Design in Word format together with supporting documents on or before 17 July 2025: sd.aln@polyu.edu.hk (Ms Man Tsang).

PolyU Design Outstanding Alumni Awards

Nomination and Selection Award Categories and Selection Criteria Eligibility Selection Committee Enquiries

The PolyU Design Outstanding Alumni Awards recognises alumni who have made contributions to the University and the wider community through their achievements in respective areas. Nomination Process is as below:

SOA Nomination Process

In addition to honouring distinguished graduates for their distinction in specific areas, the Award recognises the alumni's active support to their alma mater. Support and Contribution to PolyU is one of the key nomination and selection criteria at all levels.

Four specific areas of achievement would be given recognition, namely Professional Achievement, Entrepreneurial Achievement, Scholarly Achievement, and Community Service Achievement.

Award Category	Description
Professional Achievement	This achievement area recognises alumni who have attained distinguished achievements, demonstrated exemplary leadership, and made a strong impact on their profession / industry / society.
Entrepreneurial Achievement	This achievement area recognizes alumni who have demonstrated outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as founded or advanced business or technology ventures with impact.
Scholarly Achievement	This achievement area recognises alumni scholars who have made notable scholarly or research contributions in their disciplines, with proven track record and excellent reputation in the field.

* Alumni who are aged at/under 40 in the award selection year would be eligible for the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

The nominated candidate must be a graduate who has successfully completed full-time or part-time programme offered by PolyU (or its forerunners: Hong Kong Government Trade School, Hong Kong Technical College, and Hong Kong Polytechnic) which led to academic award accredited by the respective Institution.

The proposer can be a PolyU graduate, Honorary Graduate, University Fellow, PolyU staff, PolyU Council and Court member and Advisory Committee member. There is no limit to the number of nominations to be submitted by each proposer. However, the proposer cannot be the candidate himself/herself.

A Selection Committee, comprising both internal and external members, will be formed at respective levels to examine the nominations and assess candidates’ qualifications and performance for the awards.

Man Tsang

School of Design

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tel: +852 2766 7971

Email:

sd.aln@polyu.edu.hk