Engineering

In the engineering research discipline, PolyU is ranked first in Hong Kong and ninth in the world at the U.S. News and World Report 2015. The ranking was based on the University’s academic research performance in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and civil engineering, including publications, citations and indications of global and regional reputation among the top 100 global universities.

 

Hotel and tourism management

Fully committed to faculty development and classroom excellence, PolyU’s School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) received a special award from the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute at the Asia Pacific CHRIE Conference. The Institute commended the SHTM for its strong endorsement of the Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) Programme, which launched in 1995. Over the years, the SHTM has hosted 21 workshops through which 347 hospitality and tourism faculties have been developed and over 3,200 CHEs (over 10% of the CHE population) have been certified.

 

Humanities

In linguistics subject, PolyU ranked 23rd in the world with a big jump of 22 places, fifth in Asia and second in Hong Kong, according to the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings by Subject 2014. The University also ranked first among universities in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland in terms of H index citations. Using data on reputation and research citations, the ranking highlighted the 200 top universities in the world for 30 individual subjects.

 

Textiles and clothing

PolyU’s Institute of Textiles and Clothing tops the world in research performance in its field, with the highest number of citations and a H-index (which measures the impact of research output) of 33, according to a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters, which produces the Science Citation Index (SCI) database. The survey was based on 16,313 research papers relating to textiles, fashion, clothing and apparel published over the past five years by the top 500 institutions. With 862 papers published in relevant journals, the Institute also ranked second in terms of total number of papers published. ♦