Alumni Corner

 The Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award (OPAA) aims to give recognition to distinguished graduates of PolyU for great distinction in their chosen fields, active support to their alma mater, as well as impactful contributions to the wider community. 

Since 2022, achievement categories have been established to celebrate considerable accomplishments of our alumni in specific areas, including professional achievement, entrepreneurial achievement, scholarly achievement, and community service achievement. Recognition is now also given to outstanding young alumni. The Award is organised at three levels to promote championship of recognition and engagement of alumni at Department, Faculty/School and University levels.

Nominations for Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Department of Applied Mathematics will start in March and result will be announced in May every year. 

Recipients of Department Awards would be nominated to the Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU at Faculty Level and University Level. For details, please visit OPAA website.

Eligibility

The nominated candidate must be 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 PolyU graduate, Honorary Graduate, University Fellow, PolyU staff, current PolyU Council and Court member and current 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 or a direct relative of the candidate.

Award Categories and Selection Criteria

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

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

Alumni who are aged at/under 40 would be eligible for the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

Selection Committee will examine the nominations and assess candidates’ qualifications and performance for the awards. 

Confidentiality

All information submitted on this nomination form will be kept strictly confidential and will only be used by the Selection Committee for the purpose of the selection process.  The candidate will not be contacted by the Department of Applied Mathematics until he/she is selected as the awardee of the Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award.

Enquiry

Departmental Alumni Liaison Officer

Email: math.alumni@polyu.edu.hk.