The Faculty of Engineering

Engineering is one of the founding disciplines of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University building on a tradition of engineering excellence for over 85 years. Over the decades, the Faculty of Engineering remains committed to its mission of enhancing the well-being of the community by serving industries and the educational needs of students. Generations of talented young engineers have been nurtured; their vision and leadership have contributed significantly to the development of society in Hong Kong and worldwide.

The Faculty has six constituent departments, namely the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Computing, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

We have around 6,000 students pursuing their studies in a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The majority of our engineering undergraduate programmes are accredited by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, a signatory under the Washington Accord.

Our academic and research works have gained recognitions locally and internationally. The popularity of our academic programmes and the quality of our research are reflected in the rankings below:

Ranked No. 1 in “Best Universities for Blockchain 2022” list by CoinDesk

Best Global Universities Rankings 2023 by U.S. News and World Report

• 6^th in the subject of "Engineering"
• 14^th in the subject of "Mechanical Engineering"
• 32^nd in the subject of "Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
• 34^th in the subject of "Computer Science"

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023

• 40^th in the subject of "Engineering"
• 79^th in the subject of "Computer Science"

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2023

• 90^th in the broad subject area of "Engineering and Technology"
• 118^th in the subject of "Engineering – Electrical and Electronic"
• 120^th in the subject of "Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing"
• 151^th – 200^th in the subject of "Computer Science and Information Systems"

Top Universities Rankings 2023 by Research.com - Country Ranking

• 2^nd in the discipline of “Engineering and Technology”
• 4^th in the discipline of “Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering”
• 6^th in the discipline of “Computer Science”
• 7^th in the discipline of “Electronics and Electrical Engineering”

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023

• 2^nd in the subject of "Transportation Science and Technology"
• 9^th in the subject of "Mechanical Engineering"
• 24^th in the subject of "Aerospace Engineering"
• 34^th in the subject of "Computer Science and Engineering"
• 37^th in the subject of "Telecommunication Engineering"
• 41^st in the subject of "Materials Science and Engineering"
• 51^st - 75^th in the subject of "Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
• 76^th - 100^th in the subject of "Biomedical Engineering"

Field-Weighted Citation Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research

• 8^th, the highest ranking among Hong Kong universities under the study by Times Higher Education and supported by Elsevier’s Scopus database

(Note: The respective subjects above cover the Faculty of Engineering as well as individual units across the University working in the areas.)

The Faculty has around 160 academics and over 330 research personnel conducting research with impact on society. The breadth of our research achievement stretches from earth to space and covers strategic areas with a high level of relevance to society. Some of our other key achievements include:

Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering

• Aviation Engineering - Air transportation, Air Traffic Control and Management, Human Factors in Flight Operations and Aircraft Maintenance, Airline Operation, Airport and Traffic Network Modelling, Air Mobility
• Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Advanced Aerospace Propulsion Systems
• Unmanned Autonomous Systems – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs), Auto-driving, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Department of Biomedical Engineering

• Artificial intelligence-based Knee Osteoarthritis screening system
• Gold-LAMP : A Portable Ultra-fast Nucleic Acid Testing System
• High-throughput Microfluidic Platform for CTCs Detection in Cancer Precision Diagnostics
• Imaging-guided nanoparticle photothermal treatment for osteoarthritis pain
• Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton
• Mobile Exo-neuro-musculo-skeleton for self-help upper limb rehabilitation
• Radiation-free scoliosis assessment system using 3D ultrasound imaging

Department of Computing

• A Data-driven Chiller Sequencing System for Reducing HVAC Electricity Consumption in Commercial Buildings
• A Multimodal Financial Assistant for the Visually Impaired
• A Multi-turn Customized Conversation System with Medical Knowledge Graph
• Advanced Periocular Recognition for Social Distancing and Access Control
• Big Data-Driven Airport Resource Management
• Enhancing Digital Asset Security Based on the Blockchain Technology
• Multi-sourced Event Detection and Multi-Dimensional Analysis based on Event Cube
• Negative-mood reduction among HK youth with robot Personal Avatar for Life
• Next Generation Digital Camera Imaging: Human Centered Image Reconstruction, Enhancement and Evaluation
• Practical Post-Quantum Zero-Knowledge Proofs
• Safeguarding Blockchain Ecosystems by identifying vulnerabilities
• Smart Urban Resilience and Firefighting

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

• All-electric Antilock braking Systems for Vehicles
• Ammonia-powered electric vehicles
• Antennas and applied electromagnetics for wireless communication and energy transmission
• Anti-spoofing and countermeasure for biometric systems
• Attacks and defenses in adversarial machine learning
• Biometrics authentication systems
• Direct wireless power conversion systems and applications
• Egocentric computer vision, ego vehicle, and 3D image reconstruction
• Fibre optic sensing system for health monitoring
• In-wheel motor drives for electric vehicles
• Magnetic differentials for electric vehicles
• Scheduling of electric bus charging
• Secure mobile payment system through Near Field Communication
• Smart and reconfigurable 6G wireless communication networks aided by intelligent reflecting surface
• Speech analytics and language intelligence
• Traffic speed and volume prediction considering detectors reliability
• Wireless charging of electric vehicles
• Wireless electric vehicle energy network

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

• 3D Fireman Locating System Inside Multi-Storey Buildings
• Development of Extremely Fast Charging Sodium Ion Batteries for Regenerative Braking in Electric Vehicles
• Optic Design, Precision Manufacture and Testing of Nanostructured Defocus Incorporated Spectacle (NDIS) Lenses for Controlling Human Myopia
• Robotic In-line Inspection of Water Mains
• System Planning and Policy Design for Autonomous Service Enabled Transport Systems
• Ultra-precision machining and measurement technologies for biomedical, bionics, advanced optics and photonics applications

Department of Mechanical Engineering

• Clean and Green Energy
• Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Future Electric Vehicles
• Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Robots
• Laser-ultrasonics-driven nondestructive inspection of key components of turbine engines
• Novel nanofiber technology for energy, environment and health application
• Wearables for Healthcare

For further information about the Faculty, please visit the Faculty’s website.