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 five constituent departments, namely the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, 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:
Best Global Universities Rankings 2024 by U.S. News and World Report
- 5th in the subject of "Engineering"
- 6th in the subject of "Mechanical Engineering"
- 32nd in the subject of "Artificial Intelligence"
- 38th in the subject of "Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024
- 38th in the subject of "Engineering"
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2024
- 97th in the broad subject area of "Engineering and Technology"
- 32nd in the subject of "Data Science and Artificial Intelligence"
- 73rd in the subject of "Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing"
- 74th in the subject of "Engineering – Electrical and Electronic"
Best Universities Rankings 2024 by Research.com - World Rankings
- 7th in the discipline of "Engineering and Technology"
- 35th in the discipline of "Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering"
- 52nd in the discipline of "Electronics and Electrical Engineering"
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2024
- 2nd in the subject of "Transportation Science and Technology"
- 14th in the subject of "Mechanical Engineering"
- 31st in the subject of "Materials Science and Engineering"
- 42nd in the subject of "Telecommunication Engineering"
- 46th in the subject of "Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
- 49th in the subject of "Aerospace Engineering"
- 101st - 150th in the subject of "Biomedical Engineering"
Field-Weighted Citation Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research
- 8th, 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 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 and Mobility, Air Traffic Control and Management, Human Factors in Flight Operations and Aircraft Maintenance, Airline Operation, Airport and Traffic Network Modelling
- Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Advanced Aerospace Propulsion Systems
- Unmanned Autonomous Systems – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs), Auto-driving, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
- Satellite Navigation and LEO Satellite Applications
- Low Altitude Economy – Low Altitude Transportation and Logistics, Low Altitude Public Services, Infrastructure and Service Network Planning, UAV Navigation and Control
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
- Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton
- Mobile Exo-neuro-musculo-skeleton for Self-help Upper Limb Rehabilitation
- Radiation-free Scoliosis Assessment System Using 3D Ultrasound Imaging
- Liverscan: Palm-sized Real-time B-mode Ultrasound Imaging Guided System for Liver Fibrosis Assessment
- Ultrasound Neuromodulation and Brain Stimulation
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
- Applied Cryptography
- Attacks and Defenses in Adversarial Machine Learning
- Biometrics Authentication Systems
- Cyber-physical Power System Simulation and Analysis
- Differential Privacy
- Direct Wireless Power Conversion Systems and Applications
- Egocentric Computer Vision, Ego Vehicle, and 3D Image Reconstruction
- Energy/Carbon Market Planning and Management
- Error Correction Coding
- Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
- Fibre Optic Sensing System for Health Monitoring
- Integrated Sensing and Communications
- In-wheel Motor Drives for Electric Vehicles
- Magnetic Differentials for Electric Vehicles
- Massive Connectivity for Internet-of-Things
- Optical Communications and Networks
- Power System Resilience, Reliability, Security and Stability Enhancement
- Radio Frequency Microelectronic Circuits
- Robotics for Material Intelligence
- 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
- Smart Grid/Microgrid Operation and Control
- Smart Meter Data Analytics
- Speech Analytics and Language Intelligence
- Traffic Speed and Volume Prediction Considering Detectors Reliability
- Ultra-fast EV Charging and V2G Technologies
- Underground Cable Prognostics and Health Management
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Communications
- Wind/Solar/Hydrogen Energy System Control and Optimization
- Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles
- Wireless Electric Vehicle Energy Network
- Wireless Sensing Based Indoor Positioning
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- 3D Fireman Locating System Inside Multi-Storey Buildings
- AR Smart Headset with Gesture Recognition and Control
- Development of Extremely Fast Charging Sodium Ion Batteries for Regenerative Braking in Electric Vehicles
- Intelligent Non-invasive Structural Health Inspection System for Multi-part Covers
- Novel Nano-imprinting Technology for Anti-counterfeiting Micro-images and Information Storage
- 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
- Vcare - Vision Training VR Device
- Vision: Real-Time Defect Detection and Classification System Using Deep Learning for Multi-Material Components
- WireInspect: Anomaly Detection System for Elevator Steel Wire Ropes Using Deep Learning Models
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- A Smart Mini-grid System for Renewable Energy Conversion, Storage, and Utilization
- Adaptive 3D Printing: Design, Manufacturing, Modeling and Optimization
- AI-Powered Surgical Robots
- Aural Comfortable Headset for People with Aural Sensation and Hearing Issue
- Developing High Performance, Intelligent and Efficient Novel Robotic Systems
- Development of Safe and Energy-dense All-solid-state Lithium Batteries
- Integrated Electrochemical H2O2 Production System for On-Site Air Purification in Hong Kong's MTR
- Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment Technology of Soft Hysteroscope Robot
- Re-inventing Surface Haptics for Robust Human-Machine Interactions: from New Modelling to Psychophysical Evaluation
- Robust Artificial Skin: Innovations for Antifouling, Anticorrosion, Drug Reduction and Energy Harvesting
- Toward Green Aviation via the Take-Up of Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Fundamental Characterizations and Application-Oriented Implementations
- Ultrahigh-Specific-Energy and High-Safety Sodium-based Traction Batteries
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