2025 World Optometry Week: Optometry Clinic Tour and Insights into Comprehensive Eye Examination

In collaboration with The Hong Kong Association of Private Practice Optometrists (HKAPPO), the School of Optometry successfully hosted the “2025 World Optometry Week – Optometry Clinic Tour and Insights into Comprehensive Eye Examination” on 18-19 March 2025.  We were honored to welcome…

PolyU School of Optometry supports HK Paralympic Committee 1st Classification Conference

The 1st Classification Conference of the China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee was successfully held on March 22, 2025. As a supporting organisation, the School of Optometry at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University was represented by Prof. Andrew Lam, Professor and Associate Head of the school, who…

Prof. Carly Lam’s Research on Myopia Prevalence Among HK Children Recognized as One of the Century's Most Impactful Papers in OPO

We are thrilled to congratulate Prof. Carly Lam, Adjunct Professor at the School of Optometry, for her outstanding achievement. Her paper, titled "Prevalence of Myopia Among Hong Kong Chinese Schoolchildren: Changes Over Two Decades," has been honoured as one of the top 12 original research papers…

Special Olympics Hong Kong - Healthy Athletes Programme 2025

 19 students and optometrists from the School of Optometry, PolyU, along with volunteer optometrists from The Hong Kong Society of Professional Optometrists and The Hong Kong Association of Private Practice Optometrists, participated in the "Healthy Athletes" programme organized by Special…

Early Closure of PolyU Optometry Clinic and Community Optometry Centres

【Clinic Special Opening Hours】 The PolyU Optometry Clinic on Hunghom campus, the Integrative Community Health Center in Lai King and the Sik Sik Yuen – PolyU Optometry Centre (Wong Tai Sin Teaching and Learning Centre) will have early closure on 28 January 2025. Thank you for your…

Early Closure of PolyU Optometry Clinic and Community Optometry Centres

【Clinic Special Opening Hours】 The PolyU Optometry Clinic on Hunghom campus, the Integrative Community Health Center in Lai King and the Sik Sik Yuen – PolyU Optometry Centre (Wong Tai Sin Teaching and Learning Centre) will have early closure on the following days. Thank you for your attention. 21 Dec…

PhD Student Nandini RAVI received Best Student Presenter Award

Ms Nandini RAVI, PhD student at the School, has been awarded the Best Student Presenter Award for her exceptional performance in the Research Seminars in Semester 1, AY2024/25. Her presentation was titled "L/M cone responses using global flash MOFO mfERG in myopic children". The School hosts the…

Dr ZHOU Liping’s team wins Special Prize and Gold Medal at 4th Asia Exhibition of Innovations and Inventions Hong Kong

Co-developed by Dr Liping ZHOU, Co-Principal Investigator, CEVR; Research Assistant Professor, School of Optometry and the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, PolyU and Dr Chau-minh PHAN, Principal Investigator, CEVR, the “Eye-On-a-Chip Technology” won the CAI Award Invention and…

New FAAO Achieved - Dr Rachel Chun and Ms Daisy Leung

PolyU School of Optometry proudly announces that Dr Rachel Chun, Assistant Professor, and Ms Daisy Leung, Optometrist, have been awarded the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO) Fellowship. This significant achievement reflects their unwavering dedication to maintaining the highest standards in…

PolyU establishes eight JC STEM Labs to attract outstanding R&D talent and support Hong Kong’s development into an international I&T hub