May 2025 Entry
What's New
- Undergraduate
- Taught Postgraduate
- Undergraduate
The Department of Food Science and Nutrition (FSN), based on the key pillars in Food Safety, Food Technology, Human Nutrition, and Chinese Medicine, meeting the requirements of the growing public awareness of food sustainability and safety.
With the vision of becoming a world-leading department advancing the Food Science and Nutrition industry, FSN is committed to creating societal impacts, training professional talents, leading innovative research, and facilitating knowledge transfer for better public health and well-being of mankind.
With the hope of cultivating our graduates to meet the needs of the ever-changing world and contribute to society, we will update our programmes regularly to follow the pace of social change; actively schedule exchange programmes and organize field visits to prepare our students with international insights; set up the Work-Integrated Education programme to provide on-the-job training to the students and provide consultancy to offer technical solutions to the industry.
FSN will continue to focus on talent grooming, pursue impactful research and maintain a strong partnership with other businesses, industries and associations for translating knowledge into product development.
Please visit our website for more information about our research areas and programmes.
Food Safety and Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance under One Health Framework
Supervisor | Tel | |
Prof. CHEN Sheng | 3400 8619 | sheng.chen@polyu.edu.hk |
Food Sustainability
Supervisor | Tel | |
Dr FANG Kar-hei James | 3400 8703 | james.fang@polyu.edu.hk |
Dr KWOK Wing-hin Kevin | 3400 8687 | kwh.kwok@polyu.edu.hk |
Dr Lai Chun Him, Nathanael | 3400 8832 | chnathanael.lai@polyu.edu.hk |
Prof. WONG Man-kin | 3400 8701 | mankin.wong@polyu.edu.hk |
Functional Foods and Chinese Medicine
Microbiome in Nutrition and Human Health
Supervisor | Tel | |
Dr CHANG Jinhui Gail | 3400 8765 | gail-jinhui.chang@polyu.edu.hk |
Dr CHIOU Jiachi Amber | 3400 8664 | jiachi.amber.chiou@polyu.edu.hk |
Dr WOH Pei-yee Peggy | 3400 8880 | peggy.woh@polyu.edu.hk |
Nutrition and Human Health: The Emergence of Precision Nutrition
Supervisor | Tel | |
Dr HUI Lai-ling Connie | 3400 8785 | connie.hui@polyu.edu.hk |
Dr LO Ka-hei Kenneth | 3400 8778 | kenneth.kh.lo@polyu.edu.hk |
Please visit our website for more information about our research facilities.
Compulsory - Two Academic Referee's Reports are required for the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), PolyU Research Postgraduate Scholarship (PRPgS) and PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship Scheme (PPPFS).
Optional - For PolyU Research Postgraduate programmes
Compulsory
Compulsory - For the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), PolyU Research Postgraduate Scholarship (PRPgS) and PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship Scheme (PPPFS).
Optional - For PolyU Research Postgraduate programmes
A standard form must be used for the submission of research proposal. Please click here to download the form.
Compulsory
Graduation certificate(s) with official stamp - Applicants with academic qualifications from Mainland China must submit both the Degree Certificate (學位證書) and Graduation Certificate (畢業證書); and
Transcript(s) with official stamp - showing all the course and grades taken during the whole study period and containing all pages including the explanatory notes and the grading system.