The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) traces its origins to the Government Trade School, which opened on Wood Road in Wanchai in 1937. The institution became the Hong Kong Technical College after the Second World War, was formally established as The Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1972 and assumed full university status, with its current name, on 25 November 1994.
Its academic units include faculties of Business; Computer and Mathematical Sciences; Construction and Environment; Engineering; Health and Social Sciences; Humanities; and Science, and schools of Design, Fashion and Textiles, and Hotel and Tourism Management, alongside the Graduate School and the College of Undergraduate Studies. Its 2026 brochure reports more than 35,000 students and more than 190 programmes. PolyU also runs research institutes in mainland cities including Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Jinjiang. Professor Jin-Guang Teng is President.