We are committed to nurturing the all-round development of our students; and the objective of our student exchange programme and activities is to further enhance the all-round development of our students, particularly in the areas of global outlook, social and national responsibility, cultural appreciation, and biliteracy and trilingualism.

For further details about the exchange programmes and the contact persons, please see below.

Credit-bearing (Semester-long) Exchange


i) Overseas Countries

Students who wish to spend a semester in a tertiary institution of an overseas country can approach the personnel in the International Affairs Office (IAO) to obtain detailed information on the list of partner institutions we have and of student exchange sponsorship and funds as well as the application procedures. The contact address of IAO is:
M1601 Li Ka Shing Tower
Email: oaexst@polyu.edu.hk
Tel: 2766 5379 / 2766 5097
Website: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/iao/public/eexc_outbound.htm

ii) Chinese Mainland

Students who wish to spend a semester in a tertiary institution in Chinese Mainland can approach the personnel in the Chinese Mainland Affairs Office (CMAO) to obtain detailed information on the list of partner institutions we have and of student exchange sponsorship and funds as well as the application procedures. The contact address of CMAO is:
R701 Shirley Chan Building
Email: ocstex@polyu.edu.hk
Tel: 3400 2745
Website: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/cmao/04_outbound.html

Once the application for the semester-long exchange has been approved by IAO or CMAO, the student can approach the student exchange officers in the academic department for advice on credit earning and credit transfer of the subjects (from the destination university to PolyU).

For Japanese exchange programmes, please contact Ms. Masumi Matsumoto, email: ctmasumi@inet.polyu.edu.hk . Please click on the links of the two universities below for the application procedures and deadlines:-


For overseas and mainland exchange programmes, please contact Dr. Li Dechao, email:ctdechao@inet.polyu.edu.hk