School Overview
The School of Professional Education and Executive Development (SPEED) was established by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 1999. PolyU SPEED, along with Hong Kong Community College (HKCC), is a unit under the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE) of PolyU.
Taught Postgraduate Programmes
PolyU SPEED is launching three new master's degree programmes in full-time and part-time modes in 2024/25, namely Master of Science in Green Business Management*, Master of Science in Health Services Management*, and Master of Science in Smart Engineering and Construction*, with the aim of nurturing management professionals for industries. Graduates will be conferred a master's degree awarded by PolyU.
* The offering of the programme is subject to the final approval by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in late 2024. There may be modifications to the programme title and curriculum subsequent to the approval.
Undergraduate Top-up Degree Programmes
PolyU SPEED offers a wide range of quality self-financed undergraduate top-up degree programmes in full-time and part-time modes, encompassing the academic disciplines of Accountancy, Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Marketing, Language and Communication, Building, Surveying and Property Management, Engineering, Health, Information Technology and Data Science, Design, and Social Sciences and Humanities. Graduates will be conferred a degree awarded by PolyU.
These programmes are administered by the four Academic Divisions of CPCE. The CPCE Academic Registry also provides support and services to facilitate the offering of these programmes.
Overseas University Award Programmes
PolyU SPEED has developed collaborations with Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School to offer undergraduate top-up degree programmes and the University of London to offer preparatory law courses in Hong Kong.
Continuing Education Courses
PolyU SPEED offers quality continuing education courses under HKSAR’s Qualifications Framework and the Continuing Education Fund, professionally-oriented courses to working professionals and lifelong learners as well as customised corporate training and consultancy services for organisations/corporations in the private and public sectors.
Professional and Business English Courses
Through the Centre for Professional and Business English, PolyU SPEED provides high impact professional English communication-related services including corporate training, professional development for teachers, recruitment screening testing services, editing and proofreading, public workshops and courses, to name just a few, with the mission of enabling people to communicate more effectively in English in professional environments and hence increasing productivity in organisations.