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 has been expanding its postgraduate portfolio with a range of master’s degree programmes offered in both full-time and part-time modes commencing. These programmes span multiple disciplines, including Business and Hospitality Management; Languages and Communication; Science, Engineering, and Health Studies.

Designed to equip students with advanced professional knowledge and cross-disciplinary skills, these master’s programmes aim to nurture future-ready leaders and specialists for a variety of industries. Graduates will be conferred a master's degree awarded by PolyU.

Four-year Full-time Undergraduate Programmes and Undergraduate Top-up Degree Programmes

PolyU SPEED offers a wide range of quality self-financed 4-year full-time undergraduate programmes and full-time/part-time undergraduate top-up degree programmes, 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 PolyU 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 a collaboration with Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School in the UK to offer undergraduate top-up degree programmes 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.