Guide to IC Visit - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Guide to IC Visit - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Guide to IC Visit - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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ORIGIN<strong>IC</strong> was founded in 1976 under theleadership of Dr the Hon. Sir CHUNG Szeyuen,Founding Chairman of Council, <strong>Hong</strong><strong>Kong</strong> <strong>Polytechnic</strong> <strong>to</strong> echo the needs of theindustry and community through:◊ Nurturing students <strong>to</strong> future professionaltechnologists and technicians byproviding them with industrial andengineering hands-on applicationorientedlearning activities andexperience.◊ Serving major professional technologistsand technicians providers (<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong><strong>Polytechnic</strong>, City <strong>Polytechnic</strong> and<strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong</strong> <strong>University</strong> of Science andTechnology).◊ Providing industrial and engineeringsupport <strong>to</strong> industry and community.For these reasons <strong>IC</strong> is quite unlike otheracademic establishments. You will not findanother similar establishment in <strong>Hong</strong><strong>Kong</strong> with such a variety of facilities andtechnologies and most importantly, withsuch a high emphasis on applicationorientedhands-on learning and application.Nowadays <strong>IC</strong> has introduced many newdevelopments <strong>to</strong> meet the changing needsof our community. Yet, <strong>IC</strong> is still unique andrenowned for what it is: a technology basewhere multi-disciplinary technologies arehoused and integrated under one roof andpractically applied.4