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23 Oct 2025

HKMU faculty and students use technology to enhance travel safety and crop harvesting in China's “hometown of lychees”

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), as Hong Kong's first university of applied sciences, is committed to integrating practical learning into its curriculum, empowering students to tackle societal challenges and develop into innovative, socially responsible professionals. Last month, students and faculty members from the Department of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Science and Technology visited Maoming, Guangdong province, where they voluntarily installed solar-powered lampposts in a local village, improving travel safety for residents. They are also working on agricultural technologies to improve the harvesting efficiency of local lychees and other crops, supporting the country's rural revitalisation strategy....

5 Sep 2025

Students' innovative smart glasses project recognised with accolades

A team of Computer Science students — Yip On-tik, Chui Tsz-ching, Lee Chak-yin and Eugene Wu Long-fung — received multiple awards for their innovative project, “Smart Glasses for Hearing Impaired in Hong Kong” in local and national innovative and techonology competitions....

28 Aug 2025

HKMU's first technology licence: Paving the way for the commercialisation of non-invasive prostate cancer screening innovation

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) recently achieved its first-ever technology licensing agreement, a milestone in the University's efforts to translate research into impactful, real-world applications. A know-how licensing agreement for a non-invasive electrochemical screening technology, based on foundational research by Prof. A. L. Roy Vellaisamy, Chair Professor of Intelligent Systems in the School of Science and Technology, has been signed with a UK-based healthcare company. The technology offers a highly promising method for the early detection of prostate cancer through a simple urine test....

8 Aug 2025

School of Science and Technology students excel at the Innovate for Future competition

Students from the School of Science and Technology presented their projects at Innovate for Future 2025, earning the Champion award and a Certificate of Merit in the Tertiary Stream. This marks the second consecutive year that HKMU students have won the Champion award at this competition....

28 May 2025

Electronic and Computer Engineering student recognised with Best Paper Award at ISCAIE 2025

Curtis Choy Tak-hei, a student in the Electronic and Computer Engineering programme, received the Student Best Paper Award at the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer Applications and Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE 2025) for his final year project, titled “Parallel Implementation of Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition in EEG Signal Processing”....

25 May 2025

HKMU's award-winning smart MR system enhances new property inspection and training efficiency

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is committed to developing impactful applied research. In collaboration with Hong Yip Service Company Limited (Hong Yip), a subsidiary of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP), Dr Jimmy Li Chi-ho, Assistant Professor in the School of Science and Technology, has developed an intelligent property inspection system. This innovative solution improves the efficiency of property management staff in inspecting new residential units, while significantly reducing training time and labour costs for property management companies....

17 Mar 2025

HKMU co-hosts summit to promote industry-academia-research collaboration to cultivate cybersecurity talent

The Hong Kong Cybersecurity Talent Development Summit, co-organised by Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and the National Policy Research Institute on 22 February, brought together experts from research, academia and industry to explore strategies and challenges in cultivating cybersecurity talent in Hong Kong. The summit aimed to provide a platform to deepen collaboration among the three sectors to develop cybersecurity professionals equipped with both expertise and practical experience....

28 Jan 2025

Students' innovative building inspection project receives yet more accolades

The collaborative project, “Digital Twin (Mixed Reality) Adoption for Improving Training and Inspection Processes in New Buildings”, developed by a team of students and a graduate from the School of Science and Technology (S&T), was again recognised in various competitions....

20 Dec 2024

Student team from School of Science and Technology garners Third Prize at Huawei ICT Competition Hong Kong

Three students from the School of Science and Technology, Liu Yuhang, Jiang Haodong and Imran Mohamed Maheen Mohamed, teamed up to join the Huawei ICT Competition 2024–2025 in Hong Kong. After undergoing a series of training sessions, and a preliminary contest before a professional judging panel, the team advanced to the finals with 21 other teams and ultimately secured Third Prize in the Computing Track....

26 Sep 2024

HKMU launches Hong Kong's first degree programme in gemmology and jewellery studies, aiming to nurture talent for the industry

Following the signing of a Memorandum of Intent between Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and the Asian Gemmological Institute and Laboratory (AGIL) in July to jointly promote the gemstone industry through education, training, testing, certification, research and industry development, HKMU recently held the “International Gemmological Conference 2024” and officially launch Hong Kong's first degree programme in gemmology and jewellery studies, with the goal of nurturing more talent in testing, certification, research and industry development for the gemstone and jewellery industry of Hong Kong....