The concept of Smart Mobility is to achieve an efficient and sustainable city by utilising big data, digital platforms and a connected environment to optimise transport services for people and goods. The Department’s research activities include, but are not limited to, connected and autonomous vehicles, managed motorways, traffic signal optimisation, machine learning, data mining, utilisation of Bluetooth and Wifi data for traffic and pedestrian monitoring, optimisation of bus operations, asset life cycle costing, traffic safety analysis, environment-friendly transportation infrastructure, public transportation systems, queueing systems and multimodal traffic.
The Department has been actively involved in many research projects with leading research institutions and universities from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Japan, Korea, Australia, the USA and Europe.
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30 September 2023, 31 January 2024
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15 January 2024, 27 May 2024
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ST305, 3/F, Ng Wing Hong Building,
Hung Hom,
Kowloon City, Hong Kong, Kowloon
At least hold a Bachelor’s degree with Second Class Honors or above (or equivalent qualification) conferred by a recognized university.
PolyU may accept other equivalent qualifications. The decision is made on an individual basis.
English Language Requirements
The requirements for those who do not have a degree for which English was the language of instruction at a recognized university are:
An overall score of at least 6.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); OR
A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 80 or above for the Internet-based test or 550 or above for the paper-based test.
All English language test scores are considered valid for two years after the date of the test.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
PolyU ranks 65th in the QS World University Rankings and 79th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings internationally.
