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'''2002''', '''The Hong Kong Community College''', '''HKCC''' was established to offer [[Associate Degree]]. On October 2, there were 11,273 PolyU staffs, students and alumni came together and broke the '''[[Guinness World Records]]''' of '''audience wave rainbow''' at that time. This was not only to cerebrate the 65th anniversary of the University, but also to raise charity funds for '''The Childhood Cancer Fundation''' and '''The Hong Kong Society for the Aged'''.
'''2003''', the University was invited by the '''[[European Space Agency]] (EAS)''' to participate in the design of '''Mars Rock Corer''' to accompany the '''ESA's Beagle2 Lander''' to land on Mars on the Christmas Day in that year. The Mars Rock Corer, using the concept of Chinese chopsticks, was being employed to retrieve samples from inside of rocks on Mars.
'''January 2004''', the onset of '''Phase seven''' and '''Phase eight'''.
'''2005''', the '''Institute of Textiles and Clothing''' '''(ITC)''' of the University was nominated by the '''Government's Innovation and Technology Fund''' to establish the '''Research and Development Centre for Textile and Clothing''' in Hong Kong to undertake industry-oriented technological researches. The Centre is one of the '''six''' R&D Centre Program managed by the [[Innovation and Technology Commission]] of the HKSAR Government. The ITC of the University is widely recognised as one of the '''top three''' research centres in the World in its field.
'''August 2005''', the '''Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research''' rated the '''School of Hotel and Tourism Management''' of the University '''number four''' in the World '''(number one in Asia)''' in terms of research. The School is also '''one of the sixteen''' Education and Training Network Centres in the World '''(the only school in Asia)''' as selected by the '''World Tourism Organisation'''.
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'''September 2005''', '''Y core''' started to serve students and the '''Phase seven''' campus completed.
'''April 2006''', the Y core was named after '''Dr [[Lee Shau Kee]]''' who was a major donor to the University research fund.
'''May 2006''', the '''Graduate School of Business''' of the University entered into collaboration agreements with the '''International Institute for Management Development (IMD)''' in Lausanne and the '''Sauder School of Business''' at the '''University of British Columbia (UBC)''' in Canada.
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