The Department of Politics and Public Administration (PPA) is a leading department in the study of  Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, and in Public Administration, both regionally and globally.

Over the past half century, PPA has gained international recognition for its excellence in teaching, research, knowledge exchange, and service to the community.

One of PPA’s distinctive features is its comprehensive coverage of all of the major interrelated fields of Political Science and Public Administration. Collaboration and dialogue between these distinct fields of knowledge provide a robust foundation for understanding the complexities of politics and public administration in the modern world.

PPA’s main research objective is to enhance knowledge and the practice of governance, politics and public administration. Its distinctive approach leverages its location in an international hub to develop global perspectives on relevant questions and draws on its faculty members’ extensive experience in both Asian and Western higher education institutions. PPA takes pride in its research outputs, made possible by a supportive research environment. This is evident in the high level of productivity among its academic faculty. Please refer to Research Outputs – Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong for more details.

This commitment to research, to a global outlook, and to a breadth of perspectives, align PPA with HKU’s vision as “Asia’s Global University”, which emphasizes the University’s critical role in informing Asia about the rest of the world, informing the rest of the world about China, and aspiring to be “one of the world’s greatest universities”.