The College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPCE) was founded in 2002 by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). CPCE oversees the day-to-day operations of three self-financed education units, namely the School of Professional Education and Executive Development (SPEED) and the Hong Kong Community College (HKCC) and its College of Chinese Mainland Programme (CCMP) and the Hong Kong CyberU (HKCyberU). CPCE aims to provide a better synergy within the organisation, in particular to fully utilise the resources.

While operating with full autonomy, CPCE maintains a strong affiliation with PolyU Senate on academic quality assurance matters. Implementation approval from PolyU Senate is required for programmes leading to PolyU (including PolyU HKCC and PolyU SPEED) awards to ensure that the high-standard quality assurance mechanism of PolyU is strictly followed.