Lingnan University

Overview

Lingnan University, forging a path as a global leader in quality education and impactful research, aspires to evolve into a distinguished research-focused liberal arts university for the digital era, equipping students with critical thinking skills and digital literacy and ensuring our students are well-prepared to face the modern world's challenges. While maintaining our century-old strengths in arts, business and social sciences, it is emerging as a powerhouse in data science and artificial intelligence (AI) research and this newfound research strength has fostered a number of new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research areas emerging within the University, elevating our traditional research to a new height.

In the most recent Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings in 2025, Lingnan has marked a historic milestone with its worldwide first for SDG 4: Quality Education, the first time a higher education institution in Hong Kong, China, has reached the top position internationally in any Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) category, demonstrating the University's valuable contributions to advancing quality education and advocating the United Nations SDGs. 

In addition to honours Bachelor's degree programmes, the University also offers Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes in Chinese, Cultural Studies, English, Film and Visual Arts, History, Philosophy, Translation, Business, Data Science, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Economics, Government and International Affairs, Psychology, Sociology and/or Social Policy, and Urban Studies. Both the MPhil and PhD programmes lead to in-depth study in specific research areas. Full-time MPhil/PhD students will normally be awarded studentships. To offer more diversified learning opportunities, especially for interdisciplinary research studies, Lingnan has been offering a number of full-time PhD programmes in collaboration with universities in Chinese Mainland while some new collaborative programmes are also in the pipelines. To learn more about the achievements of our selected graduates, please click here for the video. [More about research postgraduate programmes]

The University also offers a number of taught postgraduate programmes, mostly leading to doctoral/master’s degrees, in Accountancy, Applied Psychology, Arts and Cultural Heritage Management, Arts Technology and Business, Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and the Future, Artificial Intelligence Studies, Business Administration in Global Humanitarian Innovation and Technology, Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Business Studies, China and Regional Studies, Chinese, Cities and Governance, Comparative Public Administration, Comparative Social Policy (International), Creative and Media Industries, Cross-disciplinary Technologies+, Cultural Studies, Curating and Arts History, Data Science, Digital English Studies, Digital History and Global Asia, eBusiness and Supply Chain Management, Environmental, Social and Governance Management, Finance, Global Digital Economy and Governance, Health Analytics and Management, Health and Social Services Management, Housing Policy and Management, Human Resource and Organisational Management, Industrial Data Analytics, International Affairs, International and Development Economics, International Higher Education and Management, Liberal Sciences, Marketing and International Business, Organisational Psychology and Education Management, Policy Studies, Research in Advanced Data Science, Risk Insurance and Actuarial Analytics, Smart Ageing and Gerontology, Smart City Technologies and Applications, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Sustainability and Environmental Analytics, Translation Studies and Work and Organisational Psychology. [More about taught postgraduate programmes]

Teaching & Learning

Lingnan adopts a student-oriented approach in teaching and learning, and emphasises close faculty-student relationships. Interaction plays an important role in mobilising students to reach for higher levels of intellectual discourse, analytical thinking and independent research abilities.

The University has well-qualified academic staff who are active in research to guide MPhil and PhD students. The academics who serve as supervisors of MPhil and PhD students will closely guide their students in the early phases of their research and thereafter will be responsible for helping them to work independently. [More about teaching and learning]

Research & Development

Lingnan is fully aware of the need to focus its research efforts on its areas of strength. At Lingnan, research and teaching are seen as interactive, one enriching the other field of endeavour. This synergy between teaching and research is particularly relevant to Lingnan, as our teaching exhibits a strong empirical orientation.

As a liberal arts university, Lingnan is fully committed not only to quality teaching, but also to excellence in research. Lingnan prides itself on being a "liberal arts-plus" university that also excels in research.  [More about research and development]

Facilities & Resources

The University campus is located approximately 2 kilometres north of Tuen Mun Town Centre. It has a total area of about 11 hectares and consists of a main campus and an adjacent secondary campus housing the University's teaching/support facilities and Outdoor Sports Ground. The teaching facilities include lecture theatres, lecture rooms, tutorial rooms, computer laboratories, language laboratories, digital media laboratory, general science laboratory, art studio,  and black box theatre. The University's Sports Complex provides indoor air-conditioned facilities and outdoor sports facilities.

The University endeavours to provide research postgraduate students with financial assistance to enable them to devote their full efforts to their studies and to facilitate their research and professional development. Postgraduate Studentships (PGSs) are awarded to full-time students to support their daily subsistence, tuition fees and other expenses that may arise during the course of their studies. Normally, a full-time MPhil/PhD student will be awarded a PGS. Conference/Field Trip Sponsorships, Scholarships for overseas research visits and other scholarships are also available. [More about facilities and resources]