嶺南大學 | |||||||||||||
Former names | Christian College in China Canton Christian College Lingnan Xuexiao Lingnan College Lingnan Xueyuan | ||||||||||||
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Motto | 作育英才,服務社會 Education for Service [1] | ||||||||||||
Type | Public | ||||||||||||
Established | 1888 | ||||||||||||
Academic affiliation | AACBS, AALAU, ACUCA, ASAIHL, ACUCA, BHUA, GHMUA, GLAA | ||||||||||||
Chairman | Andrew Yao Cho-fai, BBS, JP | ||||||||||||
Chancellor | John Lee Ka-chiu (as Chief Executive of Hong Kong) | ||||||||||||
President | S. Joe Qin | ||||||||||||
Academic staff | 319 (2023–2024) [2] | ||||||||||||
Students | 6,243 (2023–2024) [3] | ||||||||||||
Address | 8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong , , Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Colours | Red and Grey [4] | ||||||||||||
Website | ln | ||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 嶺南大學 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 岭南大学 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Líhng nàahm daaih hohk | ||||||||||||
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Lingnan College | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 嶺南學院 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 岭南学院 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Líhng nàahm hohk yuhn | ||||||||||||
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University rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
QS World[5] | 641-650 (2024) |
Regional – Overall | |
QS Asia[6] | 167 (2024) |
Lingnan University (Lingnan) is located in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. It intertwines research with teaching.[7]
Lingnan University has 3 faculties, 3 Schools, 16 departments, 2 language centres, and 2 units (science and music),[8] offering 29 degree honours programmes[9] spanning various disciplines in humanities, business, and social sciences. Lingnan's small class size facilitates interaction. Lingnan also provides a diverse array of taught masters, research master’s and PhD programmes. Total students comprise more than 6,200 students.[10]
Lingnan University has over 270 partners across more than 50 countries/regions facilitating international exchanges or participation in short-term summer or winter programmes for over 80% of undergraduates.[11] Currently, Lingnan University has dual-degree programmes with the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, National Chengchi University (Taiwan), Shenzhen University and Wuhan University in some of the master's and doctoral research areas.