Lingnan University
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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| President | S. Joe Qin | ||||||||||||
Academic staff | 319 (2023–2024) | ||||||||||||
| Students | 6,243 (2023–2024) | ||||||||||||
| Address | 8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong , , Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Colours | Red and Grey | ||||||||||||
| Website | ln | ||||||||||||
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| 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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| Global – Overall | |
| QS World | 641-650 (2024) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Asia | =188 (2025) |
Lingnan University a public research university located in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Lingnan University has 3 faculties, 3 Schools, 16 departments, 2 language centres, and 2 units (science and music), offering 29 degree honours programmes 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.
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. Currently, Lingnan University has dual-degree programmes with the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, National Chengchi University, Shenzhen University, Wuhan University and Beijing Normal University in some of the master's and doctoral research areas.