10 Facts About Lingnan University

Lingnan University, formerly called Lingnan College, is the only public liberal arts university in Hong Kong.

In 2015, Lingnan University was selected as one of the "Top 10 Asian Liberal Arts Colleges" by Forbes.

Lingnan University has 3 faculties, 16 departments, and 19 undergraduate degree programmes comprising a broad range of disciplines in humanities, social sciences and business administrations.

Lingnan University offers a variety of taught masters, research masters and PhD programmes.

Lingnan University was founded as Canton Christian College in Guangzhou, China as a Non-Denominational Christian university by Andrew P Happer of the American Presbyterian Council in 1889.

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In 1991, the Lingnan University College received funding from the Hong Kong government directly after it passed an academic accreditation review from the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation .

In 2015, Lingnan University established Science Unit to offer science courses and minors.

Lingnan University considers "hostel life" a form of informal education.

In 2006, Lingnan University became the first local university to establish an Office of Service-Learning.

From 2007 to 2013, the Office of Service-Learning and Lingnan University jointly organised the biennial 1st to 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning.