Lingnan University

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Lingnan University is a public 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),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> offering 29 degree honours programmes<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

History

The university was originally founded in 1888 by Andrew Happer at the request of the American Presbyterian Mission in Canton with the goal of providing a non-denominational Christian education. The university split, relocated, and was separately incorporated several times during its existence. It moved to Macau, then a Portuguese colony, in 1900 to escape the repressive measures implemented by the ruling Qing dynasty of China. In 1903, the Chinese name was changed to Lingnan Academy (Template:Lang-zh) in Macau. It moved back to Canton in 1904.

In 1953, Lingnan University was incorporated into Chung Shan University (now Sun Yat-sen University).

In 1967, some members of the university who fled from China's Communist rule to Hong Kong founded the Lingnan College in Hong Kong to continue the spirit of the university.

In 1999, the college acquired university status and renamed as Lingnan University.<ref name="港澳经济年鉴社 p. ">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Research

Lingnan's research in humanities, social sciences and business were classified as "World Leading" (4-star) and "Internationally Excellent" (3-star) in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020, conducted by the University Grants Committee using international benchmarks to identity the areas of relative strengths of the city's public universities. Lingnan came first or second among all public universities in terms of the percentage of "World Leading" research work in Accountancy, Sociology & Anthropology, Social Work & Social Policy, and Philosophy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Arts

• Department of Chinese
• Department of Cultural Studies
• Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries
• Department of English
• Department of History
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Translation
• Centre for English and Additional Languages
• Chinese Language Education and Assessment Centre

Faculty of Business

• Undergraduate Programmes Office
• Taught Postgraduate Programmes Office
• Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies
• Department of Accountancy
• Department of Finance
• Department of Management
• Department of Marketing and International Business

Faculty of Social Sciences

• Office of the Faculty of Social Sciences
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Economics
• Department of Government and International Affairs
• Department of Sociology and Social Policy

School of Interdisciplinary Studies

• Office of the Core Curriculum
• Science Unit
• Wong Bing Lai Music and Performing Arts Unit

School of Data Science

• Division of Artificial Intelligence
• Division of Industrial Data Science
• LEO Dr David P. Chan Institute of Data Science

Student life

Representative Council

Period	Chairperson	Vice Chairperson	Secretary	Chairperson of Finance Committee	Chairperson of Constitution Revising Committee	Chairperson of Auditing Committee	Chairperson of Monitoring Committee	Chairperson of Election Committee	Chairperson of Affiliated Clubs' and Societies' Affairs Committee	Chairperson of associate degree Programme Affairs Committee
46th	Haven Yu	Teli Tang		Irene Lam	Justin Lo	Yip Ka-cheong	King Wong	Lee Pik-wah	Dennis Leung	–
45th	Kenny Yeung	Yuen Hon-ming		Kevin Chau	Charles Yau	Janice Kwan	Dicky Kwan	Dexter Pang	Jonathan Chan	–
44th	Leo Tang	Vivian Li		Joseph Tong	Yoyo Kwan	CY Tsang	Elvis Siu	Siu Tsz-ching	Kitty Wong	–

Executive Council

Period

Name

President

Vice-President

External Vice-President

Financial Officer

general secretary

Internal Secretary

External Secretary

University Affairs Officer

Academic Affairs Officer

Current Affairs and China Proper Track Officer

Public Relations OFficer

Recreation Officer

Information Management Officer

Publication Officer

Welfare Officer

Social Movements Officer

Human Capital and Resources Management Officer

International Communication Officer

46th

逆風

Vivian Yip

Sonia Tsang

Cindy Ng

Branting Lai

Chan Wai-ning

Patience Wong

Gary Mak

Max Wu

Ronnie Lam

–

Kelly Lee

Ho Yiu-fai‡

Leung Chi-hin‡

Clara Chan

Manyi Cheung

–

–

–

45th

狂瀾

Eddie Chan

Natalie Wu

Willis Ho

Lok-pui Lum

Mandy Chow

Stephanie Kwok

Lai Tsz-yeung

Haven Yu

Amis Kwok

Yu Wai-pan

Ho Yan-ming‡

Chan Sze-yan‡ Eddie Yip†

Chun Hei-tung‡

Koey Lee

Au Wai-ho†

Law Kun-kit

43rd

鼎築

Howard Cheng

Isabel Chang

Leo Tang

Ho Hung-hing

Lilian Ngan

Lucy Zhao

Debby Chan

Gary Chan

Liu Tsz-lam

–

Pandora Wong

Li Hua-zhen

Xathieur Yue

Kristy Ho

Chris Wong

–

–

–

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Press Bureau

Period	Name	Editor-in-Chief	Vice Editor-in-Chief (Administrative Board)	Vice Editor-in-Chief (Editorial Board)	Financial Secretary	general secretary	Public Relations Officer	Art Director	Editor
46th	甦	Manni Cheung	Chichio Suen	Sylvia Lam	Remoni Choi	Alice Lam	Christine Lee	Wayne Wong Wong Chung-ying	Tracee Law† Lau Cheung-Yee Helen Yeung Emn Kwan Fiona Ko Mankei Tse Ruby Yiu Ryan Tai

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Business Administration Society

• Senate of Business Administration Society of Lingnan University Students' Union
• Executive Committee of Business Administration Society of Lingnan University Students' Union

Controversies

Student and alumni petition for dismissing Junius Ho from the University Council

In July 2019, a widely circulated video showed Junius Ho shaking hands, giving thumbs-up to, and taking photos with the white-clad mob that attacked protestors and bystanders in the 2019 Yuen Long attack. Ho claimed that he was only passing by after dinner and was not involved in the attack, and that the mob supported his pro-police stances and asked for photos with him.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As Ho was a member of the Council of Lingnan University, a number of student bodies and alumni associations made a joint declaration accusing him of hate speech over the years and condemning his support for the attackers, saying that it seriously affected the image of the university. They also requested Chief Executive Carrie Lam, then-Chancellor of the university, to dismiss Ho from the Council. Afterwards, the university issued a statement emphasising its respect for freedom of speech and that Ho's views did not represent the university.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Removal of Tiananmen relief sculpture

On the night of 24 December 2021, the university removed from campus a relief sculpture created by artist Chen Weiming and commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The university said that it had "reviewed and assessed items on campus that may pose legal and safety risks to the University community" and had the relief "removed and stored appropriately... in the best interest of the University". Around the same time, the University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong also removed similar Tiananmen memorial monuments from their campuses. Chen said that "it is a major regret", and that the university authorities "acted like a thief in the night" and "were very scared that the removal of the monuments would spark public outcry".<ref name="guardian">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable alumni

Name	Faculty	Graduation Year	Notable Remark
Andrew To	Social Sciences	1990	Former Chairman of League of Social Democrats President of the Executive Council (1988–89)
Joseph Lee	PhD	2002	Legislative Councillor
Herman Yau	Master of Cultural Studies	2008	Film Director
Benny Chan	Social Sciences		Actor
Vanessa Yeung	Business Administration	1994	Model
Xian Yuqing	Education	1924	Historian, poet, painter, and longtime academic at Lingnan University

Office of Service-Learning

In 2006, Lingnan University became the first local university to establish an Office of Service-Learning.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Liberal Arts
• Lingnan University Library
• Education in Hong Kong
• List of universities in Hong Kong
• List of mainland Chinese schools reopened in Hong Kong
• List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong

External links

• Template:Official website