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Lingnan University

Lingnan University is the only liberal arts university in the territory, and has the longest established tradition among all local institutions of higher education. Its history dates back to 1888 when its forerunner, the prestigious Lingnan University in Guangzhou, was founded. The University seeks to provide its students with quality education distinguished by the best liberal arts tradition from both East and West.

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, History, Philosophy, Translation, Visual Studies, Business, Economics and Social Sciences. 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.

The University also offers a number of taught postgraduate programmes, mostly leading to Master degrees, in Accountancy, Chinese, Cultural Studies, International Banking and Finance, and Practical Philosophy.

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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.

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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. Its remarkable achievement has been confirmed by the University Grants Committee. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), Lingnan achieved an institution-wide research performance index of 76.35%. This was a spectacular increase on the figure of 38.85% obtained in the previous RAE conducted in 1999. Noting that the UGC adopted a higher threshold standard for the latest exercise, Lingnan is happy to consider itself as one of the best performing UGC-funded institutions in Hong Kong, occupying the fourth position just after the region's three "research intensive" universities.

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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 housing the University's teaching and support facilities and an adjacent secondary campus housing its outdoor sports ground. The teaching facilities include lecture theatres, lecture rooms, audio-visual rooms, tutorial rooms, computer laboratories and language laboratories. 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 is assigned a full PGS. There are also conference travel scholarship and field trip sponsorship schemes available.

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The prospectus for MPhil and PhD programmes is available from: http://www.ln.edu.hk/reg/info/prospectus/RPg/

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