Vision, Mission and Core Values

In 2015, the University revised its vision, mission and core values statements and confirmed its commitment to liberal arts education, with a view to better reflecting all the major functions of the University's activities including teaching, learning, research and community engagement.

At Lingnan, liberal arts education is achieved through the University's broad-based curriculum, close staff-student relationship, rich residential campus life and extra-curricular activities, active community service and multi-faceted workplace experience, strong alumni and community support, and global learning opportunities.

Vision

To excel as a leading Asian liberal arts university with international recognition, distinguished by outstanding teaching, learning, scholarship and community engagement.

Mission

Lingnan University is committed to

  • providing quality whole-person education by combining the best of Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions;
  • nurturing students to achieve all-round excellence and imbuing them with its core values; and
  • encouraging faculty and students to contribute to society through original research and knowledge transfer.

Motto

Education for service

Teaching and Learning

Core Values

A collegial community of learning and discovery for students and scholar-teachers

Lingnan aims to build a community of learning and discovery with collegial students and scholar-teachers who respect each other, keep an open mind, embrace diversity, appreciate different views, uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression, and accept responsibility for their words and deeds.

Whole-person cultivation and all-round development

Lingnan endeavours to cultivate students' whole-person and all-round growth. It encourages students to pursue independent and critical thinking, creativity and innovation, excellent communication skills including a high level of literacy, social responsibility, personal virtue, cultural accomplishment and a passion for lifelong learning.

Community engagement and social responsibility

Lingnan encourages its members to care for others, to be responsible for their own actions, to serve the local community and beyond, and to make a positive impact for the betterment of humanity.

The Lingnan spirit

The Lingnan spirit, which has flourished since Lingnan's founding in Canton (Guangzhou) in 1888 as Christian College in China, has served over the years to bond all Lingnanians together, and continues to inspire the University today. The Lingnan spirit is marked by passion, loyalty, perseverance, openness to different ideas and cultures, and a readiness to serve.