To foster an international and cosmopolitan mindset, about 40% of students taking the Visual Studies degree go abroad for a semester every year. Programme leaders have developed exchanges with a large number of universities in different countries, including Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Other such opportunities are administered by the Office of Global Education, which provides regular briefings about exchanges available at Lingnan.
There are also both credit bearing and non-credit bearing internships, allowing students to work and learn in a variety of organisations. Previous and current internship partners include: