FAQs (Senior Year)

Applicants who will only complete one year of SD studies at the year of application may apply for admission to our first-year undergraduate programmes via Direct Admission. You are considered to be eligible for Year 1 or Year 2 entry. For local applicants, please click here for details. For non-local applicants, please click here.

The University Grants Committee (UGC) has been implementing a policy that repeating of UGC-funded study across institutions (irrespective of whether there has been a change of programme or discipline) should generally be discouraged unless under exceptional circumstances. In the light of the above, Lingnan University generally does not accept students transferring from other UGC-funded undergraduate programmes. Moreover, our senior year places are only open to applicants who have successfully graduated from a recognised full-time sub-degree programme with a duration of at least two years offered by a post-secondary institution in Hong Kong, or equivalent.

We may issue firm or conditional admission offer to qualified applicants on a rolling basis. Successful applicants who do not have the final examination results could be given academic conditions to fulfil in order to be admitted. Since competition for an admission entry is usually strong, you are advised to submit your application early.

Admissions to Lingnan University are on merit-based and often very competitive. Applicants are encouraged to showcase your best self through your application (and admission interview if conducted) to our admission panel. Nonetheless, from experience, the following is a list of common supporting documents that are usually provided by our best applicants:

• Personal Statement
• Curriculum Vitae
• Reference Letter(s)
• Secondary School Reports
• Any Relevant Attained Examination Results
• Extra-curricular Activities

An acknowledgement email with an assigned application number will be sent to you after you have submitted your online application. Submitted application will also be shown in the "Submitted Application" section of the Application Menu in the Online Admission System. If you did not receive any such acknowledgement email(s), please tell us via [email protected]. You are advised to print/save a copy of your completed application form for retention. You can also check your application status via the System.

No. Any request on change or re-prioritisation of the programme choices after submission of application for admission will not be entertained.

No. The Online Admission System is easy-to-use and provides step-by-step guidance from creating to submitting your application. You only need to read all the relevant information and instructions on our undergraduate admission website and System to make a successful application. No worries!

Yes! Once your latest or final sub-degree examination results are released, you should upload your results to the Online Admission System and inform us by email ([email protected]) for us to review your most updated credentials. 

If you have taken the Password Test at our campus test centre, we will notify you of the test results and will check if you have fulfilled our English language requirement.

If you have taken the IELTS or TOEFL, our institution codes are:

Once you have shared your final examination results with us, we will verify your results and check if you have met our set academic conditions. If yes, we will notify you and proceed to arrange the student registration process for you. You will be guided throughout the process and only be considered as our full-time undergraduate student if you have completed the whole student registration process.

The deposit will ONLY be refunded if you have accepted a conditional admission offer but unable to fulfil the stipulated admission condition(s).

If you fail to fulfil the stipulated condition(s) and wish to have a refund of the down payment, you are required to apply in writing to the Undergraduate Admissions Office, Registry with documentary proof (i.e. any academic results / recognised English Language Test/Exam) issued and received after the date of the conditional offer. Refund application must be submitted latest by 30 September 2027.  Applications after this date will not be considered.

The down payment is non-refundable in any of the following scenarios:

• if your offer is a firm admission offer; or

• if you fulfil the stipulated offer condition(s); or

• if you fail to provide proof of not meeting the stipulated offer condition(s) by 30 September 2027; or

• if you fail to apply/obtain your Student Visa (for non-local students only) by the deadline stipulated by the University; or

• if you fail to comply with any steps on this Offer Acceptance Procedures by the deadline stipulated by the University.

All applicants will automatically be considered under our block credit transfer framework once an application is successfully submitted. Please refer to the webpage HERE for more details.

All applicants (UGC funded) will automatically be considered for our merit-based Senior Year Award once an application is successfully submitted. All Senior Year admittees who have met our award criteria will be given the award. We will automatically arrange for the award to cover the tuition fee partially.

All new students admitted by our UGC-funded programmes can apply for a student hostel. You will be invited to apply for the hostel around July/August, a few weeks before the academic term starts in early September. Hostel application results will be announced to you as soon as possible to help you plan your arrival. For new students admitted by our self-financed programmes, you should consult your admitted programme regarding the hostel availability.

If you wish to be admitted by us at a later year, you are advised to submit your application when application is open for that target admission year.