Faculty of Social Sciences

Welcome to the homepage of Lingnan's Faculty of Social Sciences. We provide internationally leading liberal arts education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Our Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) Programme is a unique interdisciplinary programme in Hong Kong which provides students with broad-based and whole-person education. We also offer two self-financed undergraduate programmes, the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Business Psychology and the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Global Economics and Banking. Besides, we host numerous taught postgraduate (MA/MSc) and research postgraduate (MPhil/PhD) programmes, which attract students from all over the world.

Degree Programme

Under the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) Programme, we offer nine Majors. All First and Senior Year (Year 3 Entry) students are required to take up one Major. Successful Senior year students will be admitted to the third year and normally complete their studies within two years. The standard duration for full-time First and Senior Year students is four and two years, respectively.

Major

Offering Year

First Year

Senior Year 

(Year 3 Entry)

Economics

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Government and International Affairs

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Global Studies 

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Psychology 

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Psychology with Counselling Psychology Concentration 

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Business Psychology 

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Sociology 

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Health and Social Services Management

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 Social and Public Policy Studies

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We also offer two self-financed undergraduate programmes to cater to the needs of different students.

  • Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) in Business Psychology Programme

https://www.ln.edu.hk/psy/bpsy/

  • Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) in Global Economics and Banking Programme

https://www.ln.edu.hk/econ/bgeb/

Research Postgraduate Programmes

The Faculty offers MPhil/PhD Programmes in Economics, Government and International Affairs, Psychology, Sociology and/or Social Policy. Both MPhil and PhD Programmes equip students to engage in in-depth study in specific research areas in the Social Sciences. 

Research Centres

Lingnan
Research and Knowledge Transfer 

Over the years, our faculty members have established expertise in relevant subject areas. Strategic research and knowledge transfer projects stretching from economic and financial development issues, social policy, gerontology, public policy, international relations and occupational psychology have gained local and international recognition.