Academic Studies

At the undergraduate level, Lingnan University offers Programmes leading to bachelor's degrees in Arts, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Data Science. Our integrated and multidisciplinary approach enhances learning through various teaching methods, including:

Sectional approaches alongside conventional lectures and tutorials
Immersion language teaching
Field studies
Integrated learning Programmes
Service-learning Programmes

For more detailed information, please visit the Registry or explore our Faculties and Departments.

Courses on Offer

You can check the courses available for the 1st Term, 2nd Term, and Summer Term here.

Study Load

Full-Time Status:

Incoming students at Lingnan must enroll as full-time students in accordance with the immigration laws of the HKSAR. To qualify for full-time status, you are required to take at least 12 credits per term, which typically means enrolling in 4 courses of 3 credits each.

Normal Study Load: 15 to 18 credits per term
Maximum Study Load: 18 credits per term and 33 credits per academic year

For details on the Summer Term study load, please check here.

Language of Instruction

All courses, except for those in the Chinese (CHI-coded) and Translation (TRA-coded) Departments, are taught in English. Approximately 75% of classes at Lingnan are available in English. For classes taught in Chinese, the class schedules will specify whether the medium of instruction is Cantonese or Putonghua.

Academic Calendar

The academic calendar can be found here.

Credit Transfer

Lingnan operates on a credit-based system similar to that of many North American institutions. Courses completed by exchange students at Lingnan are generally transferable. However, it is the responsibility of your home institution to determine how many credit units you will receive for courses taken at Lingnan.