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- Lingnan honours 53 outstanding research scholars as total number of patents for research projects hits record high
- Grandchildren engage in intergenerational care to relieve parental pressure: early grandparent-grandchild bonds prove crucial
- Heavy pressure on Hong Kong’s compound carers
- Higher nomophobia linked to more frequent social media use during less busy periods of negative emotion
- Educating retail investors to understand companies’ actual cash flows can effectively curb blind stock buying
- Endangered Lantau Short-legged Horned Toad may be undergoing speciation
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- In the footsteps of the Nobel Laureate: Lingnan launches the inaugural Samuel C.C. Ting Elite Class
- First cohort of the Samuel C.C. Ting Elite Class seeks fresh international horizons
- Lingnan University Flag Guard Team joins Beijing exchange tour Beneath the national flag: witnessing youth and mission
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- 54 Lingnan scholars in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists
- Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu elected Fellow of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada
- Prof Jean-Michel Morel elected Foreign Member of the Luxembourg Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Prof Helen Geng Hongyan wins UGC Teaching Award
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- Five distinguished individuals receive honorary fellowships
- President S. Joe Qin speaks on interdisciplinary AI and governance at Digital Universities Asia 2026
- Lingnan co-hosts 2026 Summit on AI Ethics and Governance
- Lingnan and the Civil Service Bureau co-organise the first Government Career Fair
- Five innovative projects featured at InnoCarnival
- Cybersecurity Awareness Day 2026 to promote anti-fraud information
- Leading media and communications scholar Prof Meng Bingchun joins Lingnan University Institute for Advanced Study as Senior Lingnan Scholar
- Lingnan hosts South-South academic symposium focusing on development dilemmas and innovative cooperation in Global South
- Aquatic Meet 2026: athletes break four records
- Lingnan Host Family Scheme 2026-27 launches
Lingnan rises nearly 100 places to 257th in THE World University Rankings 2027
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Issue No. 198 Oct 2026
Lingnan University has achieved remarkable success in international academic rankings in recent months. In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027 released in September, Lingnan made a significant leap from the 301–350 band to 257th among 2,297 institutions across 118 countries and regions, climbing nearly 100 places to show the highest improvement among the Hong Kong SAR’s eight UGC-funded universities.
The THE World University Rankings are based on five core pillars of evaluation: teaching, research environment, research quality, international
outlook, and industry.
Eight subjects in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
Lingnan has also achieved outstanding results in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), with eight subjects on the list, nearly two times more than last year.
This year’s featured subjects are Artificial Intelligence, Business Administration, Computer Science and Engineering, Education, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Economics, Management, and Sociology.
Five of these, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, and Sociology, are ranked for the first time. And Artificial Intelligence made its debut on the list last year, saw a significant leap in its ranking, breaking into the global top 100 for the first time in the 76th to 100th band.
GRAS evaluates universities based on five key dimensions: world-class faculty, world-class output, high-quality research, research impact, and international collaboration. The ranking spans 57 subjects across five broad categories: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences.