Milestones
Year
Christian College in China established in Guangzhou.
More DetailsMoved to Macau.
More DetailsNew campus set up at Kangle village of Guangzhou. Renamed Canton Christian College in English and adopted Chinese name Lingnan Xuetang.
More DetailsRenamed Lingnan Xuexiao in Chinese after 1911 Revolution.
More DetailsBegan offering university-level programmes.
More DetailsRenamed Lingnan Daxue in Chinese and Lingnan University in English. Chung Wing-kwong and Lee Ying-lam were elected as President and Vice-President.
More DetailsMoved to Hong Kong after the fall of Guangzhou during anti-Japanese War and continued operation using the campus of The University of Hong Kong. School of Agriculture moved to Nam Tei of Tuen Mun.
More DetailsMoved to Dacun village of Northern Guangdong Province.
More DetailsReturned to Kangle Campus of Guangzhou after World War II.
More DetailsChen Xu-jing became the President.
More DetailsLingnan University subsumed into Sun Yat-sen University during the college and department adjustments of higher education in China.
More DetailsLingnan College re-established at Stubbs Road of Hong Kong.
More DetailsRegistered as approved post-secondary college.
More DetailsBecame a degree-conferring tertiary institution funded by the “University and Polytechnic Grants Committee”.
More DetailsConferred honours degrees for the first time.
More DetailsMoved to Tuen Mun and committed to the provision of Liberal Arts Education. Started to offer Master of Philosophy Programmes.
More DetailsAcquired university status and renamed Lingnan University
More DetailsStarted to offer Doctor of Philosophy Programmes.
More DetailsIntroduced Integrated Learning Programme to enhance whole person development. Lingnan Institute of Further Education (LIFE) was established, and started to provide Associate Degree Programmes
More DetailsCommunity College (CC) at Lingnan University was established. The University’s quality of teaching rated best among all the eight local tertiary institutions in a survey commissioned by the Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly.
More DetailsThe first local university to set up an Office of Service-Learning.
More DetailsResearch index ranked fourth among Hong Kong's universities in Research Assessment Exercise conducted by University Grants Committee.
More DetailsProf Chan Yuk-Shee became President.
More Details120th Anniversary of the Founding of Lingnan University & 40th Anniversary of the Re-establishment of Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
More DetailsStrategic Plan (2009-2012) formulated.
More DetailsReport of a Quality Audit of Lingnan University released by Quality Assurance Council of University Grants Committee confirms that Lingnan is providing high-quality liberal arts education well aligned with the University’s mission.
More DetailsThe new academic building Simon & Eleanor Kwok Building opened. Wong Hoo Chuen Hall and Wu Jieh Yee Hall opened
More DetailsLingnan joined Global Liberal Arts Alliance.
More DetailsProf Leonard K Cheng became President.
More DetailsJockey Club New Hall opened. Achieved full accommodation for all undergraduates.
More DetailsLingnan University named a top 10 liberal arts college in Asia by Forbes.
More DetailsStrategic Plan (2016-2022) formulated.
More DetailsLingnan University's devotion to quality education commended in the Quality Assurance Council audit report.
More DetailsLaunch Ceremony of the 50th Anniversary of the Re-establishment of Lingnan University in Hong Kong
More DetailsLingnan University 50th Anniversary in Hong Kong Celebration Banquet
More DetailsLingnan gets the best UAA teaching and learning satisfaction score
More DetailsLingnan University ranks second worldwide for “Quality Education” in THE University Impact Rankings 2020
More DetailsLU humanitarian inventions win prestigious international design awards
More DetailsLingnan University announces new Strategic Plan identifying seven strategic areas
More DetailsProfessor S. Joe Qin became President
More DetailsHistory and Development
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