Lingnan University is one of the eight publicly funded institutions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) with the longest established tradition among the local institutions of higher education. Lingnan University is a global leader in providing quality education focusing on whole-person development and conducting high-impact research for a better world. Moving forward, Lingnan University aspires to become a leading research-intensive liberal arts institution in the digital era.
As its 60th anniversary approaches, Lingnan University has launched the Lingnan-60 Global Talent Recruitment and will recruit over 60 outstanding scholars from around the globe to join the University as tenured or tenure-track Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, or Chair Professor in all academic fields. Interdisciplinary areas will be focused on that would spearhead a digitalized future for the University’s teaching and research capabilities. Key areas include, but not limited to, the following:
Art and Technology
Metaverse and Humanities
Digital Humanities
Financial Technology
Financial Sustainability
Social Media Marketing
Human-AI Interactions
ESG and Disclosure in the Digital Era
Business Analytics and Technology
Computational Social Science
Social and Public Policy
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Industrial Data Science
Sustainable Energy and Materials (clean energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, green materials, etc.)
Smart Infrastructure (AI-driven material design, smart city, smart sensor network, etc.)
Any other interdisciplinary areas between STEM and Arts, Business, and Social Science
STEM Scholars and Emerging Young Scholars
Outstanding international scholars working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related (STEM) disciplines joining Lingnan University will have the chance to be nominated for the Global STEM Professorship Scheme sponsored by the Government of the HKSAR.
Emerging young scholars joining Lingnan University will have the chance to be nominated for the University’s exceptional Presidential Early Career Scholars Scheme (PECS). Successful candidates will be conferred the title of “Presidential Early Career Scholar” and be offered an attractively competitive remuneration package along with a start-up grant.
Lingnan University (LU)’s Faculties of Arts, Business, Social Sciences, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Interdisciplinary Studies run undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate programmes. Its liberal arts education model blends the arts, science, and elements around human and humanities. Anticipating the establishment of the School of Data Science, LU strives to enhance innovation and technology research to drive a positive impact in the society and the world. Building upon LU’s existing strength in combining the best of the Chinese and Western liberal arts traditions, the University will leverage its geographical strength in the Northern Metropolis and pioneer the liberal arts education model in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and beyond. LU is in the process of establishing its Institute for Advanced Study and Shenzhen Research Institute to amplify its regional and global impact.
LU has ranked top two globally for "Quality Education" in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, received QS Five Star+ rankings, and secured a position among the top 100 universities in East Asia for its remarkable performance in individual subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023. LU’s strength in knowledge transfer lies in gerontechnology and smart ageing, data science, culture and heritage, humanitarian technology, and environmental sustainability.
