Lingnan University climbs 36 places to 145th in the QS Asia University Rankings 2027, achieving perfect scores of 100 in four internationalisation indicators.
Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University, welcomed the results, saying, “Lingnan’s achievement of full marks across all four internationalisation indicators reflects the University’s strong performance in attracting international teaching and research talent, recruiting students from around the world, and fostering cross-border academic exchange. Our inaugural Samuel C.C. Ting Elite Class has admitted outstanding students from Asian countries, including Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, and the Philippines, who are pursuing studies across a range of disciplines. This reflects Lingnan’s unique strength in bringing together talent from across Asia and promoting both intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange, and the significant rise in the rankings is expected to further enhance Lingnan’s influence and reputation across the higher education sector in Asia.”
The QS Asia University Rankings 2027 assesses 11 key performance indicators: academic reputation, citations per paper, papers per faculty, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, staff with a PhD, international research network, inbound exchange students, outbound exchange students, international faculty and international students.
Lingnan has achieved a remarkable surge across five major international university rankings this year. In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027, Lingnan ascended nearly 100 places to 257th globally; in the THESustainability Impact Rankings, it rose to 63rd, retaining its global number one position for "Quality Education"; in its debut in the THE Asia University Rankings, it came 84th; in the QS World University Rankings, it advanced more than 120 places to 581st globally. Lingnan also climbed 300 places into the 601–700 band in the ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026. Across several of these rankings, Lingnan recorded the greatest advancement among the Hong Kong SAR’s eight UGC-funded universities and achieved historic breakthroughs.
In addition, 54 Lingnan scholars were named inthe World’s Top 2% Scientists list published by Stanford University, representing an increase of about 25 per cent from 43 scholars last year. Twenty-one of these are in the world’s top 100 in their respective fields. These accomplishments reaffirm Lingnan’s growing research excellence and expanding international impact as a research-oriented liberal arts institution.
