PhD in Chinese Lingnan University

The University offers 25 MPhil and PhD Programmes in Arts, Business, Social Sciences and Science disciplines. In addition to admission to our PhD in Chinese programme, the University also has popular research-based 2-year MPhil in Chinese programme.

To offer more diversified learning opportunities, especially for interdisciplinary research studies, the University has been actively seeking collaborative opportunities with overseas universities. In the 2021-22 academic year, the University has launched the "Double PhD Degree Programme in Economics" with Wuhan University (WHU), China and the "PhD Programmes with Joint Supervision" with Shenzhen University (SZU), China in the research areas related to International Relations and Development Studies. More collaborative programmes are currently in the pipeline. Details can be referred to www.LN.edu.hk/sgs/docs/pgrad/coll_prog.php.

Department of Chinese

Lingnan is now offering PhD programmes in Chinese for applicants who want to pursue research in the following areas:

• Chinese language, linguistics, and stylistics
• Classical Chinese literature
• Comparative literature
• Creative writing and media writing
• Literary theory
• Literature and cinema
• Modern and contemporary literature in Chinese
  (from Greater China Region)