Vietnamese universities named in THE rankings 2021
Vietnam has three representatives among 606 institutions listed in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings this year, having also done so in 2020.
The entrance of the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Photo courtesy of the university)
Hanoi(VNA) - Vietnam has three representatives among 606 institutions listed in theprestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankingsthis year, having also done so in 2020.
The institutionsare the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), the Hanoi University ofScience and Technology (HUST), and the Vietnam National University - Ho ChiMinh City (VNUHCM).
VNU is placed between251st and 300th, HUST 351st - 400th, and VNUHCM 401st - 500th.
The rankingsinclude only institutions in countries classified by the London StockExchange’s FTSE Group as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging”, or“frontier”. Vietnam is categorised in the “frontier” group.
Its ratings usethe same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings tojudge institutions on their teaching, research, knowledge transfer, andinternational outlook. It has different weightings, however, to reflect thedevelopment priorities of universities in emerging economies.
The 606universities ranked this year is up from 533 in 2020, with 48 countries andterritories represented, one more than last year.
Mainland China becamethe first to secure all top five positions in the rankings, with TsinghuaUniversity leading the list for the third year running. It is also the mostrepresented country in the rankings overall, with 91 institutions appearing./.
The Hanoi University of Science and Technology has become the first Vietnamese university to be listed among the world’s 200 “golden age” best, as ranked by Times Higher Education (THE), a leading British publication on news and issues relating to higher education.
Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University is Vietnam’s sole higher education institution to be rated in the 2020 Academic Ranking for World Universities (ARWU), the Nhan dan newspaper reported.
Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University is the sole Vietnamese representative to enter the 2020 Academic Ranking for World Universities (ARWU)’s top 800, that was released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy last weekend.
Hanoi University of Science and Technology has been named among the best global universities established for over 50 years. This marks the first time a Vietnamese university has broken into the Best ‘Golden Age’ universities ranking by Times Higher Education (THE), a leading U.K. publication on news and issues related to higher education.
The placing of Vietnamese universities in prestigious global rankings has continually been on the rise in recent times despite the country’s much shorter history in terms of higher education.
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The entrance of the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Photo courtesy of the university) 
