6 Vietnamese universities in the world's top by subject group

Vietnam has 6 universities in THE's world rankings, falling in some subject groups but also entering the top 500 for the first time in the field of Education.

According to the announcement on October 26 by the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking organization, 6 Vietnamese universities are included in the world rankings in the subject groups (fields) including Hanoi National University, Ho Chi Minh City National University, Hanoi University of Technology, Hue University, Duy Tan University and Ton Duc Thang University.

In 11 subject groups of THE , these universities are ranked in 8 subjects, of which Education has a Vietnamese representative for the first time. Hanoi National University is also the only representative present in all 8 subject groups.

	Hanoi Country	National Ho Chi Minh City	Hanoi University of Science and Technology	Hue	Duy Tan	Ton Duc Thang
Business and Economics	601-800	801+			501-600	401-500
Social Sciences	501-600	801+			401-500	401-500
Physical Sciences	801-1,000	1,001+	801-1,000	1,001+	301-400	301-400
Computer Sciences	801-1,000	801-1,000	601-800		501-600	301-400
Engineering	801-1,000	1,001+	1,001+	1,001+	401-500	301-400
Clinical and health	601-800	601-800		801-1,000	401-500	501-600
Life Sciences	801-1,000	801-1,000		1,001+	401-500	401-500
Education	401-500

Ton Duc Thang University is ranked 301-400 in the world in Natural Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering. Duy Tan University is also in the top in Natural Sciences. This is Vietnam's best ranking this year.

In last year’s rankings, these two schools ranked around 200-300 in the above subjects. Ton Duc Thang University’s Computer Science department was in the 176-200 group last year – the highest position that any Vietnamese university has ever achieved.

Hanoi National University also dropped in Computer Science, from group 601-800 to group 801-1,000. In Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology dropped from group 801-1,000 to 1,001+.

In the Business and Economics group, there are 4 Vietnamese universities ranked but only Ho Chi Minh City National University maintains its position compared to last year, the remaining three schools dropped 1-2 ranking groups.

In the Health and Clinical field, Duy Tan University was ranked in the 176-200 group last year but this year dropped to the 401-500 group. However, this year, four more Vietnamese representatives appeared in this field, ranked from 501 to 1,000. Similarly, in the Life Sciences field, five schools were ranked instead of two as last year.

This year is also the first time Vietnam has a representative in the Education group. Hanoi National University is ranked 401-500 in this field.

Vietnam university rankings in Computer Science. Screenshot — Vietnam university rankings in Computer Science. *Screenshot*

THE 's World University Rankings by Subject use a variety of data independently surveyed by the organization, combined with the Scopus database (a prestigious data system that publishes abstracts and citations of international publications) and data provided by universities.

In this year's ranking, THE used a set of 18 evaluation criteria, an increase of 5 compared to before, and at the same time adjusted the weight of the criteria, depending on the field. The criteria are divided into 5 groups: Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, and International Outlook.

On September 27, THE announced the results of the 2024 world university rankings. Duy Tan University and Ton Duc Thang University continue to lead the Vietnamese higher education institutions. However, both fell out of the 401-500 group achieved last year, down to 601-800 this year.

Hanoi National University also dropped in rank, from group 1,001-1,200 to group 1,201-1,500. The remaining three universities, Ho Chi Minh City National University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and Hue University, maintained their positions (group 1,501+).

THE is one of the three most prestigious university ranking organizations in the world, based in the UK. The other two rankings are QS (UK) and CWUR (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China).

Duong Tam

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