Three Vietnamese universities enter Times Higher Education rankings

Three universities of Vietnam have entered the World University Rankings 2000 of the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine for the first time.
Three Vietnamese universities enter Times Higher Education rankings ảnh 1Standings of the Vietnamese universities in the THE World Universities Rankings (Photo: vnu.edu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Threeuniversities of Vietnam have entered the World University Rankings 2020 of the TimesHigher Education (THE) magazine for the first time.

The Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoiand the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) make onto the list ofworld’s top 800-1000 while the VNU – Ho Chi Minh City is in the 1000+ group.

Among the three Vietnamese educationalestablishments in the rankings, the VNU – Hanoi takes the lead in scores forteaching, research and international outlook while the VNU – HCM City comesfirst in scores for industry income. The HUST holds the highest scores forcitation.

The University of Oxford for the fourthyear in a row leads the rankings. The California Institute of Technology risesthree places to second, followed by the University of Cambridge, StanfordUniversity and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Meanwhile, top 1,000 also sees 16universities in Thailand, 13 in Malaysia, six in Indonesia and two inSingapore. One school in Thailand and two in Malaysia are ranked 801-1,000th.

The THE World University Rankings 2020includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries and territories,standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date.

The table is based on 13 carefullycalibrated performance indicators which are grouped into five areas of Teaching(the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citations(research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); andIndustry Income (knowledge transfer)./.
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