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Vietnam National University - Hanoi leaps 186th places on Webometrics list

The Vietnam National University - Hanoi (VNU) ranked 758th in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, jumping 186 places from the previous list released in January.
Vietnam National University - Hanoi leaps 186th places on Webometrics list ảnh 1The headquarters of the Vietnam National University - Hanoi (Photo: vnu.edu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam National University -Hanoi (VNU) ranked 758th in the latest Webometrics Ranking of WorldUniversities, jumping 186 places from the previous list released in January.

With the new position, the VNU stood 183rd in Asiaand 14th in Southeast Asia, according to the rankings issued by the CybermetricsLab of the Spanish National Research Council on August 7.

The Webometrics list, published twice a year, assesses thedigitalisation capacity and impact of higher education institutions’ academicresources basing on the volume of the website content, the visibility andimpact of their website publications, the openness of academic resources onGoogle Scholar, and the number of citations they received on the Scopusdatabase.

Vietnam National University - Hanoi leaps 186th places on Webometrics list ảnh 2The VNU ranks 758th in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. (Photo: webometrics.info)
To the VNU, thejump from the 1316th position in the January rankings to the 656th in terms of visibility indicates the broaden scope of influence of its onlineresources and website on not only the academic community of Vietnam and theworld but also the society.

In 2022, this school has continually recorded higher places in global and Asiauniversity rankings, including among the top 1,000 in the QS World UniversityRankings and the top 301 - 350 in the Times Higher Education (THE)’s AsiaUniversity Rankings.

THEalso released THE Impact Rankings, which assess universities’ performance ofthe United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In the latest list, the VNUwas also present together with some other educational institutions of Vietnam, including the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Ton Duc Thang University, Phenikaa University, Duy Tan University, FPT University, and National Economics University./.
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