The Ministry of Education and Training has been asked to quickly release the rankings of local universities.

Vietnam has no official ranking of its universities so far but this will be part of the Ministry’s upcoming effort in quality assurance. 

In the interim, global university ranking systems such as QS University Rankings and Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, which ranks global university websites, have announced their rankings of Vietnamese universities in June and July respectively.

QS listed five Vietnamese universities in the dedicated ranking of the 350 top universities in Asia while Webometrics  announced that Vietnam has eight universities in South East Asia’s top 100 universities according to the latest report from Webometrics.

Below are the lists and criteria of respective ranking systems:

 

QS University Rankings June 2016

Webometrics July 2016

Vietnamese universities listed in the top rankings

  1. Vietnam National University Hanoi
  2. Vietnam National University HCMC
  3. Can Tho University
  4. Hue University
  5. Hanoi University of Science & Technology

 

  1. Vietnam National University Hanoi
  2. Hanoi University of Science & Technology
  3. Can Tho University
  4. Vietnam National University of Agriculture (Hanoi Agricultural University)
  5. Hanoi University of Mining and Geology
  6. Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
  7. Hanoi National University of Education
  8. Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
  9. University of Da Nang
  10. Thai Nguyen University

The full list of ranked universities can be found here.

Ranking criteria

  1. Academic reputation (30%)
  2. Academic reputation (30%)
  3. Faculty/student ratio (15%)
  4. Citations per paper (10%)
  5. Papers per faculty (10%)
  6. Staff with a PhD (5%)
  7. Proportion of international faculty (2.5%)
  8. Proportion of international students (2.5%)
  9. Proportion of inbound exchange students (2.5%)
  10. Proportion of outbound exchange students (2.5%)

ACTIVITY (50%)

  • Presence (1/3). The current volume of contents published on the university webdomains.
  • Openness (1/3). The number of rich files published in dedicated websites.
  • Excellence (1/3). The number of academic papers published in Scopus system.

VISIBILITY (50%)

  • Impact. The level of impact on external partners.

 

If you wish to know more about specific local universities, please feel free to contact Phuong Pham, Education Marketing Manager at Phuong.Pham@britishcouncil.org.vn.

 

Sources
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/education/161855/education-ministry-urged-to-release-university-ranking-list.html
http://www.topuniversities.com/asia-rankings/methodology
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2016#sorting=rank+region=+country=138+faculty=+stars=false+search
http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/19
http://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/vietnam