Ton Duc Thang University ranks 142th in the QS Asia University Rankings (AUR) 2022. Photo:tdtu.edu.vn

HÀ NỘI — The well-known UK-based education organisation, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), has announced that 12 Vietnamese universities have made it into their global rankings of the top 675 universities in the QS Asia University Rankings (AUR) 2022.

Thirty-eight universities are participating in the rankings for the first time. The rankings rate 1,011 universities from 80 countries and territories.

From Việt Nam, four universities ranked highly, namely Tôn Đức Thắng University (142th), Vietnam National University, Hanoi (147th), Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (179th) and Duy Tan University (210th). 

The following universities achieved a group ranking: Hanoi University of Science and Technology (281-290 group), Can Tho University and the University of Đà Nẵng (501-550 group), Hanoi National University of Education and University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City (551-600 group) and Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (601-650 group).

Universities were ranked based on eleven indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, international research networks, staff with a PhD, citations per paper and papers per faculty, international faculty ratio, international student ratio, inbound exchange students ratio and outbound exchange students ratio. This year, QS analysed 14.7 million scientific publications and 96 million citations to produce the data used for the rankings.

Singapore continues to maintain its leading position with two universities ranking first and third in the list. Malaysia boasts five educational institutions in the top 50. Thailand has 23 institutions named on the list while the Philippines has 15 and Indonesia 34.— VNS