Vietnam National University – HCMC rose 5 places in QS Asia University Rankings
The latest ranking of 400 universities in Asia by QS Rankings has just been announced and most noticeable, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City had jumped five ranks comparing to that of the previous year 2016.
Opposite to the rising trend of the three universities mentioned, the ranks of Hue University and Can Tho University were slightly dropped. More specifically, Hue University had dropped from 301-350 to 352-400; and Can Tho University had dropped from 251-300 to 301-500
To analyze these changes, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Chinh, Vice Director of Education Quality Assurance Center, said that the results of QS ranking system have shown the overall efforts of VNU-HCM on all fields.
This improvement is from the efforts of all students, lecturers and professors of Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Nguyen Hua Duy Khang, Vice Director of Training of Can Tho University, shared that QS Rankings is an international ranking organization, working independently so the results are relatively objective. Therefore, the university is very interested in this ranking and will always pay attention to adjust in all activities not to just maintain the performance only but to improve the overall performance also.
With the criteria ‘academic reputation’ which is the most important criterion, QS brings together the opinions of more than 70,000 higher education professors for checking for the quality of teaching and research. This is the world’s largest academic survey.
In addition, excerpts is considered to be an important criteria when it comes to educational institution’s mission. For ranking purpose, QS sums up the number of articles, scientific excerpts from lecturer of each university in the last 5 years.
THI CA,Thanh Nien Newspaper, VNExpress Newspaper
