In the academic year 2020-2021, top four Vietnamese universities ranked by the Center of World University Rankings, (CWUR), in the top 2,000 of 25,000 universities worldwide are:
1. Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 1,325th
2. Ton Duc Thang University, 1,602nd,
3. Duy Tan University, 1,659th
4. Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh city, 1,734th
Top four Vietnamese Universities enter the CWUR’s 2,000 Best Universities
Compared to 2019, three of the four Vietnamese universities in the CWUR’s 2000 Best Universities have impressively advanced in their rankings. The Vietnam National University in Hanoi jumped 185 ranks from last year’s ranking to 1,325th in the ranking. Ton Duc Thang University jumped 376 places to 1,602nd and Duy Tan University moved up 195 positions to 1,659th in this year’s rankings. For the second year in a row, (2019 and 2020), Duy Tan University is in third place in Vietnam by CWUR.
CWUR is now the largest international university ranker. The CWUR’s rankings are based on four criteria:
- Quality of Education, (25%): measured by the number of a university alumni who have won major international awards, prizes and medals, relative to the university's size.
- Alumni Employment, (25%): measured by the number of a university alumni who have held CEO positions in the world's top companies, relative to the university's size.
- Quality of Faculty, (10%): measured by the number of academics who have won major international awards and medals.
- Research Performance, (40%):
• Research output, (10%): measured by the total number of research papers.
• High-quality publications, (10%): measured by the number of research papers published in top-tier journals.
• Influence, (10%): measured by the number of research papers appearing in highly-influential journals.
• Citations, (10%): measured by the number of highly-cited research papers.
Examples of universities ranked by CWUR in 2020-2021
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Rank
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Institution
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Location
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1
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Harvard University
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US
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2
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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US
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3
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Stanford University
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US
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4
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University of Cambridge
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UK
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5
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University of Oxford
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UK
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6
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Columbia University
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US
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7
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Princeton University
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US
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8
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University of Pennsylvania
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US
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9
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University of Chicago
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US
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10
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Yale University
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US
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14
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University of Tokyo
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Japan
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24
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University of Toronto
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Canada
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31
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Seoul National University
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South Korea
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…
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63
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University of Melbourne
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Australia
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71
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Tsinghua University
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China
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…
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…
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…
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95
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National University of Singapore
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Singapore
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…
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193
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Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Russia
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DTU
- Ranked among Asia's top 500 universities by QS
- The second Vietnamese university to obtain American ABET accreditation
- Ranked 1,659th in the top 2,000 universities worldwide and third of four in Vietnam by CWUR
- Ranked 1,147th in the top 2,500 universities worldwide and third of eight in Vietnam by URAP
- Ranked second of ten leading universities of Vietnam in international publications by the Nature Index in 2019
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(Media Center)