Hanoi (VNA) – More subjects of Vietnamese universities have been added into the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking 2021.
The ranking rated 51 groups of subjects in five fields at 1,500tertiary education establishments with about 14,000 training programmes.
The Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi’s business and management research major entered the list for the first time, apart from computer scienceand information system, mechanical engineering, aviation and manufacturing,maths, physics and cosmology which appeared in the previous edition of theranking.
The Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) had foursubjects ranked, including computer science and information system,electrical engineering-electronics, mechanical engineering, aviation and manufacturing, andmaths.
The VNU– Hanoi is the only university in Vietnam to have business and management researchnamed in the ranking, placed in the group of 501-550 among 1,161 establishments inthe list.
Its computer science and information technology moved down from the group of 501-550 in 2020 to the group of 601-650, ranking second inVietnam, behind the HUST.
Its math major still stood in the group of 401-450 globally,taking the lead in Vietnam. It is followed by the HUST with a place in the group of 451-500.
Meanwhile, mechanical engineering, aviation and manufacturing returnedto the group of 451-500 compared to 2020, behind the HUST in the group of 401-450.
In2021, the VNU-Hanoi is also the only university in Vietnam to have its physics and cosmologyranked, in the group of 501-550.
As forelectrical engineering-electronics, the HUST was still in the group of 401-450 and tookthe first spot in Vietnam.
Theranking is based on a methodology that assesses each institution on four criteria,including its reputation among academics and employers./.