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Three Vietnamese universities among emerging economies’ best ones

Three Vietnamese universities for the first time have entered the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 of the Time Higher Education (THE) magazine.
Three Vietnamese universities among emerging economies’ best ones ảnh 1The entrance of the Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Three Vietnameseuniversities for the first time have entered the Emerging Economies UniversityRankings 2020 of the Time Higher Education (THE) magazine.

The Vietnam National University (VNU) -Hanoi stands among the top 201-250 of the list, the Hanoi University of Scienceand Technology is in the 251-300 group and the VNU - Ho Chi Minh City is rankedamong the 401st - 500th.

The Emerging Economies University Rankingsincludes only institutions in countries classified by the London StockExchange’s FTSE Group as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging” or“frontier”.

The Emerging Economies University Rankingsis based on the same performance indicators used for the THE World UniversityRankings, including teaching, research and international outlook, among others.However, the weightings are different to reflect the development priorities ofuniversities in emerging economies.

Overall, 533 universities from 47 countriesor regions are included in the ranking. Mainland China is also themost-represented nation overall, with 81 institutions, against India’s 56 andBrazil’s 46.

Previously, fourVietnamese universities were listed in the Ranking 2019-2020 of the Centre forWorld University Rankings (CWUR), namely the VNU – Hanoi, the VNU – HCM City,Duy Tan University in Da Nang and HCM City-based Ton Duc Thang University./.
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