HCM City (VNA) – The VietnamNational University, Hanoi (VNU) and the Vietnam National University, Ho ChiMinh City (VNU-HCM) have been listed among the top 1,000 universities in 82countries in the 2020 QS World rankings.

The VNU-HCM was among the 701st - 750th groupfor the second consecutive year, belonging in the 66 percent of the world’sbest universities. This year, the university’s Academic Reputation criteria jumped70 places to the 427th spot.

Meanwhile, the VNU Hanoi remained in the801st - 1000th place.

Three US universities – The MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Stanford University, Harvard University, and the UK’sUniversity of Oxford held the top positions in the rankings.

In the QS World University Rankings,universities worldwide are evaluated according to the following six metrics ofAcademic Reputation (40 percent), Employer Reputation (10 percent),Faculty/Student Ratio (20 percent), Citations per faculty (20 percent),International Faculty Ratio and International Student Ratio (5 percent each).

The QS World University Rankings, firstlaunched in 2004, is an annual publication of university rankings byLondon-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

Being the only international ranking tohave received International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) approval, the QSranking is viewed as one of the three most widely-read university rankings inthe world, along with the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the TimesHigher Education World University Rankings.-VNA