Vietnamese university keeps places in world’s top 800 in physical sciences

The Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi remained in the 601-800th group among world’s universities in the Physical Sciences category in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) 2022 by Subject.

Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi (Photo courtesy of the university)
Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi (Photo courtesy of the university)

The subjects used to create this ranking include mathematics and statistics; physics and astronomy; chemistry; and geology, environmental, earth and marine sciences.

Based on the latest rankings, the VNU Hanoi’s Computer Science has entered the 501-600th group for the first time while its Engineering and Technology ranked among the 401-500th cohort.

The university is placed first in Vietnam in both of the subjects.

The weightings for the physical sciences ranking are Teaching; Research; Citations; International outlook; and Industry income.

Earlier, the VNU Hanoi had three subjects named in the Quacquarelli Symonds WUR by Subject, including Mathematics in the 401-450th group; Physics and Astronomy in the 551-600th; and Computer Science and Information systems in the top 501-550.