(VOVWORLD) - More subjects of Vietnamese universities have been added into the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking 2021.
 (Photo: VNU, Hanoi) |
The ranking rated 51 groups of subjects in five fields at 1,500 tertiary education establishments with about 14,000 training programs.
The Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi’s business and management research major entered the list for the first time, alongside computer science, IT, mechanical engineering, aviation, manufacturing, maths, physics and cosmology - which appeared in the previous edition of the ranking.
The VNU in Hanoi is the only university in Vietnam to have business and management research named in the ranking, placed in the 53rd-57th percentile among 1,161 establishments on the list.
Computer science and IT moved down from the 53rd to 57th percentile in 2020 to the 44th-49th percentile, ranking second in Vietnam, behind the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST).
Its math program still stood out, in the 61st - 65th percentile globally, which also means it takes the lead in Vietnam. It is followed by the HUST, which featured in the 57th – 61st percentile.
In 2021, the VNU-Hanoi is also the only university in Vietnam to have its physics and cosmology ranked, in the 53rd to 57th percentile.
The ranking is based on a methodology that assesses each institution on four criteria, including its reputation among academics and employers