17 Vietnamese universities in Asian rankings

On November 6, QS announced the 2025 Asian University Rankings. Vietnam has 17 schools on the list, an increase of two schools compared to the previous ranking (Ho Chi Minh City Open University and Vinh University).

The top position is still Duy Tan University, at 127th place. Next are Hanoi National University and Ho Chi Minh City National University, at 161st and 184th place respectively. Ton Duc Thang University is in fourth place - 199th place.

In the 300-500 group, there are Nguyen Tat Thanh University (ranked 333), Hue University (348), Ho Chi Minh City Economics (369), and Hanoi University of Technology (388). Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education and Da Nang University are both ranked 421-430. The University of Transport and Van Lang are in the 481-490 and 491-500 groups.

In lower positions are Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry, Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Hanoi Pedagogical University and Vinh.

Compared to last year, Ton Duc Thang University dropped the most - 61 places. The most improved were Van Lang University and Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry - up more than 200 places.

The rankings of Vietnamese universities are as follows:

This year's QS Asia rankings include 984 universities from 29 countries and territories. Of the nine criteria, academic reputation has the largest weight - 30%, followed by citations (20%). The remaining criteria are school prestige, faculty/student ratio, internationality, international research network, employment outcomes and sustainability, accounting for about 5-15%.

The top 10 includes four universities from mainland China, three from Hong Kong, two from Singapore, and one from South Korea.

The top four positions remained unchanged from last year, with Peking University, Hong Kong University, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University taking the top spots. The remaining six universities were Fudan University, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Yonsei University and City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK).

QS is one of the three famous university ranking organizations, along with Times Higher Education (THE) and Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

In May, THE released the 2024 Asia rankings with 6 Vietnamese schools. Among the 4 familiar faces, Ton Duc Thang University ranked 193rd, Duy Tan University in the 201-300 group. Hanoi National University and Ho Chi Minh City National University were in the 501-600 and 601+ groups, respectively. All dropped about 100-200 places compared to the previous ranking.

The ARWU table has no representative from Vietnam.