Two Vietnamese universities have maintained their positions in Asia 's top 150 universities, compiled by London-based education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

Two Vietnamese universities have secured have made them into the list

The Viet Nam National University (VNU)-Ha Noi maintained its ranking of 139^th while VNU-HCM City climbed 5 ranks to 142.

The Ha Noi University of Science and Technology moved from 301^th-350^th to the group of 291^th-300^th.  The Can Tho University had its ranking downgraded from group of 251^th-300^th to the group of 301^th-350^th.  The Hue University also saw its ranking downgraded from group of 301^th-350^th to 351^th-400^th.

The rankings were expanded this year to 400 universities from 350 educational institutions last year.

This year, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) topped the list, followed by National University of Singapore in second and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in third.

According to Prof Nguyen Huu Duc, Deputy Rector of VNU-Ha Noi, Viet Nam’s top universities have made progress in many areas, helping them near the ranked universities’ numeric average for categories like students per lecture and citations.  For example, the average number of students per lecture at VNU-Ha Noi is 14.2, while the average rate for the ranked universities is 12.5.  The citation ratio of VNU-Ha Noi is 5.8 compared with 5.2 for Asian universities as a whole.

Regarding reputation among employers, which was evaluated by scientists and domestic and international employers, Viet Nam’s national universities in Ha Noi and HCM City clocked in at the regional average.

To measure excellence among Asian universities, QS uses several key indicators to compare institutions, including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, proportion of international students and research quality indicators.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)