On June 19, the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) education organization announced the world university rankings in 2026. Accordingly, Vietnam has 10 schools in this list, an increase of 4 schools compared to last year.

Specifically, Duy Tan University leads with 482nd place, up 13 places, continuing to be the highest ranked school in Vietnam. Following is Ton Duc Thang University with 684th place, up 27 places compared to last year.

Hanoi National University is ranked in group 761-770, Ho Chi Minh City National University is in group 801-850, up 100 places.

The representative universities of Vietnam appearing in this ranking for the first time are Van Lang University, Can Tho University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Danang University.

10 Vietnamese universities entered the world rankings as follows:

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Overall, the US has the most ranked schools with 192, followed by the UK with 90 and China with 72.

This is the 14th consecutive year that Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has maintained its top position. Imperial College London remains in second place. Stanford University is in third place, up three places. Following are Oxford University and Harvard University.

The QS rankings rank more than 1,500 universities from more than 100 countries and territories around the world based on 9 criteria, including: Academic reputation - with the highest weight of 30%); Number of citations/scientific staff (20%). The remaining criteria are Recruitment reputation; Ratio of scientific staff/students; Ratio of international scientific staff; Ratio of international students; International research network; Employment rate of graduates; Sustainable development.

16 Vietnamese universities entered THE's world influence rankings . 16 universities in Vietnam have just entered THE's world influence rankings, the most ever.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/10-dai-hoc-o-viet-nam-lot-top-the-gioi-nhieu-truong-tang-hang-2412937.html