Hanoi National University drops 400 places in world's most influential rankings

The Times Higher Education (THE) ranking organization has just announced the Impact Ranking for 2025. Among more than 2,500 universities from 130 countries or territories, Vietnam has 16 ranked institutions - the most ever.

Accordingly,FPT University, National Economics University, Nguyen Tat Thanh University and Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics are all in the 301-400 group, the highest among Vietnamese universities. Of which, only Nguyen Tat Thanh University maintains its 301-400 rank compared to last year, the remaining three universities all increased from 401-600 to 301-400.

Four new schools ranked this year include Can Tho University, University of Commerce, Dong A University and Hue University in the 1,001+ group. Vietnam-Germany University was also in this group last year, but this year it was not ranked.

Two schools dropped in rank compared to last year: Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Hanoi National University, down 200 and 400 places respectively.

The list of Vietnamese universities in the 2025 influential rankings is as follows:

STT	School	Ranking 2024	Ranking 2025
1	FPT University	401-600	301-400
2	National Economics University	401-600	301-400
3	Nguyen Tat Thanh University	301-400	301-400
4	Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics	401-600	301-400
5	Duy Tan University	401-600	401-600
6	Ton Duc Thang University	401-600	401-600
7	Van Lang University	801-1,000	601-800
8	Hanoi University of Science and Technology	601-800	801-1,000
9	Vietnam National University, Hanoi	401-600	801-1,000
10	Ho Chi Minh City Open University	1,001-1,500	1,001-1,500
11	Can Tho University	not rated	1,001-1,500
12	Phenikaa University	1,001-1,500	1,001-1,500
13	University of Commerce	-	1,001-1,500
14	Dong A University	-	1501+
15	Hue University	-	1501+
16	Lac Hong University	1,001-1,500	1501+

Globally, Australia's Western Sydney University remains at the top of THE's impact rankings for the fourth consecutive year. The UK's University of Manchester remains at number two. The next positions belong to Korea's Kyungpook National University, Australia's Griffith University and the University of Tasmania.

This year, eight countries/territories appear in the rankings for the first time: Botswana, Burkina Faso, El Salvador, Estonia, Maldives, Namibia, Papua New Guinea and Senegal. Notably, Asian universities account for more than half of the total positions in the rankings.

THE is currently one of the four largest university ranking organizations in the world, along with QS, ARWU, CWUR and US News. The influential university ranking evaluates more than 2,500 schools from more than 130 countries and territories in implementing the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Some of the goals are: gender equality, climate protection, good health and life, quality education, partnership for development goals, and reducing inequality.

Kim Nhung

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