UEH's orientation in the new era: International publication to applied research

This is how UEH shapes its role as a multidisciplinary, innovative and responsible university in the new era.

Two strategic approaches and management platforms help UEH link research with multidisciplinary training and practical application.

In the context of global higher education strongly transforming towards integration and sustainable development, UEH has proactively implemented two parallel strategic research approaches: (1) Research linked to internationalization strategy through international publication linked to multidisciplinary training and (2) Research linked to contemporary social, local and global issues in the direction of 17 SGDs . These two approaches are causally linked together.

Accordingly, to implement internationalization through international publications associated with multidisciplinary training , UEH has continuously promoted the "quantity and quality" of scientific publications in prestigious international journals (CBQT) listed in Scopus, ISI; encouraged lecturers and researchers to cooperate with global scholars and participate in prestigious international academic networks. Research - training connection is an important foundation for UEH to improve training quality, develop new programs, new majors associated with global knowledge movements. For example, at UEH, CBQTs only receive funding when associated with teaching areas that are focused on and main research directions (research mainstreams) are determined according to the development orientation of each stage. This ecosystem is the basis for UEH to develop multidisciplinary, opening new training in many fields in recent years such as: Arttech; Intelligent control and automation; Marketing technology; Digital business; Technology and innovation; Logistics technology; Architecture and smart urban design...

Two approaches of strategic research and management foundation are the foundation that helps UEH connect research with multidisciplinary training and practical application.

In addition, UEH affirms its academic position on the global higher education map with a new approach: research and dissemination of research results related to contemporary issues. Specifically, the university implements a policy to encourage publications with topics related to Vietnam's socio-economic development, or to solve problems at the regional or global level according to the 17 SDGs. Next, the results of international publications are communicated to the community through the Academic Brand communication program, pioneering the widespread dissemination of research to contribute to Vietnam's socio-economic development. For example, at UEH, each international publication must have a 1-page summary of policy/management implications in a language that can be conveyed to stakeholders and is communicated in multiple formats on UEH's multi-channel communication system in the academic brand communication campaign. This is the way research results can reach the community and society as soon as possible, quickly, initially spreading and inspiring the application of research results to the community. UEH is also one of the first universities to focus on implementing this program in Vietnam.

With this approach, UEH promotes the application of research results into policy consulting products, contributing to regional and local development. For example, international and national seminars organized by UEH are associated with local development such as: National seminar "Driving force for socio-economic development in the Southeast region: Potential and Challenges", implementing the annual Macroeconomic Report for Ho Chi Minh City, policy discussion "Carbon market: Forecasting impacts and policy orientations from Ho Chi Minh City", National scientific seminar "Contributing to Vietnam's socio-economic development guidelines for the period 2025 - 2030", a series of national scientific seminars on the implementation of Resolution 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation, etc.

National scientific conference "Contribution to Vietnam's socio-economic development strategy for the period 2025 - 2030" took place on December 6, 2024

Building an academic environment, research ecosystem, continuing to fund excellent research linked to Vietnamese practice and context

Besides two new approaches, the school focuses on building an academic environment and ecosystem to improve research quality and create a launching pad for young researchers.

In terms of policy, the school does not sponsor/reward Q4 Scopus CBQTs, aiming for higher journals in the direction of increasing the proportion of Q1, Q2 publications, publications in high-impact journals (top 10% according to Citescore); requiring CBQTs to collect primary data that is relevant to the Vietnamese context, serving the socio-economic development of Vietnam.

Regarding human resources, continue to recruit lecturers with strong research capacity, continuously develop lecturers' research capacity through policies to sponsor lecturers to participate in international conferences abroad, international scholar programs to gain experience, learn, and develop international cooperation networks in research.

Regarding the academic environment, UEH invests in libraries, builds databases and quality journal search tools; digitizes the management system and tracks international publications according to the process from registering for funding proposals, approval, implementation, monitoring and checking implementation results, and payment settlement; develops research groups, strong research groups according to Decree 109, with the participation of collaborative research experts, graduate students, and trainees to create an ecosystem of research capacity resonance, linking research with training.

Financially, UEH provides funding for lecturers to participate in international conferences, invites international experts to work and collaborate on research; maintains funding for excellent research and increases funding/rewards for publications related to SDGs, only funds international research projects with primary data related to the Vietnamese context, invests in scientific databases, sets maximum funding/rewards to encourage lecturers with good publishing capacity to seek other funding sources, develops international projects to attract international funding to diversify revenue sources from science and technology.

Positive results help UEH continue to affirm its international position with internal strength and substance.

With a modern and consistent approach to innovation with leading universities, creating an ecosystem that combines internationally oriented research and training, linking research and practice, UEH's policies have demonstrated effectiveness through results.

Since 2000, UEH has had 3,200 articles published in WOS/Scopus journals (including 255 in the first 4 months of 2025), 720 articles in the top 10% most cited by Scopus (36 in 2025), the ratio of Q1/Q2 articles to total Scopus articles reached 84.6%.

In addition, the proportion of international articles related to the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations is increasing, now accounting for more than 50% with 1,161 articles. In particular, UEH has demonstrated its strengths in traditional fields related to SDG8 (Decent work and economic growth), SDG 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure development), SDG 10 (Reduced inequality); with nearly 600 international publications in the period 2020 - 2023.

Regarding impact factor, UEH's international publications related to sustainable development goals (SDGs) all have a field-adjusted citation index (FWCI) higher than 1, mostly higher than 2, which means that the citations of international publications in SDGs are 100% higher than the world average.

Especially in SDG3 (Good health and well-being), SDG7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG13 (Climate action), UEH achieved a high sector-adjusted citation index (FWCI) of 5.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION DATA IN 2025	As of 13.5.2025​​
Number of WOS articles	140
Number of Scopus articles	241
Total number of WOS/Scopus articles	255
Number of articles related to SDGs according to Scopus	117
Number of articles in the top 10% most cited according to Scopus	36
Ratio of Q1/Q2 articles to total Scopus articles	87%

UEH international publication data from the beginning of 2025

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION DATA SINCE 2000	As of 13.5.2025​​
Number of WOS articles	2149
Number of Scopus articles	2694
Total number of WOS/Scopus articles	3200
Number of articles related to SDGs according to Scopus	1161
Number of articles in the top 10% most cited according to Scopus	720
Ratio of Q1/Q2 articles to total Scopus articles	84.6%

UEH international publication data from 2000 - 2025

Up to now, the proportion of UEH lecturers participating in ISI/Scopus international publications has been increasing (accounting for nearly 40% in the 3-year time frame), with UEH achieving an average of 0.8 international articles/lecturer/year. Along with the quantity, the quality of publications has been increasing with 85% of the articles belonging to Scopus Q1, Q2; 80% published in journals of prestigious international publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Emerald... The school's Asian Journal of Economics and Business Studies is ranked in the top Q1 of the Scopus ranking, further affirming the encouraging results of academic research and international publications in UEH's internationalization strategy.

In particular, through the Academic Brand communication program "Research Contribution for All" implemented since 2021, UEH has spread more than 200 contemporary research topics in diverse fields from economics, business, law, public policy, technology, design... associated with 17 SDGs, with nearly 1,000,000 outreaches to the community.

The Academic Brand Communication Program “Research Contribution for All” spreads contemporary research topics in a variety of fields from economics, business, law, public policy, technology, design... associated with 17 SDGs.

The results achieved also contribute to bringing UEH into prestigious international university rankings, associated with sustainable development. For example, UEH ranked 136th among the best universities in Asia, in the top 501+ of the world's leading universities (THE 2025); top 301+ QS Asia Rankings; ranked 860th globally, 234th in Asia and 3rd in Vietnam in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings 2024; ranked 301+ globally on THE Impact 2023; ranked 43rd globally in SDG8 (good jobs and economic growth).

Professor Su Dinh Thanh, Director of UEH

"The two strategic approaches and the professional academic ecosystem that have been built have helped UEH combine research with multidisciplinary training and practical application. Choosing the path of development based on internal resources, we have been constantly innovating to solve social challenges and adapt to development practices. And we will always adhere to this goal, contributing to the development of Vietnam and knowledge for the world scientific community in accordance with the policies of the Party and the State, to be worthy of being a key national public university of Vietnam, with a position in the region and the world", said Professor Su Dinh Thanh, Director of UEH.

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