Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU; Vietnamese: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, ĐHQGHN) is a public research university system in Hanoi, Vietnam. The university system has 10 member universities and faculties. VNU is one of two Vietnam's national universities, the other one being Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.
Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội | |
 Global Symbol of Vietnam National University, Hanoi | |
| Motto | Ab uno disce omnes Đạt đỉnh cao dựa vào tri thức |
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Motto in English | "Excellence through Knowledge" |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 16 May 1906 |
Academic affiliations | AUN, AUF, SATU |
| President | Le Quan |
Academic staff | 2,220 (2022) |
Administrative staff | 2,443 (2022) |
| Students | 49,948 (2022) |
| Undergraduates | 45,224 (2022) |
| Postgraduates | 8,250 (2021) |
| Location | , 21°02′25″N 105°46′54″E / 21.04028°N 105.78167°E |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Pale green |
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It was ranked 201–250th in Asia by the QS University Rankings 2020. In 2020, it was one of the two Vietnamese universities to be included in the QS Global Ranking of Top 150 universities under 50 years old by 2021.[1]
History
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Throughout its history, the university has had several name changes: the University of Indochina (Université Indochinoise, 東洋大學 or Đại học Đông Dương; established in 1906), Vietnam National University (Trường Đại học Quốc gia Việt Nam; November 1945), and the University of Hanoi (Trường Đại học Tổng hợp Hà Nội; June 1956). In 1993, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội) was created by merging the University of Hanoi, Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE) and College of Foreign Languages.[2]
This university was home to the country's first business school.[3]
The institution also owns four high schools - three of which are for gifted students in foreign languages (Foreign Language Specialized School), natural science (High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science), social science (High School for Gifted Students in Social Sciences and Humanities), and the fourth school (High School of Educational Sciences) applies advanced educational technology in teaching; as well as a middle school (ULIS Middle School).
Board of directors
edit- President: Lê Quân
- Vice President: Nguyễn Hoàng Hải
- Vice President: Phạm Bảo Sơn[4]
Member institutions
editVietnam National University, Hanoi includes the following members (universities, schools):[5][6][7]
- VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS)
- VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-USSH)
- VNU University of Languages and International Studies (VNU-ULIS)
- VNU University of Engineering and Technology (VNU-UET)
- VNU University of Economics and Business (VNU-UEB)
- VNU University of Education (VNU-UEd)
- VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy (VNU-UMP)
- VNU Vietnam Japan University (VNU-VJU)
- VNU University of Law (VNU-UL)
- VNU School of Business and Management (VNU-HSB)
- VNU International School (VNU-IS)
- VNU School of Interdisciplinary Studies (VNU-SIS)
University rankings
edit| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| THE World[8] | 801-1000 (2020) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| THE Asia[8] | 201-250 (2020) |
The university attained a ranking in the 201–250 grouping in Asia, under the QS ASIA University Rankings 2020.[1] Also in the same year, it attained a THE World University Ranking in the 801–1000 group, and a THE World University Ranking Asia in the 201–250 group.[9][10]
Notable people
edit- Anderson Cooper[11]
- Nguyễn Thái Học
- Võ Nguyên Giáp - (Red Napoleon)
- Phạm Xuân Nguyên
- Ngô Bảo Châu - (Fields Medal)
- Đàm Thanh Sơn - (Dirac Medal)
- Hoàng Tụy - (Constantin Caratheodory Prize)
- Nguyễn Phú Trọng - (General Secretary)
- Lê Đức Thọ - (Nobel Peace Prize)
- Trần Quang Đức
- Đào Duy Anh
- Joe Ruelle
- Phan Huy Lê
- Lê Văn Thiêm - (Mathematician)
- Van H. Vu - (Pólya Prize)
- Tạ Bích Loan
- Tran Duc Thao
- Trần Quốc Vượng
References
edit- ^ a b Times, Vietnam (June 25, 2020). "Two Vietnamese universities listed in global U50 ranking, among the best young universities in the world". Vietnam Times.
- ^ "ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI - TRANG CHỦ". vnu.edu.vn. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ "Adrien Jean-Guy Passant: Educating indigenous commercial executives. A business school in colonial context: The case of the Indochina Higher School of Commerce (1920–1932), Business History, Volume 66, Issue 5, pp.955-1000, 2022".
- ^ "Board of Directors". vnu.edu.vn/ (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Quy đinh đặt tên giao dịch quốc tế (tiếng Anh) của ĐHQGHN, các đơn vị thành viên và trực thuộc, các chức danh lãnh đạo trong ĐHQGHN". vnu.edu.vn.
- ^ "Establishment History (VNU-VJU)".
- ^ "ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI - TRANG CHỦ". vnu.edu.vn.
- ^ a b "World University Rankings 2020". Times Higher Education. 20 August 2019.
- ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ "Asia University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ "Anchors & Reporters: Anderson Cooper". CNN. Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved 24 Sep 2021.
External links
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Media related to Vietnam National University, Hanoi at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Official website (English)
- Vietnam National University, Hanoi on Facebook
