Nguyen Vinh San from the University of Education, a member school of University of Da Nang, and a member of the Vietnam University Ranking Group, said the group has received opinions about the quality and reliability of the ranking.

To attract as many postgraduates as possible for master’s degrees, private schools, which consider the programs a good source of revenue, have lowered requirements on input students.

Most universities have not used up their annual quota for the master’s degree level though they have opened their doors widely to candidates. University graduates are increasingly not studying for master’s degrees if they remain unemployed.

Universities have loosened input requirements to lure more students to master's degree programs.

Some universities in Vietnam have a long history of over 100 years.

Duy Tan University and Thanh Do University have been listed among the 20 Private University Ranking: ASEAN+ 2023, as compiled by AppliedHE.

Many universities have opened new majors related to the digital era to meet students’ demands and the inevitable trend of digital transformation in the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0).

British University Vietnam (BUV) has become the first and only university in Vietnam awarded the university-wide accreditation of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).

Vietnam’s University Ranking (VNUR) has announced the list of the nation’s top 100 universities in 2023.

Students at medical and pharmaceutical schools will be allowed a maximum study time of 12 years and 3 more years to complete conditions for graduation. Meanwhile, other schools have a maximum study time of 6-8 years.

Universities are returning tuition to students or deducting tuition for the next semester, following the government’s request to keep tuition unchanged for this academic year.

Many Vietnamese students are still reluctant to participate in scientific research projects even though they receive training and funding.

On September 5, 23 million students began the new academic year 2022-2023, considered the central year to implement the task of renovating education and implementing the 2018 general education program.

Thousands of university students are forced to quit every year because of poor study results after receiving several warnings.

About 25,000 students are studying in about 300 joint programs with foreign schools in Vietnam.

Without appropriate career guidance when choosing a major in a university, many students have studied the wrong majors so and dropped out after the first year because they chose an unsuitable study program.

To reach the goal of becoming a high-income country by 2045, Vietnam needs to quickly improve the quality and quantity of its human resources.

The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), a Turkish non-profit organisation, has honoured 17 Vietnamese universities for their outstanding academic performance globally in 2022.

Lisa Bevill, Academic Director of the Center for Health, Well-being, and Happiness at IE University of Spain, talks with VietNamNet about the university’s “well-being courses” which set a foundation for students to find “the next best you”.

Future schools need to be good at designing experiences for students to help them in their career and purpose, Lee Newman from Spain’s IE University said in an interview with VietNamNet.