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Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Coordinates: 21°02′25″N 105°46′54″E / 21.04028°N 105.78167°E / 21.04028; 105.78167
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Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội
Global Symbol of Vietnam National University, Hanoi
MottoAb uno disce omnes
Đạt đỉnh cao dựa vào tri thức
Motto in English
"Excellence through Knowledge"
TypePublic
Established16 May 1906; 118 years ago (1906-05-16)
Academic affiliations
AUN, AUF, SATU
PresidentLe Quan [vi]
Academic staff
2,220 (2022)
Administrative staff
2,443 (2022)
Students49,948 (2022)
Undergraduates45,224 (2022)
Postgraduates8,250 (2021)
Location
Hanoi
,
Vietnam

21°02′25″N 105°46′54″E / 21.04028°N 105.78167°E / 21.04028; 105.78167
CampusUrban
Suburban
Rural
Colors  Pale green
Website
University rankings
Global – Overall
THE World[1]1201-1500 (2025)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia[2]161 (2025)
THE Asia[3]201-250 (2021)

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 (Saigon).

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.[4]

History

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Headquarters/original campus of VNU on Le Thanh Tong street, shared with Hanoi University of Pharmacy

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.[5]

This university was home to the country's first business school.[6]

The institution currently 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).

Campus

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Location

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Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) has 7 campuses across 7 districts of Hanoi, namely:

  1. Cầu Giấy campus
  2. Hoàn Kiếm campus
  3. Thanh Xuân campus
  4. Hai Bà Trưng campus
  5. Hòa Lạc campus, Thạch Thất district (current headquarters)
  6. Nam Từ Liêm campus
  7. Ba Vì campus

Board of directors

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  • President: Lê Quân
  • Vice President: Nguyễn Hoàng Hải
  • Vice President: Phạm Bảo Sơn[7]

Member institutions

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Vietnam National University, Hanoi includes the following members (universities, schools):[8][9][10]

Member universities and schools

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Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "World University Rankings". 4 October 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ^ "QS Asia University Rankings 2025 – Overall". Top Universities. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. ^ "World University Rankings 2020". Times Higher Education. 20 August 2019.
  4. ^ Times, Vietnam (June 25, 2020). "Two Vietnamese universities listed in global U50 ranking, among the best young universities in the world". Vietnam Times.
  5. ^ "ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI - TRANG CHỦ". vnu.edu.vn. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  6. ^ "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". doi:10.1080/00076791.2022.2052853.
  7. ^ "Board of Directors". vnu.edu.vn/ (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Establishment History (VNU-VJU)".
  10. ^ "ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI - TRANG CHỦ". vnu.edu.vn.
  11. ^ "Anchors & Reporters: Anderson Cooper". CNN. Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved 24 Sep 2021.
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