Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU; vi, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, ĐHQGHN) is a public

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. The university has 10 member colleges (called "universities") and faculties. VNU is one of two Vietnam's national universities, ranked 201–250th in

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by the QS ASIA University Rankings 2020. In 2020, it was one of the first two Vietnamese universities (the other one being

Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM, vi, Đại học Quốc gia Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is one of the two largest national research universities in Vietnam (the other is Vietnam National University, Hanoi), founded on 27 ...

) to be included in the QS Global Ranking of Top 150 universities under 50 years old by 2021.

History

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 Hanoi National University of Education ( Abbreviation: HNUE; vi, Đại học Sư phạm Hà Nội) is a public university in Vietnam. Established in 1951 as the fourth university in Vietnam (after Indochina Medical College (1902), University of ...

(HNUE) and

College of Foreign Languages VNU University of Languages and International Studies in Hanoi, Vietnam, (formerly College of Foreign Languages) (Vietnamese: ''Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội'') is one of the six colleges that comprise Vi ...

. The institution also owns two high schools for gifted students in foreign languages (

Foreign Language Specialized School Foreign Language Specialized School (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Phổ Thông Chuyên Ngoại ngữ''), commonly known as FLSS or CNN, is a national magnet school, public magnet high school/university-preparatory school in Hanoi, Vietnam. A ...

) and natural science (

High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science The High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University (abbrev. High School for Gifted Students of Science or HSGS, in Vietnamese: Trường THPT chuyên, Đại học Khoa học Tự nhiên, Đại học Q ...

Board of Directors

* President: Lê Quân * Vice President: Nguyễn Hoàng Hải * Vice President: Phạm Bảo Sơn

Member institutions

Vietnam National University, Hanoi includes the following members (universities, schools): *

VNU University of Science VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS) is a member of Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Founded in 1906 as Indochina University, the university has changed its name three times: School of Basic Science (1951), University of Hanoi (1956), VNU Unive ...

(VNU-HUS) * VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-USSH) *

VNU University of Languages and International Studies VNU University of Languages and International Studies in Hanoi, Vietnam, (formerly College of Foreign Languages) (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Trường Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội'') is one of the six coll ...

(VNU-ULIS) * VNU University of Engineering and Technology (VNU-UET) *

VNU University of Economics and Business VNU University of Economics and Business (Vietnamese: ''Trường Đại học Kinh tế, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội'') is a member of Vietnam National University, Hanoi. The university established under the Decision 290/QD-TTg of the Pri ...

(VNU-UEB) **

College of Economics, Vietnam National University VNU University of Economics and Business (Vietnamese: ''Trường Đại học Kinh tế, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội'') is a member of Vietnam National University, Hanoi. The university established under the Decision 290/QD-TTg of the Pri ...

* VNU University of Education (VNU-UED) * VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy (VNU-UMP) *

VNU Vietnam Japan University The VNU Vietnam Japan University (VJU, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Việt Nhật, ) is the seventh university under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU). It was established in 2014 following a joint declaration issued by Vietnamese ...

(VNU-VJU) * VNU School of Law (VNU-LS) * VNU School of Business (VNU-HSB) * VNU International School (VNU-IS) * VNU School of Interdisciplinary Studies (VNU-SIS)

University rankings

The university attained a ranking in the 201–250 grouping in Asia, under the QS ASIA University Rankings 2020. 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.

Notable people

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Nguyễn Thái Học Nguyễn Thái Học ( Hán tự: 阮太學; 1 December 1902 – 17 June 1930) was a Vietnamese revolutionary who was the founding leader of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, the Vietnamese Nationalist Party. He was captured and executed by ...

Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp (; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general and communist politician who is regarded as having been one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century. He served as interior minister in President H ...

- (Red Napoleon) *

Phạm Xuân Nguyên Phạm Xuân Nguyên (born 15 May 1958), better known by his pen name Ngân Xuyên, is a Vietnamese writer and literary translator. Personal life and career Phạm Xuân Nguyên was born in Nghệ An Province. He did his early education in n ...

Ngô Bảo Châu Ngô Bảo Châu (, born June 28, 1972) is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms (proposed by Robert Langlands and Diana Shelstad). He is the first Vie ...

- (Fields Medal) *

Đàm Thanh Sơn Đàm Thanh Sơn (born 1969) is a Vietnamese theoretical physicist working in quantum chromodynamics, applications of string theory and many-body physics. Early life and education Born in North Vietnam, Bac Ninh. Sơn attended HUS High School ...

- (Dirac Medal) *

Hoàng Tụy Hoàng Tụy (7 December 1927 – 14 July 2019) was an prominent Vietnamese applied mathematician. He was considered one of two founders of the mathematical institutions of Vietnam; the other was Lê Văn Thiêm. Career Hoàng Tụy's early car ...

- (Constantin Caratheodory Prize) *

Nguyễn Phú Trọng Nguyễn Phú Trọng (born 14 April 1944) is a Vietnamese politician who has served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam — the highest political position in Vietnam — since 2011. In addition, Nguyễn Phú Trọng serv ...

- (General Secretary) *

Lê Đức Thọ Lê Đức Thọ (; 14 October 1911 – 13 October 1990), born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with ...

- (Nobel Peace Prize) * Trần Quang Đức *

Đào Duy Anh Đào Duy Anh (25 April 1904 – 1 April 1988) was a Vietnamese historian and lexicographer. He was born in Thanh Oai, Hà Tây, now, Hà Nội. He was one of the writers associated with the Nhân Văn-Giai Phẩm movement. He was the gener ...

* Joe Ruelle *

Phan Huy Lê Phan Huy Lê (Thạch Châu, Lộc Hà district, Hà Tĩnh province, 23 February 1934 – 23 June 2018) was a Vietnamese historian and professor of history at the Hanoi National University. He authored of many studies on village society, landho ...

Lê Văn Thiêm Lê Văn Thiêm (29 March 1918 – 3 July 1991) was a Vietnamese scientist. Together with Hoàng Tụy, he is considered the father of Vietnam Mathematics society. He was the first director of the Vietnam Institute of Mathematics, and the first H ...

- (Mathematician) * Van H. Vu - (Pólya Prize) * Tạ Bích Loan *

Tran Duc Thao Trần Đức Thảo ( Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh, 26 September 1917 – Paris, 24 April 1993) was a Vietnamese philosopher. His work (written primarily in French) attempted to unite phenomenology with Marxist philosophy. His work had some currency ...

* Trần Quốc Vượng

References

External links

* * ** (English) * {{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1906 1906 establishments in French Indochina