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Founding of Vietnam National University
university in Hanoi, Vietnam
- 1906
- Southeast Asia
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university in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU; Vietnamese: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, lit. 'Hanoi National University') is a public research university system in Hanoi, Vietnam. It has 12 member universities and schools. VNU is one of two Vietnam's national universities, the other one being Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.
VNU was ranked 158th in Asia by the QS University Rankings 2026. For some consecutive years, it has maintained the No.1 position in Viet Nam’s only domestic university ranking system, the Vietnam’s University Rankings (VNUR).
The President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi is appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister of Vietnam. The position belongs to the first-tier leadership group under the management of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and is institutionally equivalent to the rank of Vice Minister of ministries and ministerial-level agencies.
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.
This university was home to the country's first business school.
The institution 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; and a middle school (ULIS Middle School).
Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) has 7 campuses across 7 districts of Hanoi, namely:
Vietnam National University, Hanoi includes the following members (universities, schools):
President of Vietnam awarded for Vietnam National University, Hanoi:
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