The UK’s Times Higher Education (THE) released their latest THE Impact Rankings of the world’s top 200 universities on April 22, with Vietnam’s Ton Duc Thang University among the list.

Located in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ton Duc Thang University has been named as the sole Vietnamese representative to make the top 200 of THE Impact Rankings 2020 based on the university’s achievements relating to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. 

The board of organisers in charge of devising the rankings carefully calibrated a variety of factors in an attempt to provide both a comprehensive and balanced comparison across three broad areas, namely research, outreach programmes, and stewardship.

The top 200 features an array of famous names such as the University of Sydney, Monash University, and Macquarie University, all of which are based in Australia, whilst the University of Oulu in Finland and the Kyung Hee University of the Republic of Korea also make the list.

Although they did not join the Ton Duc Thang University in the top 200, the Hanoi University of Science and Technology made it into the group ranked from 301st to 400th.

For this year’s THE University Impact Rankings, the list sees the participation of over 300 universities in comparison to the 2019 rankings, increasing the total number of establishments reviewed to 766 from 85 countries globally.

New Zealand’s University of Auckland once again leads this year’s list, while three Australian universities make up the remainder of the top four, including the University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, and La Trobe University.