Hanoi Medical University receives five-star UPM ranking

Accordingly, the university is among the group of research-oriented schools.

The universities given the five-star rating boast outstanding lecture staff, have recorded good scientific research results, have outstanding innovation activities, and also feature an innovation ecosystem.

UPM five-star universities have a high national reputation and are internationally recognised.

UPM is a rating system for higher education institutions which is a suitable rating tool for universities in the region who aim to benchmark with the Asian top 100 universities.

It evaluates university performance through 54 indicators across eight categories which gives a total score out of 1,000. The categories include Strategic Governance with five indicators, accounting for 6% of the total score; Education with 15 indicators, 35% of the total; Research with four indicators, 20% of the total; Innovation with four indicators, 11% of the total; Innovation Ecosystem with four indicators, 6% of the total; IT Infrastructure with 10 indicators, 10% of the total; Internationalisation, nine indicators, 6% of the total; and Community Services with three indicators, 6% of the total.

Evaluation results are presented in the form of an overall score for the whole institution, as well as a score for each category, corresponding to a number of Stars ranging from one to five.

So far, nearly 40 universities across Vietnam and other ASEAN member states have voluntarily applied the UPM system as part of quality evaluation.

Apart from HMU, five other research-oriented higher education institutions rated five-star include Vietnam National University, University of Natural Sciences and University of Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and University of Kasetsar in Thailand.

Earlier, Vietnam National University was also named on the list of Best Global Universities Rankings 2023 as complied by U.S. News & World Reports.