On 16 October, THE World University ranking announced 2020 The 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings table for engineering and technology subjects. Accordingly, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) ranked among top 400 leading universities in the subjects of Engineering and Technology. The 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings table for engineering and technology subjects highlights the universities that are leading across general engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical and aerospace engineering, civil engineering and chemical engineering subjects. This year’s table has expanded to include 1,008 universities, up from 903 last year. Other two Vietnamese representatives including Vietnam National University-Hanoi and Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh were also included in the ranking, holding the positions in the groups of 401-500 and 601-800 respectively. Beside the ranking table for engineering and technology, HUST was also named in 601+ universities for Computer Science and in 801-1000 of overall World University Rankings 2020, which includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. They use 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments. The performance indicators are grouped into five areas: Teaching (the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citations (research Influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry Income (knowledge transfer).

The 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings table by subjects uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the overall ranking, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the individual fields.