March 17, 2020 | 21:16 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese university listed in 2020 global rankings
PANO - "It is the first time a Vietnamese university has been globally ranked in the category of Agriculture and Forestry (the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine)," Prof., Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Chairman of the Council of Can Tho University, said.
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Can Tho University (Photo: baophapluat.vn) |
The QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks schools based on four criteria: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper and the H-index, which measures the productivity and impacts of published scientific works.
For the 2020 list, the QS World University Rankings by Subject evaluated nearly 1,368 schools from 158 countries and territories.
Accordingly, Can Tho University is ranked in the group of 251-300 in the QS World University Rankings among Agriculture & Forestry schools.
The Vietnamese university is in the same group with Chungbuk National University - Korea, Mississippi State University - U.S., Shandong Agricultural University - China, Southern Cross University - Australia, and Strasbourg University - France.
Agriculture and Forestry is a traditional study area at Can Tho University and is also an important sector in the Mekong Delta Region.
Translated by Lam Anh