Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU; Vietnamese: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, ĐHQGHN) is a public research university system in Hanoi, Vietnam. The university system has 10 member universities and faculties. VNU is one of two Vietnam's national universities, the other one being Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội
Global Symbol of Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Motto	Ab uno disce omnes Đạt đỉnh cao dựa vào tri thức
Motto in English	"Excellence through Knowledge"
Type	Public
Established	16 May 1906; 119 years ago (1906-05-16)
Academic affiliations	AUN, AUF, SATU
President	Le Quan [vi]
Academic staff	2,220 (2022)
Administrative staff	2,443 (2022)
Students	49,948 (2022)
Undergraduates	45,224 (2022)
Postgraduates	8,250 (2021)
Location	Hanoi , Vietnam 21°02′25″N 105°46′54″E
Campus	Urban Suburban Rural
Colors	Pale green
Website	www.en.vnu.edu.vn (in English) www.vnu.edu.vn (in Vietnamese)

University rankings
Global – Overall
THE World[1]	1201-1500 (2025)
Regional – Overall
QS Asia[2]	161 (2025)
THE Asia[3]	201-250 (2021)

It was ranked 201–250th in Asia by the QS University Rankings 2020. In 2020, it was one of the two Vietnamese universities to be included in the QS Global Ranking of Top 150 universities under 50 years old by 2021.^[4]

History

Headquarters/original campus of VNU on Le Thanh Tong street, shared with Hanoi University of Pharmacy

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.^[5]

This university was home to the country's first business school.^[6]

The institution currently 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; as well as a middle school (ULIS Middle School).

Campus

Location

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) has 7 campuses across 7 districts of Hanoi, namely:

1. Cầu Giấy campus
2. Hoàn Kiếm campus
3. Thanh Xuân campus
4. Hai Bà Trưng campus
5. Hòa Lạc campus, Thạch Thất district (current headquarters)
6. Nam Từ Liêm campus
7. Ba Vì campus

Board of directors

• President: Lê Quân
• Vice President: Nguyễn Hoàng Hải
• Vice President: Phạm Bảo Sơn^[7]

Member institutions

Vietnam National University, Hanoi includes the following members (universities, schools):^[8][9][10]

Member universities and schools

• VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS)
  • High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science (HSGS)
• VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU-USSH)
  • High School for Gifted Students, VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities(HSSH)
• VNU University of Languages and International Studies (VNU-ULIS)
  • ULIS Middle School
  • Foreign Language Specialized School (FLSS)
• VNU University of Engineering and Technology (VNU-UET)
• VNU University of Economics and Business (VNU-UEB)
• VNU University of Education (VNU-UEd)
• VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy (VNU-UMP)
• VNU Vietnam Japan University (VNU-VJU)
• VNU University of Law (VNU-UL)
• VNU School of Business and Management (VNU-HSB)
• VNU International School (VNU-IS)
• VNU School of Interdisciplinary Studies (VNU-SIS)

Notable alumni

• Anderson Cooper^[11]
• Nguyễn Thái Học
• Võ Nguyên Giáp - (Red Napoleon)
• Phạm Xuân Nguyên
• Ngô Bảo Châu - (Fields Medal)
• Đàm Thanh Sơn - (Dirac Medal)
• Hoàng Tụy - (Constantin Caratheodory Prize)
• Nguyễn Phú Trọng - (General Secretary)
• Lê Đức Thọ - (Nobel Peace Prize)
• Trần Quang Đức
• Đào Duy Anh
• Joe Ruelle
• Phan Huy Lê
• Lê Văn Thiêm - (Mathematician)
• Van H. Vu - (Pólya Prize)
• Tạ Bích Loan
• Tran Duc Thao
• Trần Quốc Vượng