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Prof. Duong Quang Trung, Research Chair of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Professor at Queen's University Belfast in the UK, had a talk about science and other topics with VietNamNet. Prof. Trung is one of the most influential scientists in the world according to the lifetime achievement published by the American Journal of PLoS Biology in November 2020. With a series of achievements, do you find yourself a typical successful case in studying and working abroad? In retrospect, the path I took was not really typical. I went quite slowly in the early stage. It took 10 years after I graduated from university to receive a PhD degree. While currently, I guide many graduate students, some of you only need three years after graduating from university to receive a PhD degree. If it was before, I don't believe it. Starting point, I was a fairly ordinary person, learned well in high school, but only within a town. Compared to the provincial level, people like me have hundreds or thousands of friends. I've never won a provincial award or higher. So what helps you to achieve the current "unbelievable" things? The first thing I think is to work hard. Second is the work environment - very important. The third element is an element of luck. But in general the most important thing is passion. I do what I like to do, not to get this degree or that position. And create a little pressure for yourself to be motivated to strive. Guiding graduate students, research groups, doing work at Queen's Belfast University... In addition to the projects of the two governments of Vietnam and the UK, you also have projects with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the organization of international conferences, events for Vietnamese students... Doing a lot of work, how do you keep everything running? Before when I started my career, I started to do everything, like I started as an assistant construction worker, then gradually climbed to the position …

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A view of the Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi (Source: vnu.edu.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – More subjects of Vietnamese universities have been added into the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking 2021. The ranking rated 51 groups of subjects in five fields at 1,500 tertiary education establishments with about 14,000 training programmes . The Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi’s business and management research major entered the list for the first time, apart from computer science and information system, mechanical engineering, aviation and manufacturing, maths, physics and cosmology which appeared in the previous edition of the ranking. The Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) had four subjects ranked, including computer science and information system, electrical engineering-electronics, mechanical engineering, aviation and manufacturing, and maths. The VNU– Hanoi is the only university in Vietnam to have business and management research named in the ranking, placed in the group of 501-550 among 1,161 establishments in the list. Its computer science and information technology moved down from the group of 501-550 in 2020 to the group of 601-650, ranking second in Vietnam, behind the HUST. Its math major still stood in the group of 401-450 globally, taking the lead in Vietnam. It is followed by the HUST with a place in the group of 451-500. Meanwhile, mechanical engineering, aviation and manufacturing returned to the group of 451-500 compared to 2020, behind the HUST in the group of 401-450. In 2021, the VNU-Hanoi is also the only university in Vietnam to have its physics and cosmology ranked, in the group of 501-550. As for electrical engineering-electronics, the HUST was still in the group of 401-450 and took the first spot in Vietnam. The ranking is based on a methodology that assesses each institution on four criteria, including its reputation among academics and employers./. VNA …

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The Hanoitimes - Two Hanoi universities have made it into the global ranking of top majors in 2021. Two Hanoi universities have made it into the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in 2021, which classifies higher education majors. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a well-known UK-based education organization specializing in overseas education, has just announced that two Hanoi universities have made it into the global ranking of top majors in 2021. In 2021, Vietnam National University-Hanoi’s major in Business and Management Studies is ranked for the first time in this table, in addition to the four majors that appeared in the previous ranking, including Computer science and information system; Mechanical Engineering, Aviation and Manufacturing; Maths; Physics and Astronomy. Vietnam National University-Hanoi. Photo: Trung Kien Hanoi University of Science and Technology has four majors in the ranking, including Computer Science and Information Systems; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mechanical Engineering, Aviation and Manufacturing; and Maths. In Business and Management Studies, Vietnam National University-Hanoi is ranked 501-550 out of 1,161 educational institutions. In terms of Mathematics teaching, the school position remains unchanged compared to last year, ranking 401-450 in the world and first in Vietnam, followed by Hanoi University of Science and Technology (in the group of 451-500). In Physics and Astronomy teaching, in 2021, Vietnam National University-Hanoi is the only institution in Vietnam to be ranked, increasing to 501-550 compared from 551-600 in 2020. Electrical and Electronic Engineering teaching of Hanoi University of Science and Technology still ranks in the 401-450 group and first in Vietnam. The list analyzes four factors including academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per article, H-index measures of productivity and impact of scientific claims of lecturers. According to QS, Vietnam National …

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