The QS AUR 2023 compares 760 universities across the continent (including 34 first-time participants). Data for this ranking was collected from the responses of more than 151,000 academics and 99,000 employers worldwide along with analysis results of 117,8 million citations (from 2016 to 2021) and 16.4 million scientific publications (from 2016 to 2020).

According to the QS AUR 2023 results, VNU has made steady progress in Employer reputation, ranking 137th in Asia (with 32.4 points). This result is a recognition of VNU’s increase in training quality which is highly appreciated by the labour market represented by domestic and international employers.

In addition to the increase in Employer reputation, VNU maintains its strength in Academic reputation (ranked 109th in Asia with 35.7 points) and in International research network (ranked 79th in Asia with 78 points).

The QS AUR 2023 retains the ranking method of evaluating higher education institutions according to the following 11 indicators:

No.	Indicator	Weight
1	Academic reputation	30%
2	Employer reputation	20%
3	Faculty/student ratio	10%
4	Citations per paper	10%
5	International research network	10%
6	Staff with a PhD	5%
7	Papers per faculty	5%
8	Proportion of international faculty	2.5%
9	Proportion of international students	2.5%
10	Proportion of inbound exchange students	2.5%
11	Proportion of outbound exchange students	2.5%