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DESCRIPTIONHo Chi Minh City Open University (HCMCOU) is proud to be the leading multi-disciplinary public university in Vietnam with application-oriented, knowledge and community cohesion. Originally established in 1990, HCMOU has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years seen by the remarkable growth in student’s numbers with 30.000 students, 7 campuses towards the green learning environment for sustainable development in the central of vibrant Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Khanh Hoa province. The university delivers degrees on campus and e-learning, with a rich academic portfolio covering a wide range of disciplines in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels from 10 faculties, including 31 majors for BA (7 high quality programs), 12 for MA and 5 for Ph.D.HCMCOU is also one of the leading providers of distance education in Vietnam. The University serves a broad range of professional needs of the national economy. We have built and maintained productive partnerships with domestically and internationally respected universities, as well as other distance education associations for the strategic reforming of learning outcomes and provisions of variety of programs and courses. FACILITIESAmong 7 campuses of HCMCOU, international students study and research at city campus, located at 97 Vo Van Tan, Ward 6, District 3. District 3 is an urban district, located in the central area of Ho Chi Minh City, one of the most prosperous areas in HCMC. It has just reached the top 50 the most wonderful region in the world voted by Time Out British magazine. This ranking is based on survey opinions of 27,000 global residents. Along with many other regions in the world, District 3 was honored to be ranked 18th on the list.District 3 with high greenery density is also a very good location, convenient for transportation to other districts in HCMC. It is also home to many famous universities and high schools in HCMC. RESEARCH EXCELLENCEHCMCOU is proud of among the top 5 universities rewarded by The Ministry of Education and Training, Viet Nam (MOET) with many achievements published in the prestigious international scientific journals. MOET, Vietnam has decided to reward articles published in prestigious international scientific journals in the list of ISI, SCI and SCIE in 2019, with totally budget of 8 billion VND, extracted from the funding source of scientific and technological career in 2020 of MOET, Vietnam. In particular, Ho Chi Minh City Open University ranked 5th in the Table of quantities with 149 scientific articles in magazines which is equivalent to 419 million VND. After 30 years of establishment and development, HCMCOU is one of the leading prestigious public universities in Vietnam for the reputation of improving the training quality constantly, especially the importance to expanding international cooperation and particularly encouraging scientific research activities of lecturers and students. In the past 2019, the University was honored to be in the top 5 of MOET's scientific research publication posted in the prestigious international magazines. The lecturers’ scientific research projects have remarkably developed, which always leads in the group of quality research universities, including the scientific articles published in the fields of natural sciences; science and technology; medical and pharmaceutical sciences; Agricultural sciences and social sciences. To maintain and uphold, carry out the main task of the faculties in teaching and scientific research annually, particularly important traditional activity such as joint effort of the school management in caring, orienting and cooperating with the lecturers and staff of the whole school. The enhancement of scientific research capacity helps teachers to further deepen professional knowledge in teaching. On the other hand, it is conditional to expand the understanding of disciplines to apply them in teaching practice, thereby asserting prestige of the lecturer. At the same time, making an important contribution to assert and improve the university’s reputation and training quality. The outstanding research results of the lecturers are published on the international specialized journals, which are the motivation to continue promoting the lecturers’ scientific research. HCMCOU’s research strengths includes being highly focused on scientific research activities from the staff, lecturers and students. We welcome exciting new partnerships, high-quality research students, and innovative researchers to become part of our research journey. EXPLORE RANKINGS DATA FOR HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITYAll ranked institutions have an overall score and 4 pillar scores. However, for each pillar, only institutions ranked in the top 500 overall or the top 500 in this pillar have a publicly visible score KEY STATISTICSNumber of students per staff: 1/22Number of international students: 100Students ratio of Females to Males: 66:34Number of FTE students: more 30,000