Group
of application -oriented Universities achieving four-star standard consist of
Foreign Trade University, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Thu Dau Mot
University, Quy Nhon University, Nguyen Tat Thanh University and West Visayas
State University (Philippines).
Standard
set of rating of UPM system includes eight categories with 54 indicators. Each indicator has different benchmark
and proportion with the total mark 1000.
Criterion 1: Strategic governance – 5
indicators, proportion 6%.
Criterion
2: Education 15 indicators, proportion 35%.
Criterion
3: Research– 4 indicators, proportion 20%.
Criterion
4: Innovation – 4 indicators, proportion 11%.
Criterion
5: Innovation ecosystem– 4 indicators, proportion 6%.
Criterion
6: IT Infrastructure– 10 indicators, proportion 10%.
Criterion
7: Internationalization- 9 indicators, proportion 6%.
Criterion
8: Community service - 3 indicators, proportion 6%.
In
turn, the actual index of each indicator, each category are compared with the
benchmark and starred, so this ranking not only help to identify the overall
but also analyze the strengths, weaknesses of each activity, each field of each
university.
Especially,
many indicators are very specific to the benchmark of research-oriented
universities as regulated in Decree No.99/2019/ND-CP providing guidelines to
implement on amendments to the Law on Higher Education of Vietnam.
According
to the UPM criteria, the five-star standard Universities (especially research-oriented
Universities) are the universities that have the ability to approach the group
of top 100 Asian universities, with the leading quality in the country and have
international reputation.
Four-star
universities are the universities having good reputation in the country and the
region. Three-star universities can perform their educational function suitable
for labor market and participate in student exchanging programs in the region.
This
UPM system has been used by several universities to analyze their current
situation. In addition, some universities used these indicators for their
development strategy. UPM has supported, advised to many universities in
Vietnam and ASEAN region to collect and verify databases from many sources,
including quality accreditation data.