HUS High School for Gifted Students, Vietnam National University | |
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Address | |
182 Luong The Vinh Str., Thanh Xuân Hanoi Vietnam |
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Type | Public |
Established | 2010 |
Principal | Dr. Lê Công Lợi |
Grades | 10-12 |
Website | http://hsgs.edu.vn/ |
The High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University (abbrev. HUS High School for Gifted Students, in Vietnamese: Trường THPT chuyên, Đại học Khoa học Tự nhiên, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, as commonly known Chuyên Tổng hợp or Chuyên Tự nhiên) is a specialized public school of Hanoi University of Science. This is one of three high schools not directly under the management of Hanoi Department of Education and Training (two remaining schools is High School for Gifted Students, Hanoi National University of Education and Foreign Language Specialized School).
The department of Mathematics was established first in 1965, followed by the department of Physics and Computer science; the department of Chemistry and Biology was established in 1998.
HUS High School for Gifted Students and HNUE High School for Gifted Students are often interchangeably ranked the first in Vietnam National Science Olympiads and International Science Olympiads (IMO, IOI, IPhO, IChO, IBO). The school also ranks in the top 10 high schools in 2012 Vietnam university admission ranking.
In September 1965, Vietnamese renown mathematician and Professor Hoàng Tụy, supported by Professor Lê Văn Thiêm, Professor Ngụy Như Kon Tum, Professor Tạ Quang Bửu and Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng, founded the Special class of Mathematics with 38 students at the temporary war-time evacuation location of University of Hanoi in Đại Từ District, Thái Nguyên Province. This class was the precursor of HUS High School for Gifted Students.