HUMG was es­tablished in 1966 from the Mining and Geology fa­culty of Hanoi University of Technologies. During 40 years of history, more than 30000 undergraduate and post-graduate students have graduated from the university in 31 different programmes such as mining, geology, surveying and mapping, oil and gas, electro-mechanical engineering, information technology and computer sciences, economics and business administration. Graduates from HUMG are highly appreciated for the capability and professional skills in the key sectors of Vietnamese economy such as oil and gas, coal mining, construction, etc.

The main campus of the HUMG is in Dong Ngac, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam. The university also has two other campuses in Quang ninh, the heart of Vietnam coal mining industry and in Vung Tau, the oil city in the South of Vietnam.

HUMG is growing and developing university. The number of students increased to around 22000 in recent years. Dozens of new majors have been added to the university education programs such as geo-environment, software engineering, applied information technology in surveying, economics, mining and geology, accounting, business administration, etc. Hanoi campus will be extended and designed to comply with the facilities of an advanced and modernized university.

Total number of academic staff is 527 with 16 full-professors, 55 associate professors, and 177 senior lecturers. With highly professional and potential academic staff, HUMG has made a reputation in research activities and applied knowledge transferring in Earth Sciences related projects in Vietnam. Academic staff in HUMG works in 11 different academic faculties.