Architecture: designing and engineering small and large buildings 

 

Architects take client ideas and proposals and exploit their knowledge and skills to create plans to present to construction engineers. The architects play a vital role and are the most needed resource in construction, combining both the artistic and technical elements. 

 

Pham Quang Luan, from the DTU Faculty of Architecture, won first prize with a project entitled “What do you see in Saigon?” at the 2018 Architecture Festival 

 

DTU has partnered with California State University, Fullerton and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo (CSU - CalState), the five leading universities on the American West Coast in Architecture, to develop the first advanced programs in the Central region of Vietnam since 2011. Graduates are awarded 21 globally recognized Course Certificates, which enables DTU students to conduct large-scale construction projects.

 

DTU Architecture students learn how to implement both simple and complex, small-scale and large-scale projects, and how to integrate structures, technology and materials. During the course, they also conduct Quick Design planning and industrial projects, with the support of instructors who graduated in developed countries. 

 

Pham Quang Luan, from LTH Design, won the Well-Rounded prize at the 2018 Architecture Festival and said: “Partnerships with well-known American universities bring advanced international Architecture programs to DTU and provide major benefits for us. As a result, we have demonstrated our talents at many national festivals over the years and been able to find jobs even in our third or final years. We have accumulated the necessary hands-on knowledge that allows us to learn from our mistakes and understand the differences between theory and practice. This helps us familiarize ourselves with the work environment without difficulty.”

 

Interior Architecture: planning and designing interior spaces for Vietnamese homes

 

Construction architects work in design, adding attractive features to a solid and durable framework. Interior architects, however, must take both the functionality and appearance of a space into consideration. Students must be thoroughly trained to apply their creativity and initiative to create something new and unique, by combining overall esthetic requirements with personal expression. Interior Architecture bridges the practices of interior design and architecture to educate professionals to understand the principles of structure and load bearing, with a focus on interior space. 

 

Trinh Thi Chi receives a Committee prize at the 2019 Loa Thanh Tournament for a Hilton Danang Interior Design project

   

In partnership with several renowned universities, including Auburn University in the US and New South Wales University in Australia, DTU has developed an advanced Interior Architecture major, which teaches the architectural and technical principles of interior space, focusing on artistic features. Students learn about Interior Design, General Architecture and Furniture Design. 

 

Graduates will be able to design or renovate the interiors of houses, villas, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, spas, showrooms, coffee shops and so on. The maximum class-size is 20, so that students can actively learn and interact closely with lecturers to optimize their creative skills.

 

Laboratory system:

 

-   Project studio, available 24/7

-   Fine Arts laboratory

-   Sculpture studio

-   Library

-   3D workshop

-   iMac networks

 

Graphic Design: graduating creative professionals 

 

Graphic design has become an especially attractive field today, because of the explosion of digital technology and the growing demand for brand recognition by way of posters, videos and 3D images. At DTU, Graphic design students are taught by the staff of the Silver Swallows Studio and must creatively combine traditional and digital design techniques to convey various messages. This program is based on the Singapore Polytechnic Industrial Arts Design and Media Education program.

 

Students learn about basic and advanced elements of Graphic design, including:

 

-   Word Art

-   Brand Identity

-   Advertising

-   Package Design

-   Web and Application Design

-   Gaming

 

Nguyen Le Hoang is a VFX supervisor at the DTU Silver Swallows Studio, became the April Fox’s Got Talent Winner.

 

The course includes studies in drawing and sketching, in pencil and watercolor and the use of graphics software for brand design, web design, game design, movies and 3D design. In addition, mobile applications combine design with communication, fine arts and commerce to meet the requirements of the entertainment industry today.

 

Nguyen Le Hoang, a VFX Supervisor & CG Artist from DTU, created an attractive piece of art entitled “White Cliffs”. It resembles an oil-painting of a small house built on a cliff. He used the Houdini, Redshift, Nuke software and plugins to win April’s Fox’s Got Talent contest.

 

In 2020 season, DTU continues to award preferential scholarships students of Graphic Design, Architecture and Interior Architecture.  

- 700 scholarships, worth from 500 thousand to 2 million VND for high-school transcript applicants, with 22 points or higher;

- 450 DTU scholarships, worth from 1 to 5 million VND for applicants with a total High School Graduation Exam three-subject score from 5 to 10 points higher than the admissions minimum;

- A 15% reduction in first-year tuition fees for 50 applicants in Architecture and Interior Architecture;

- Students from Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa will each be awarded 1 million VND if they enroll in the Graphic Design.

 

(Media Center)