Dedicated for 28 years to providing high quality education to the community, DTU has continually increased the quantity and quality of its people. Currently, there are 1,223 faculty members and staff, of whom 28% hold PhDs, with full or Associate professorships. Several graduated from leading universities in the USA, Russia, France, Germany, Canada, Korea and Belgium. 450 lecturers participated in the “Train the Trainers” courses in the US and another 60 in Singapore.
DTU lecturers and staff
The full-time staff handle 70% of the teaching at the university. The remainder is taught by visiting lecturers from Vietnam and abroad, with the objective of diversifying the education process, instead of limiting it to a single teaching method or way of thinking, as at many other institutions.
DTU frequently invites foreign lecturers to teach at the university
In the early years, there were only thirty lecturers, and the university had to rely on visiting lecturers. From 1996 to 2000, the Board of Trustees focused on the recruitment of lecturers with honors degrees below the age of 30, to establish a long-term workforce to compete with public universities who faced an earlier deadline to replace skilled but aging teachers.
Before being allowed to teach, lecturers received in-depth training in their subject for at least two successive terms. They were also required to get to know all their students well and develop close relationships with parents and local businesses.
Working as a team, the full-time lecturers and the visiting lecturers have played in important part in the success of DTU and are now have years of experience, high academic credentials and are leaders in their respective fields in Vietnam and abroad. They teach complex majors together, enhancing the standard of education and prestige of the entire university and building a diverse teaching, studying and thinking environment at DTU.
DTU has invested wisely in its training team and the financial and social policies provide both the full-time and visiting lecturers a secure attachment to DTU, encouraging them to make it even better.
