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Nguyen Thi Thanh is currently the highest-scoring applicant at DTU this year, with 28.25/30 in her National Final Exam. More and more students with Second and Third Class National Outstanding Student Awards are also now applying to DTU and the enrollment of top-rated, super-talented students is increasing day-by-day.

 

 

Each year, DTU welcomes thousands of applicants, bringing with them mixed feelings of joy, uncertainty, enthusiasm and hope, along with some unlikely coincidences.

 

With a score of 27/30 in the 2015 National Final Exam in Maths, Physics and Chemistry, Nguyen Thi Le, from Quang Nam, was not sure whether she would be able to attend university or not. She comes from a poor family. Her mother worked hard as a farmer and looked after her children at the same time, but then become disabled. All through her high school years, Le studied as hard as she possibly could. Her teacher used to tell her that the only way to get out of poverty and hardship was by studying diligently. With those words in mind, Le focused on her education and she won a provincial consolation prize in Chemistry in 2014-2015.

 

 The first high-scoring applicants at DTU

Unlike Nguyen Thi Le, the majority of applicants did research and carefully selected their choice of university and major. Vo Thi Tam, with a score of 25.5/30, arrived at DTU because of her broad knowledge of its prestigious Information Technology program. She learned about DTU’s international partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, one of the four leading IT universities in the US, offering advanced courses in Software Engineering, Information Systems, and Network Security. Tam also heard that most IT students at DTU are offered employment at companies in their third or fourth years and that DTU students have been winning several national and international IT contests.She was lucky when her friend, who had just enrolled in DTU’s On-Site Study-Abroad program, introduced her to the university. After talking to DTU advisors and visiting the new facilities, Le still had another big surprise awaiting her. She was immediately awarded a full scholarship, worth 800 billion VND, for the On-Site Study-Abroad program. Coincidence and intention worked hand-in-hand to significantly reduce the financial burden on her family and provided a bright start to her entrance to the university.

 

Pham Minh Anh, from Danang, scored 24.25/30 and comes from a successful family. His parents are both doctors. His older brother is studying at the Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy. His parents recommended that he should apply to DTU to study to become a General Practitioner. Minh Anh said: “I hope that eventually I can go abroad for advanced medical training and access the most modern medical techniques worldwide. I am very impressed with the investment that DTU has made in the General Practitioner program. They have collaborated with universities, including the University of Illinois in Chicago and the University of Pittsburgh to develop an advanced study program, all in English. We will devote part of the first year to learning the English language and natural sciences in English as a foundation.”

 

DTU’s scholarship and tuition fee incentives for students in Social Sciences and Humanities, including the policy of reducing the fee by 50% for all four years, has attracted many highly-qualified applicants. Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc, from Quang Nam, scored 25.5/30 in Literature, History and Geography. Since attending high school, she has been working at various local companies after school, to earn money for her education and family. She repaired clothing and made raincoats. Her ability as the elder daughter to overcome the problems of a farming family was demonstrated in her choice of university and major. Nhu Ngoc signed up for the Literature and Journalism program at DTU, with the ambition of becoming a skilled journalist in the near future.

 

 

Students that come to DTU because of their hopes are often related to their studies and because their dreams, expectations, and concerns stem from very simple but beautiful sources.

 

Pham Minh Anh enrolls in Doctor of Medicine program at DTU

 

Since childhood, Minh Anh went to his mother’s hospital to watch her work. The unhappiness, the pain, the disadvantaged backgrounds and the patients’ pain inability to change their lives haunted him as he grew up. Researching the internet, he sympathized with poor people suffering from incurable diseases, especially small children. So Minh Anh decided to study Chemistry and Biology to become a General Practitioner, to help give disadvantaged children hope and happiness in their lives.

 

 

Nhu Ngoc has experienced hardship in her own life and seen the difficulties and inequities in the lives of the poor in rural Quang Nam. She started dreaming about her future career, determined to become a skilled journalist with “clear eyes, a pure heart, and a sharp pen”. She hopes she will be able to write many informative articles about special everyday problems, to uncover the challenges of our society.

 

 

Choosing IT at DTU, Vo Thi Tam has clearly set herself a challenge. Tam said: “Our country is integrating quickly, but we must not forget the efforts of those that went before. We must be responsible and devote ourselves to the development of Vietnam. Information Technology is developing fast, connecting us globally, so we must be creative and connect with our peers internationally to improve our basic knowledge. We hope that the investment in international partnership programs and new facilities at DTU will help us realize our dreams.”