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Considered the most livable city in Vietnam, Danang has fast become an ideal place for both Vietnamese and foreigners to live, work, and study. The development of Danang has accelerated rapidly, leading to an ever-increasing demand for professional workers, which lays a high responsibility on the city’s universities. As a current leader in Vietnamese education, DTU is proud to be able to graduate a highly-qualified workforce to serve the city and all of Vietnam.

During times of international integration, partnering with other universities is indispensable in building a strong reputation for DTU. In order to improve the quality of its education and adapt to evolving social requirements, DTU is collaborating with other respected universities worldwide, including Carnegie Mellon University, one of the four leading IT universities in the US, Penn State University, one of the five biggest public university systems in America, which offers a Business Administration program, and with California Fullerton University, one of the leading public universities in Construction and Architecture on the West Coast.

In addition to these international-standard curricula, DTU offers Study-Abroad and On-site Study-abroad programs to offer students more choices to continue their studies. These include the 1+1+2 program with Lorain County Community College in America, the 2+2 program with Purdue University in Indiana, which ranks 6th in Engineering and Technology, programs with Appalachian State University in North Carolina, the Medaille College in Buffalo and the 3+1 program with Coventry University in the UK. The objective is for students to learn in a world-class study environment and ensure excellent careers for them in Vietnam and overseas on graduation.

 

This year, DTU will continue to offer its successful UIU On-Site Study-Abroad program. Students enrolling at DTU in this American accredited 4+0 degree program pay fees of only $2,500 per year, compared with the $24,000 fee to study at Upper Iowa University. Graduates receive a degree from UIU, accredited by the North Central Region, the most advanced American all-school accreditation system. Last year, students with a minimum score of 22 enrolled in the On-Site Study-Abroad program and received partial and full scholarships for all four years. The Valedictorian of the program scored 28.25/30.

A wide range of DTU degrees and diplomas provide students with many study options. DTU offers Ph.D. programs in Business Management and Computer Science, Master’s programs in Accounting, Computer Science, Civil Engineering and Business Management and Bachelor’s degrees in IT, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Economics, Management, Finance & Banking, Tourism & Hospitality, Doctor of Medicine, Pharmacology, General Nursing, Literature & Journalism and Economic Law. DTU also offers programs transferable between different academic levels, second-degree programs and e-Learning programs to satisfy increasing requirements nationwide.

To enhance the quality of education, DTU has proactively introduced advanced teaching methods in certain fields of study. In 2012, the university became the second Vietnamese CDIO member, after Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City. The CDIO (Conceive – Design - Implement - Operate) model, which is used to teach the Technology & Engineering majors. 

In 2013, DTU also adopted PBL (Problem-Based Learning/Project-Based Learning), a new teaching method used worldwide, for students of Economics-Management, Health Sciences and Humanities & Social Sciences, to provide students with more advanced knowledge, skills and professional experience.

 

To achieve strong results, the university has created a group of highly-educated lecturers, experienced in teaching methods and research. DTU also invites professors from well-known international universities to teach and partner in research projects at DTU. The university’s lecturers are regularly assigned abroad for special training. For example, DTU lecturers have traveled to the US 250 times for short or long term training courses.

DTU has also added more senior researchers, many of whom graduated from leading universities in the US, Russia, France, Germany, Canada, Korea, Belgium and elsewhere. The Ministry of Technology and Science has ranked DTU in the top 15 institutions in Vietnam with the highest number of international publications from 2011 to 2015. In 2015-2016, with a steady increase in researchers, over 130 papers were published, of which 122 appeared in ISI journals, outnumbering many other universities in the Central region and nationwide. 

 

DTU grants scholarships annually. In 2016-2017, the university will offer 1,200, with a total value of 5 billion vnd, including 15 of 20 million dong each from Boeing Aircraft, for students entering the advanced CMU program, 10 scholarships of 10 million vnd each from the University of Pennsylvania for students entering the advanced PSU program and scholarships of $2,500 each from the IBM Corporation for outstanding IT enrollees.

DTU grants scholarships worth 20% of the tuition fee for the first semester to students of Environmental Technology & Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design, Civil Engineering and Road and Bridge Construction. Students from Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Quang Ngai, Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa will each be awarded 1 million vnd if they enroll in the Digital Design, Electrical Automation, Graphic Design/Game/Multimedia or General Nursing programs.

First year scholarships of 50 million vnd will be granted to students of the Doctor of Medicine program who score a minimum of 27 in the National High School Final Exam. 50 full scholarships of 800,000, 000 vnd each will be granted to outstanding students enrolling in the On-Site Study-abroad program, in conjunction with Upper Iowa University in the USA, with a minimum score of 24, excluding the priority score.

DTU students are well-known for awards won in national and international competitions. In 2013 they won the CDIO Cup at the CDIO Academy, held at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA. In 2014, DTU won the Asia-Pacific Regional IDEERS Champions Cup at the IDEERS Convention, held at the National Centre for Research on Earthquake Engineering in Taiwan. Recently, DTU was runner-up in the 2016 East Asia Go-Green-In-The City Contest and the ISIT-DTU team came 4th at the 2016 International Network Security Convention in Geneva.

 

DTU has come first in national competitions, including the Loa Thanh Tournament for Civil Engineers and Architects, the National Student Informatics Contest, the Mathematics & Physics Olympiad, the National Student Architecture Festival and the Computerized Fireworks Competition, also winning several second, third and consolation prizes over the years. These significant achievements are proof of the DTU students’ high education standard and the skillful orientation that DTU has provided for graduates to lead Vietnam into the future.