On May 6, the International School awarded Course Completion Certificates for students in the advanced CMU, PSU, and CSU programs, and also Japanese IT Passports to IT students.
The leaders of the International School, lecturers and students
To improve the training of the local workforce to meet international requirements, DTU signed an agreement with Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. CMU is one of the four leading universities in IT in the USA and now shares its advanced curricula in Software Engineering, Information Management Systems and Network Security, in 120 different courses, using the most advanced teaching methods and technology.
In 2009, DTU signed an agreement with Pennsylvania State University, one of the five biggest public universities in the USA, to share advanced programs in Business Administration, Accounting and Auditing, Finance and Banking, Hospitality and Hotel Management.
In 2011, DTU signed an agreement with California State University, one of the leading universities on the US West Coast, to share advanced curricula in Architecture and Construction. Under the agreements, the three partnership programs provide DTU with 18 to 24 major and minor courses each.
Signing the agreement with Pennsylvania State University
The advanced courses are taught by DTU lecturers who have participated in the Train-the-Trainer courses in the US and Vietnam and worked with visiting lecturers from the American universities. Students of the advanced programs receive high-quality training, in English, which focuses on soft skills and practical, real-life skills, so that they will be able to graduate with international qualifications.
Foreign lecturers teach courses in software production
After achieving 70% of the required grades, students will be granted Course Completion Certificates from CMU, PSU and CSU, which will allow them to study in the USA under DTU’s 1+1+2, 2+2 and 3+1 overseas programs. This opens up broader opportunities for graduates to work in Vietnam, other countries in ASEAN and worldwide to turn their career aspirations into reality.
Certificates granted by Carnegie Mellon University
In addition to the certificates from CMU, PSU and CSU programs, students from the International School can also take the exam for an IT Passport, granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology, which is recognized by Japan and the seven nations in ITPEC. The IT Passport certifies that the holder’s IT skills are up to Japanese standards. The exam is run by VITEC and DTU is currently the only test center in Central Vietnam. In the first exam in October 2016, second and third-year IT students passed with average scores of 65%, compared with 32.9% nationally. With an IT Passport, students gain additional job opportunities in Japanese companies, with the opportunity to obtain Japanese student or work visas.
The IT Passport, granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology
The awards ceremony of the CMU, PSU and CSU Course Completion Certificates and IT Passports, with lecturers and students from the International School
Students receive IT Passports from Ha Nhu Hang, Vice Dean of the International School (first on left) and Ms. Vo Thi Phuong, Vice-Director of LTC (first on right)
Students of the advanced programs in Business Administration, Accounting, and Finance and Banking receiving their PSU certificates
Students of the advanced Information Technology program receiving their certificates from Dr. John Kang and Professor Anthony Lattanze from CMU in 2015
Students of the advanced CMU, PSU, and CSU programs have won awards in major national and international contests, such as the Imagine Cup, the IBM Hackathon, CPA Potential and Information Security competitions.
From the second row, left to right: Tra Anh Dong, a Network Security student and technical and project engineer at FPT Telecom Danang; Tran Thi Kim Ngoc, final-year student of PSU Finance and Banking and top students in the Southeast Asian exchange programs (P2A, Learning Express); Ton That Binh, final-year student of CMU Software Engineering, a software engineer at the Enclave company and member of the winning team of the 2015 CDIO Academy in Finland; Tran Thanh Lam, final-year student of PSU Business Administration, and a sales and marketing staff member at Toyota Danang, owned by Phu Tai JSC
DTU students of the advanced international programs will become more self-confident and have more career opportunities in the current competitive, international environment,” explained some final-year students who have already found jobs before graduation, “With our special foreign language and soft skills, we were ably assisted by the creativity, devotion and enthusiasm of our lecturers.”
(Media Center)