Once again, DTU can affirm that its Architecture and Civil Engineering majors have been performing well.
The university has won the Champions Cup at the 2023 IDEERS Asia-Pacific contest in Taiwan, in addition to regular prizes and the Loa Thanh award in national competitions for architecture students. As a result, those majors rose into the 201-230 range worldwide by subject, according to QS 2023.
DTU Architecture and Civil Engineering majors listed in the 2023 QS World Rankings
The annual IDEERS competition is held by the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering of Taiwan R.O.C (NCREE), to promote earthquake engineering research. DTU surprised other universities from Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong by winning first and third prizes, giving very positive feedback on the quality of education there. Advanced teaching methods, such as the Problem-Based Learning system for Architecture and CDIO for Construction, allow students to maximize their initiative, efficiency and innovative skills in their studies. In addition, they qualify students to compete in contests nationally and internationally.
- First prize and the Champions Cup went to the DTU team, including Le Quoc Toan, Nguyen Thanh Quyen, and Nguyen Hoang Long. Their model was 60 cm high, not to exceed 75 cm, weighing 423 g, and able to withstand earthquakes with ground acceleration of 8 on the Richter scale.
- Third prize went to the SET-DTU team including Phan Trong Tien, Cao Tien Giang, Nguyen Duc Manh, and Le Huu Bang, with a model 60 cm high, weighing 440 g, and also able to withstand 8 on the Richter scale.
Among the 102 teams were some well-known institutions with years of experience in earthquake research, including: Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (China); Pusan National University (South Korea); National Taiwan University (China); Keimyung University (South Korea); Pukyong National University (South Korea); National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (China); INTI International University (Malaysia). From Vietnam there were three teams from two universities: ttwo teams from DTU and one team from the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering.
DTU students win the 2023 IDEERS Asia-Pacific Contest
DTU currently offers majors in Architecture and Civil Engineering, including:
- Road & Bridge Construction;
- Civil and Industrial Engineering;
- CSU Civil and Industrial Engineering
- Construction Engineering Management.
- Interior Design
- Advanced CSU International-Standard Architecture programs
- Fashion Design
- Graphic Design
DTU partners with prestigious American universities to enhance the quality of education
To improve the quality of education, DTU partners with several well-known universities worldwide, mostly in the USA, to offer qualified international-level courses. The university has partnered with California State University Fullerton in Fullerton and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, the two leading universities on the American West Coast in Architecture and Construction, to develop the first advanced programs in the Central region of Vietnam.
Team DTU won the Champions Cup (above) and the SET-DTU team came third
DTU training programs of civil engineering and architecture, following the trend, had many subjects changed or added, specifically the following: Structural Dynamics, Earthquakes and Earthquake-Resistant Design, Structure of High-Rise Buildings, Special Construction Structures, and a CDIO project to build earthquake-resistant models.
DTU invites lecturers from California State University Fullerton and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo to teach in the Advanced CSU International-Standard programs, which enables students to improve their specialized English skills, broaden their international knowledge and read research documents completely in English.
DTU contestants design earthquake-resistant models for the competition
Professor Chung-Che Chou, Director of the Taiwan NCREE and Head of the Organizing Board, interviewed DTU students and noted that the two DTU teams had successfully defeated expert teams of earthquake researchers to win first and third prizes in the competition, although DTU has not had the latest facilities and equipment as in Singapore, Korea or Taiwan.
Experts in earthquake research from several Asian universities at the 2023 IDEERS Asia-Pacific contest
Prizes were awarded to:
- First and the Asia-Pacific Champions Cup to team DTU
- Second to the KMU team from Keimyung University from South Korea
- Third to the SET-DTU team from DTU
Consolation prizes went to:
- CUT, from the National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (China)
- NTU-SG, from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore
- CYCU, from Chung-Yuan Christian University (Taiwan, China)
- UTHM, from Tun Hussein Onn University (Malaysia)
- NTUAD, from the National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (China)
- NITI, from INTI International University (Malaysia)
- NTNU, from the National Taiwan Normal University (China)
(Media Center)