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Committed to equipping students with comprehensive knowledge, practical skills, and a spirit of continuous innovation for their confident success in the era of technology, Duy Tan University (DTU) has made in-depth investments in facilities and pursued ABET accreditation for its programs in technology & engineering. This enables DTU students to consistently stand out with their research achievements, startup initiatives, and domestic and international awards. It prepares them for a real-world environment and makes them globally competitive.

Field with three programs accredited by ABET

 

Two programs at DTU:

 

-    Food Technology, and
-    Construction Engineering Technology,

 

were officially accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) under ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology, US) on August 28, 2025.

 

The DTU program in Electrical & Electronic Engineering was also accredited in August 2020. As a result, DTU is in a joint first place of universities in Vietnam with highest number of ABET-accredited programs, namely six.

 

Overview of the 2024 ABET accreditation visit for Food Technology and Construction Engineering Technology

 

This achievement stems from DTU’s timely and modern investments in teaching and practice facilities, along with extensive collaboration with many other universities both in Vietnam and worldwide. Notably, DTU has partnered with and transferred academic programs from:

 

-    Purdue University: one of the top ten universities in the US for engineering, offering Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics,
-    California State University Fullerton: a leading public university on the US West Coast for construction, and
-    Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: ranked in the top five for architecture at undergraduate level in the US.

 

These partnerships led to the first advanced programs in these fields in Danang and even in all of Central Vietnam.

 

Students impress through research achievements and creative study environment

 

Thanks to high-quality training programs, DTU students in technology & engineering have made a mark by winning many major awards in both national and international competitions:

 

    Students of architecture & construction are recognized for their exceptional creativity and design skills:

 

•    Second championship of IDEERS (Asia - Pacific earthquake-resistant design competition) in 2023 (nine years after the first time in 2014). This prestigious competition in construction engineering attracts many leading universities in Asia, including Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST, China), Pusan National University (Korea), National Taiwan University (China), and Pukyong National University (Korea).

 

DTU students of architecture & construction with leading awards in Vietnam and Asia

 

•    A construction student’s graduation project won second prize at the 2024 Loa Thanh awards, the highest prize awarded in the category engineering & technology graded by the Vietnam Construction Association that year. (No first prize was given.) The project “Hospital, High-End Apartment, & Education Complex” was developed based on a preliminary architectural design by the Danang Urban Planning Institute during the completion of a 1:500-scale master plan for a 21,311 m² site. DTU students have earned a total of twenty Loa Thanh Awards over the years, including the only nationwide first prize in 2010.

 

•    At the 14th National Festival for Students of Architecture in 2024, DTU students won a well-rounded prize, a second prize, and four third prizes at various competitions of the festival. DTU students also received numerous other awards in competitions such as Sao Bien, the watercolor contest “Brilliant Poland”, the watercolor competition “Hanoi: A Thousand Years of Civilization”, and the Spring Flower Street & Lighting Design contests.

 

    Food Technology students stand out with products of very high quality:

 

•    Best of Visualization prize (for products) at the International PBL Expo 2025 in Indonesia for the project “Blossoming Symphony: Thuy Lien Khai Hoa Tra”,
•    first prize in the category “Projects and Technological Solutions in Processing” at the 2024 Post-Harvest Processing Technology competition for “Artistic blooming tea from green lotus flowers”,
•    second prize (no first prize awarded) at the 2022 National Post-Harvest Technology competition and second prize at the 2022 Creative Products of Danang contest for Coffee Jam,
•    second prize at the 6th scientific workshop “Food Safety and Food Security” in 2022 for “Research on the harvest time of sweet mustard sprouts”.

 

Many food products “made by DTU students” are highly rated by consumers

 

Beyond research and product development, DTU students of Food Technology also do design and packaging for their own products, creating visually appealing and market-ready goods with a focus on community value.

 

 

    Students of Electrical & Electronic Engineering won the ASEAN Green Entrepreneurship Hackathon with many other community-driven products:

 

•    The FLEXILEG team outstandingly won first prize at the 2024 ASEAN Green Entrepreneurship Hackathon with their “Active Prosthetic”. Besides startup potential, the product has humane value by giving people with disabilities access to affordable technology.
•    The project “The Magic Hand”, a prosthetic finger for people with disabilities, won first prize at the Vietnam Global Startup Challenge 2025 and second prize at the 2025 ASEAN Entrepreneurship Hackathon (Indonesia). The project contributes to social inclusion and employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

 

Community-focused mechatronics products by DTU students win top prizes

 

DTU students and lecturers have also designed many other community-oriented products:

 

•    electric wheelchairs for disadvantaged people with disabilities,
•    robot arms donated to students in Quang Nam,
•    the ship-weld inspection robot,
•    the Smartbed,
•    the LISA Smart Robot able to help with navigation in English and Vietnamese.

 

 

    Students of Environmental Technology & Engineering and of Resources & Environment maintain a 100% employment rate upon graduation. Their strength lies in hands-on experience gained through research projects with lecturers, from waste treatment, industrial wastewater processing, and assessment of the quality of seawater after the Formosa incident to marine-environment assessment and advising the city of Danang on critical issues like mass movement, coastal erosion, salinity intrusion, and water-resource management.

    Students of Automotive Engineering Technology highly benefit from studying with the science & technology product “Comprehensive simulation & interaction in smart automotive technology training” developed by the DTU Center for Visualization & Simulation (CVS). This system allows students to move beyond theory and engage directly with comprehensive 3D simulations and interactive technologies to acquire knowledge of automotive engineering and mechanics.

 

The “Comprehensive simulation & interaction in smart automotive technology training” system developed by DTU’s CVS

 

Students also practice in laboratories equipped with modern equipment from investments in the tens of billions of VND from countries such as South Korea, Germany, and Japan. They gain hands-on experience in safe driving and practice on training systems for traditional gasoline and diesel vehicles and for modern electric cars - including several vehicles donated by VinFast.

 

 

DTU’s Automotive Practice Workshop is equipped with comprehensive and modern equipment to train students

 

Leading scientists among the lecturers

 

DTU’s programs in technology & engineering are supported by associate professors, PhDs, and Master’s degree holders graduated in countries such as Japan, China, Russia, Taiwan, and Belgium. They have published numerous publications indexed by ISI and

 

Scopus, and transferred technologies. They actively support students with career orientation and startups. Notably, several lecturers and scientists at DTU have been among the world’s 100,000 most influential scientists for many consecutive years:

 

-    Dr Tran Nguyen Hai, 2,905th globally in 2025 by Elsevier; “Rising Star of Science” in 2025, 2024, and 2023 (according to research.com) in Environmental Science,
-    Dr Hoang Nhat Duc, 3,635th globally by Elsevier; “Rising Star of Science” in 2025, 2024, and 2023 (according to research.com) in civil engineering and disaster warning systems,
-    Dr Anand Nayyar, 7,093rd globally by Elsevier, works in IoT,
-    Dr Tolulope Joshua Ashaolu, 9,518th globally by Elsevier, works in biotechnology

 

Dr Hoang Nhat Duc (left) and Dr Tran Nguyen Hai are among the world’s 100,000 most influential scientists

 

DTU’s training programs also rank very high:

 

-    Architecture & Built Environment (part of Arts & Humanities): 101-150 of the world (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026),
-    Engineering - Civil & Structural: 201-275 of the world (QS 2025),
-    Engineering - Electrical & Electronic: 251-300 of the world (QS 2026),
-    Environmental Sciences (part of Natural Sciences): 146th of the world (QS 2026).

 

These achievements affirm that DTU’s efforts to enhance academic quality, invest in facilities, and pursue international standards provide its students of technology & engineering with a strong knowledge foundation and diverse practical skills to confidently pursue careers or launch startups in the future.

(Media Center)