undergraduate

 

DTU has worked hard to retain or improve it’s worldwide rankings and, in 2023, continues to be positioned in the 401-500 range in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. In addition, DTU is placed by US News & World Report at 317th, and in the 801-1000 range by QS World University rankings, along with the Vietnam National University in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. In 2023, out of 1,799 educational institutions ranked by THE, DTU is one of only six universities in Vietnam listed. In Asia however, THE ranks DTU in 91st position.

 

 

Quality assurance

 

The DTU strategy is to increase the accreditation of its international education programs and was the second Vietnamese university to achieve American ABET accreditation in 2019, following the HCMC University of Technology. ABET is recognized as the world’s “gold standard” in Science & Engineering and DTU now has the most accredited programs in Vietnam:

 

- Software Technology & Engineering, in 2021

- Electrical Engineering, in 2020

- Network Engineering, in 2019

- Management Information Systems, in 2019 

 

 

The DTU Hospitality & Tourism Institute (HTi) was also the first in Vietnam to meet the highest TedQual accreditation standards in Tourism education, by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in International Hotel Management and International Restaurant Operations Management.

 

A complete education, from a Bachelor’s degree to a PhD, solely at DTU

 

 

DTU offers an opportunity for students to continue their studies without interruption, from a Bachelor’s to a Master’s degree, to a PhD, in order to obtain the most extensive knowledge, the highest qualifications and unlimited career opportunities. This includes special HP talent programs available at the first level:

 

- Big Data & Machine Learning

- Financial Management

- International Relations

- Business Law

 

DTU currently offers:

 

- PhD courses in 10 majors

- Master’s degrees in 15 majors

- Bachelor’s degrees in 54 majors

- One hundred minors and 9 HP talent program minors

 

DTU has purchased licenses and shares curricula for 13 advanced and high-quality programs from four leading universities in the US:

 

- Carnegie Mellon University, in IT and AI

- Pennsylvania State University, in Management, Accounting, Finance & Banking, and Hospitality & Tourism

- Purdue University, in Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics

- California State University, in Civil Engineering & Architecture

 

DTU offers On-Site Study-Abroad programs (4+0) with US university ADP degrees, in conjunction with:

 

- Troy University, in Computer Science and Hospitality Management

- Keuka College, in Business Administration

 

DTU offers (1+1+2), (2+2), and (3+1) joint programs with universities in the US, the UK, Canada, Japan and South Korea.

 

DTU also offers:

 

- Second-degree programs

- Linking programs

- Online eUniversity programs

 

DTU employs education techniques used internationally in higher education in developed countries:

 

- CDIO model (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate), in science & technology and engineering

- PBL method (Problem-Based Learning) and PrBL method (Project-Based Learning), in economics & management, architecture & fine arts, and social sciences & humanities

- EBE method (Evidence-Based Education), in medicine, pharmacy, and health & life sciences

 

Modern campuses for study and practice

 

 

The brand new 20-story DTU building in the center of Danang now houses the most advanced and spacious classrooms and practice rooms in Central Vietnam, meeting all current requirements and used for ADP, IT and Hospitality courses, in addition to its four other campuses.

 

Many majors lead to 100% employment on graduation

 

 

In October 2022, the Hoa Binh Construction group awarded a scholarship worth 100 million VND to Cao Tran Phi Vy, a DTU Faculty of Civil Engineering student, who was one of only three to receive the scholarship in Vietnam. Phi Vy will work at the Hoa Binh Construction for 3 years on graduation, without probation.

 

The high standard of a DTU education is well recognized in local business and the community, and 95% of graduates are employed within six months. However, several key majors report a success rate of 100% employment immediately on graduation in:

 

- Electrical Engineering

- IT

- Civil Engineering & Architecture

- Environmental Sciences and the Food Industry

 

Starting salaries in these fields range from 10 to 15 million VND per month, with regular annual  increases.

 

Full or partial scholarships worth hundreds of million of VND

 

In 2023, DTU has awarded four thousand scholarships valued at one hundred billion VND to attract incoming freshmen with the highest High School Graduation Exam scores, or with summa cum laude or magna cum laude school transcripts, or with national, provincial or city-level prizes.

 

Leaving a mark with national and international prizes

 

 

Traditionally, DTU students always bring home big prizes from a variety of famous academic and start-up contests in Vietnam and abroad.

 

- In 2018, Nguyen Thi Thanh won the “Women In Business Award” at the Go Green in the City contest in the US 

- In 2013, the DTU CDIO team won first prize and a cup at Harvard University and MIT in the US, and was part of the winning CDIO Academy Cup team in 2017 in Canada, and in 2018 in Japan

- In 2014, DTU won a prize at the Asia-Pacific IDEERS Championship in Taiwan, with their design of earthquake-resistant buildings

- In 2017, DTU won first prize at the Vietnam Talent Awards and a second prize for potential digital products in the “Make-in-Vietnam” contest, with a 3D medical application

 

 

Several prizes were also awarded in the fields of Architecture and Construction:

 

- In 2020, four first prizes at the National Architecture Festival

- In 2022, twelve prizes at the National Architecture Festival, one well-rounded award, five first,  prizes, one second, and five third prizes

- In 2022, a second prize at the ASEAN Student Information Security Contest and a third prize at the Insomni’Hack CTF finals in Switzerland

- In 2021, first and third prizes at the “Sustainable Energy Initiative” contest

- In 2020, a first prize in Medical Academic competition

- In 2020, third prize at the National Startup contest, with the “Smart Bed” project

- In 2021, the “Online Medical Ecosystem” project by the DTU Medical Volunteer Group won first prize at the Youth Drivers for Change Awards

- In 2021, the DTU perfume logo won the American Graphic Design USA 2021 cup

 

These results reflect the extremely hard work of the DTU lecturers in their mission to make the university’s standard of education and research ever more effective.

 

(Media Center)