Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
Motto	Phát triển toàn diện, bền vững và hội nhập quốc tế
Motto in English	Grow into a well-rounded individual, and globalize
Type	Public
Established	October 5th, 1962
President	Dr. Le Hieu Giang, A/Prof. (Acting President)
Students	30,000
Undergraduates	29,000
Postgraduates	1,000
Location	Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 10°51′00″N 106°46′18″E / 10.8499°N 106.7717°E
Campus	Two campuses
Website	hcmute.edu.vn

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (Abbreviation: HCMUTE, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Sư phạm Kỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a public university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is currently regarded as one of the top technical universities in Vietnam.^[1]

This is a public university located in Thủ Đức City, about 10 km (6.2 mi) north-east from downtown Ho Chi Minh City. This university offers multidisciplinary bachelor's degree from engineering, technology to economics, laws and linguistics. The university also conducts technical research and vocational training, in addition to educational cooperation with foreign universities in the US, the UK, Australia, France, Korea, Taiwan, etc.

The central building of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education

History

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) is the first university in Vietnam educating and training technical teachers for the whole country. Chronologically, HCMUTE has been renamed several times due to integration with other schools or its own promotion.

The university evolved from the Board of Technical Education, first founded on October 5, 1962, then renamed Nguyen Truong To Center for Technical Education in Thu Duc in September 1972, and later upgraded to Thu Duc College of Education in 1974. On October 27, 1976, the SRV Prime Minister issued a decision to establish Thu Duc University of Technical Education on the basis of Thu Duc College of Education. This was amalgamated with Thu Duc Industrial Vocational School in 1984 and further merged with Technical Teacher Training School No.5 in 1991 to become the present Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education. In 1995, the university incorporated with National University Ho Chi Minh City as an informal member. In 2000, HCMUTE became a member under supervision of Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (MoET).

Milestones

October 5, 1962: Founded as Board of Technical Education founded with five disciplines
1972: Renamed as Nguyen Truong To Center for Technical Education in Thu Duc
1974: Upgraded to Thu Duc College of Education
October 27, 1976: Promoted to Thu Duc University of Technical Education
1984: Thu Duc Industrial Vocational School amalgamated with Thu Duc University of Technical Education
1991: Technical Teacher Training School No. 5 amalgamated with Thu Duc University of Technical Education
1992: First post graduate program started
1995: Became non-official member of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
2000: Separated from Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
November 2011: The Center Building inaugurated
March 2012: 3 PhD programs started
October 2014: Renamed as Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education^[2]

Governmental Awards

During its more than 60 years of development, HCMUTE has been granted many governmental awards for excellent performance, such as an Independence Decoration - Second Class (2012), Independence Decoration - Third Class (2007), a Labor Decoration - First Class (2001), a Labor Decoration -Second Class (1996), a Labor Decoration - Third Class (1985) by the SRV President, an Emulation Flag of the Government (2008), an Emulation Flag of the MoET (2009), Emulation Flag of Ho Chi Minh City People Committee (2012), many other Certificates of Merit and so on.^[3]

Infrastructure

Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education has two campuses with total area of 21 ha (52 acres) and 128,128 m² (1,379,160 sq ft) of construction area includes 98 practice workshops (16,980 m² [182,800 sq ft]) and 58 laboratories (10,362 m² [111,540 sq ft]), 175 classrooms with a total area of 27,902 m² (300,330 sq ft), size of each varying from 42 to 187 m² (450 to 2,010 sq ft).

Computers: 1,100 for teaching, learning and research; 450 for management and administration.

HCMUTE also has a football field (10,000 m² [110,000 sq ft]), three volleyball courts, a tennis court, a sporting event hall and two dormitories.^[4]

Accreditation

Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education is proud to be one of the first ten accredited universities in Vietnam, one of the first few universities applying ISO 9001 management system.^[5]

ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance

HCMUTE has ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Standard Accreditation for 18 programs:

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology
Mechatronics Engineering Technology
Automotive Engineering Technology
Construction Engineering Technology
Electronic and Communication Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Thermal Engineering
Environmental Engineering Technology
Machine Manufacturing Technology
Automation and Control Engineering Technology
Industrial Technology
Garment Technology
Information Technology
Printing Technology
Chemical Engineering Technology
Biomedical Engineering Technology
Linguistics (English)
Accounting

Academic programs

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education offers 45 Bachelor's Degrees, 16 Master's Degrees and 7 Doctorate Degrees in 14 Faculties and Institutes.