Choosing the right university is a crucial step in a student’s career path. DTU is the first and biggest private university in Central Vietnam. The university is a multi-disciplinary university from Bachelor to PhD with many achievements in accreditation and national and international rankings. Here are some reasons students are choosing DTU as their first choice.
In the top 500 universities internationally, according to THE 2022
DTU was ranked in the top 500 of universities internationally, according to THE in 2022, which includes 1,662 higher education institutions. DTU is one of five Vietnamese institutions listed.
Vietnamese Universities listed in the Times Higher Education rankings
Together with QS, U.S. News & World Reports and the Shanghai ranking systems, Times Higher Education is one of the most widely respected listings worldwide. DTU is ranked
- in the top 700 universities internationally, according to the 2021 Shanghai rankings,
- the 577th best university worldwide, ranked by US News & World Reports in 2022,
- the 210th best university in Asia, according to the 2022 QS Asian University rankings.
Many programs gain ABET Accreditation and UNWTO TedQual
DTU is the second university in Vietnam to be accredited by ABET, the American gold standard of education quality, (after the HCMC University of Technology). DTU is now the university with most ABET accreditation in Vietnam, with four programs: Software Engineering, Network Engineering, Management Information Systems and Electrical & Electronic Engineering.
TedQual accreditation is implemented by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). UNWTO accredited the DTU International Hospitality Management and International Restaurant Operations Management programs. DTU has now become the first Vietnamese university with UNWTO.TedQual qualified programs
Diversified academic programs
In the academic year 2022-2023, DTU offers 10 Doctoral, 15 Master’s and 55 Bachelor’s degree programs, with over 100 minors.
- 13 Advanced International programs in collaboration with four American universities;
- The On-Site Study-Abroad program for American Degrees programs (ADP) in partnership with Troy University and Keuka College;
- Articulation programs (1+1+2), (2+2), (3+1) with universities in the UK, the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea.
DTU is now the university with most ABET accreditation in Vietnam
DTU researched and learned from the university education management experience of 72 schools in 16 different countries and worked with many leading and prestigious universities in the US and South Korea to research and select advanced and quality training programs, models, and methods for its education, for total expenses of over four million USD through the years.
DTU has implemented standardized teaching methods employed worldwide to motivate students to enjoy their work, become more proactive in their basic and in-depth studies and improve their English, communications, teamworking, problem-solving, time management and presentations skills:
- PBL (Problem-Based Learning/Project-Based Learning), in Economics, Hospitality and Management, Medicine-Pharmacy
- CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate), in Computer Sciences, Technology and Engineering
- EBE (Evidence-Based Education) in Medicine-Pharmacy, Life Sciences
Most modern training and practice infrastructure in Central Vietnam
DTU has six campuses located in the city center of Danang and with modern infrastructure among the best of Central Vietnam. Classrooms are equipped with 2,000 highly configurable computers, with all the appropriate software. The university library also contains several thousand books, combined with online access to other publications.
The DTU School of Engineering & Technology (SET) has built three mechanics workshops, eight laboratories, the Center for Electrical Engineering (CEE) and the Center for Mechanical Engineering (CME), to facilitate research on the manufacture of high-quality products and to tap opportunities for their commercialization.
SET has installed the Kasuga V10 CNC system, the Siemens S7-300 and S7-1200 PLC machines, the industrial UR3 robot arms from Universal Robotics, a Winho high speed precision lathe and a Fintek hydraulic press.
Practice labs, tailored to real-time environments
With its recent official completion of the 20-floor campus at 3 Quang Trung, DTU offers many advantages to students, who will study in spacious classrooms with the most modern equipment in Central Vietnam.
The DTU Hospitality & Tourism Institute (HTi) has constructed practice labs to simulate a standard 5-star hotel
95% of students employed six months after their graduation
The university has partnerships with over 300 corporations, businesses, and ventures and it regularly works with them to organize internships and annual recruitment for its students. The university’s training results are highly appreciated in the business world, which shows through the 95% of students employed six months after their graduation. DTU’s objective for the coming years is that every single student would find employment right upon graduation, and many majors currently already achieve this.
All DTU students graduating in specialized majors are guaranteed immediate full-time employment.
Opportunities to win preferential scholarships
In the academic year 2022-2023, DTU will award 4,000 preferential scholarships, worth up to 100 billion VND, to students enrolling in all majors.
Recently, DTU has been receiving an ever-increasing number of applications from students with top scores in the High School Graduation Exam (HSGE) or who have won excellence awards in provincial and national competitions for excellent students. Valedictorians were also granted valuable full or partial scholarships.
Valedictorians applying to DTU
These include Ly Thi Men with the highest score of 29.75, who enrolled in the DTU Talent Program in Business Law (in 2021); Nguyen Thi Khanh Chi with 28 (in 2020); Tran Thu Ha with 28.5 (in 2017); and Nguyen Thi Thanh with 28.25.
Winning valuable prizes in national and international competitions
Students winning valuable prizes in national and international competitions have demonstrated the sustained efforts made by DTU faculty and students over the years, including:
Winning valuable prizes in national and international competitions
- Nguyen Thi Thanh won the 2018 Go Green "Women In Business Award” held in America,
- The 2013 CDIO Cup at Harvard University and MIT in America
- the CDIO Academy 2017 Winner Cup at the 2017 CDIO Academy Competition held at the University of Calgary in Canada and in Japan in 2018
- The Asia-Pacific IDEERS Championship in 2014,
- National Go-Green-In-The-City Championship in 2016, 2017 and 2018, a second prize in Schneider Go Green 2021 and a runner-up in Schneider Go Green 2022;
- A First prize at the Viet Nam Talent Awards 2017 and a Second Prize in the Make-in-Vietnam Digital Award 2020 with the "3D Virtual Reality Application to Simulate the Human Body for Health Science Education & Research”,
- 4 First prizes in the National Student Festival of Architecture 2020,
- 12 prizes in the National Student Festival of Architecture 2022,
- A Third prize in the ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security 2020,
- First Prize in the Medical Scholarship Contest,
- Third prize in the "Seeding Your Idea" Startup Contest 2021 with “SMartbed” project
- Youth Drivers for Change 2021 first prize and Vietnam Social Innovation Challenge (VSIC) champion with the “Online Medicine Ecosystem” project.
- A third prize in the 2020 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security,
- Third prize in the 2022 Insomni’Hack CTF finals in Geneva, Switzerland.
- A first and a third prize in the 2021 “Sustainable Energy Initiative” Contest;
- A trophy and a Certificate of Merit for being among the top 100 contestants in the 2021 American Graphic Design Awards competition.
DTU will certainly be the right choice for you in your search for a “new home” for your university life. DTU’s standards for infrastructure, education quality, accreditation, and international ranking are something very few other universities can match.
(Media Center)