NGUYEN TAT THANH UNIVERSITY, A 20-YEAR MARK IN THE MAKING

NGUYEN TAT THANH UNIVERSITY, A 20-YEAR MARK IN THE MAKING

Nguyen Tat Thanh University is in its most beautiful age – age 20 (1999 – 2019). Those 20 years were a journey with unforgettable marks, with tremendous effort and pride. Overcoming all the challenges since its early days, Nguyen Ta Thanh University has its honour to be the only university to be named after Uncle Ho’s name in his youth, asserted itself with the vision of reaching out to the sea to carry out the mission of enlightening the future of young generation.

Development Impact

After a 20-year journey with efforts on each specific step with less than 100 students in the early days, Nguyen Tat Thanh University has become today a multi-disciplinary education system offering a diverse range of majors. Starting as a human resource training center for the garment industry, a “successful steering” has helped Nguyen Tat Thanh University become a prestigious higher education institution locally and internationally recognized. The university currently accommodates 20,000 students pursuing 48 undergraduate programs, 14 graduate programs in 5 training areas: Health, Economics, Technology, Social Science & Humanities, and Arts, with its academic and non-academic staff of over 2000. From only 2 theoretical classrooms, by 2002 the school had 67 classrooms and now has 500 modern equipped classrooms and labs, with a total investment of trillions of dong.

Nguyen Tat Thanh University is also ranked the 5th nationwide for international Publication (ISI ranking), with rate of students’ employment after graduation of 100%. NTTU is among the first 20 universities of Vietnam to be granted with national quality accreditation certificate, with 4 specializations accredited by AUN-QA. The university is also the only non-public one in Vietnam granted with 4 stars status by QS educational quality accreditation organization.

The above figures partly reflect the achievements of Nguyen Tat Thanh University during the past 20 years. Those achievements have been accomplished primarily due to the internal strength of the University’s staff, lecturers and staff. They are always consistent with the philosophy of Real Learning- Real Practice – Real Prestige – Real Career, creating a positive learning environment and practical experience for all students, equipping learners with the ability to self-study and the spirit of entrepreneurship, community responsibility, regional and global integration.

NTTU is the only non-public one in Vietnam granted with 4 stars status by QS educational quality accreditation organization

Reaching the big sea

Though not compared to the universities with year-long history, Nguyen Tat Thanh University has been effectively leveraging its internal and external resources, being its academic and non-academic staff comprising of experienced managerial staff from the enterprises; and invited leading experts in academic and scientific research from advanced countries in the world. Nguyen Tat Thanh University contributes to the training of high quality human resources for the cause of national construction and development, providing Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces about 5,000 highly qualified employees.

At the age of 20, Nguyen Tat Thanh University aims to become a practical applied university, always pioneering, innovating and consistently implementing the mission of providing quality, highly competitive human resources for local and international work market though the joint effort in education, research and service to the community and society, leveraging strategic alliances with thousands of businesses and research institutes. In the coming time, the University will strive to achieve the 5-star standard of QS Stars UK, a number of training programs meeting AUN-QA standards and the standards of the Ministry of Education and Training. In 2022 NTTU will reach AUN-QA’s institution-level quality standards and by 2025, Nguyen Tat Thanh University will be ranked in the top 50 of ASEAN, with a number of industries / fields reaching the top 500 in Asia.

News: Phượng Nguyễn
Photos: Duy Anh