Duy Tan University is the first private school to switch to the university model.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son speaks at the announcement ceremony of the Prime Minister 's decision to convert Duy Tan University into Duy Tan University - Photo: TRUONG TRUNG

On November 10, Duy Tan University celebrated its 30th anniversary and announced the Prime Minister's decision to transform Duy Tan University into Duy Tan University.

With this decision, Duy Tan becomes the first private university to switch to the university model in our country and the 8th university in Vietnam, alongside Hanoi National University, Ho Chi Minh City National University, Thai Nguyen University, Hue University, Da Nang University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics .

Established in 1994, Duy Tan University is one of the first five non-public universities in the country.

After 30 years of construction, the school now has 5 training facilities with an area of ​​over ^85,000m2 , more than 250 practice rooms, laboratories, medical simulation room system, library system, data center...

Currently, the school has built a human resource team of more than 1,100 lecturers, the proportion of lecturers with doctoral degrees and titles of Associate Professor and Professor is over 30%.

Speaking at the decision-giving ceremony, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son assessed that the establishment and development of Duy Tan University has contributed to changing the public-private structure in the university system and changing the face of higher education.

Not only does it provide many jobs for scientists and learning opportunities for many students, it also contributes to the cause of innovation in education and training, providing human resources for the country's development over the past 30 years.

With Duy Tan University having developed a multidisciplinary training system with nearly 80 majors at all training levels, the Minister said that becoming Duy Tan University is a choice of organizational and administrative model, and also a development model that demonstrates maturity and the need for new development from within.

“I hope that this change is not a change of name but a change towards depth, towards liberating creativity, towards modern and intelligent management.

I hope that the university will be operated with a more scientific and advanced university management system. It will have both a larger scale and a higher mission with a long-term vision, aiming at sustainable development,” Minister Nguyen Kim Son said.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son presents the Prime Minister's decision to convert Duy Tan University into Duy Tan University - Photo: TRUONG TRUNG

Aiming at areas that the country needs

Minister Nguyen Kim Son said that the country's development opportunities are also opportunities for universities. At the same time, he expected Duy Tan University to seize the opportunity, accelerate the speed of development and the quality of development.

Especially towards new fields of science and technology, cutting-edge technology, industries that the country needs both in the short and long term, including industries that require a lot of investment but take a long time to get results.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/truong-dai-hoc-duy-tan-la-truong-tu-thuc-dau-tien-chuyen-qua-mo-hinh-dai-hoc-20241110123151626.htm