Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
| Đại học Bách khoa Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | June 29, 1957 |
| President | Prof Vu Dinh Thanh |
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Academic staff
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1,038 (2012) |
| Students | 24.910 (2009 Fall) |
| Undergraduates | 16.906 (2009 Fall) |
| Location | 268 Ly Thuong Kiet St., Dist.10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Campus |
Urban 14.8 ha (Main Campus) Suburban 26 ha (Thu Duc Campus) |
| Website | [1] (Vietnamese) [2] (English) |
Bach Khoa University(Former name: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Abbreviation: BKU, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Bách khoa, Đại học Quốc gia Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) – a member of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City is the flagship university in technology teaching and research activities in Vietnam.
BKU (formerly known as HCMUT) is a center of technology - industry and management training.
Up to May 2005, BKU has 11 faculties, 14 research and development (R&D) centers, 4 training centers, 10 functioning offices and one joint-stock company. During the past 30 years since Vietnam's unification, 45,000 engineers and Bachelors have graduated from BKU. Up to now, BKU have trained Bachelors of Science, more than 7,000 Masters and 120 Doctors.
Established on Jun. 29, 1957 according to the decree 213/GD signed by President Ngo Dinh Diem, the university was known as Phu Tho National Center of Technology. The center included 4 partner colleges: College of Civil Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering, College of Industrial Arts Engineering (École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs des Arts Industriels - Kỹ sư Công nghệ), Vietnam National Maritime Engineering.
In 1960s, College of Chemistry was established, belonging to Phu Tho National Center of Technology.
In 1972, Phú Thọ National Center of Technology was renamed as National Institute of Technology, which was the only center of South Vietnam to train technical engineers and experts. According to the decree 010/SL/VNGDTN signed on January 11, 1974, the National Institute of Technology was merged into Thu Duc Institute of Technology and renamed as University of Technology. In the same year, Thanh Hoa Post Graduate Department (the current Environmental Engineering Faculty) was established in the College of Civil Engineering. It was the first time when the university conducted post graduate training program. After the national reunification, the university was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology as Saigon was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City (according to the Decision 426/Ttg signed by The President of the Cabinet on October 27, 1976). Being one of the three largest universities of technology in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology has the mission of training engineers majoring in the fields of capital construction, industry, resources exploration and exploitation, and environment preservation to provide a force of manpower mainly for the southern areas of Vietnam.
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