Hồng Đức University

Hong Duc University|HDU (FR:Université Hong Duc) is a public university in Vietnam, located in Thanh Hoa city, near Lam Son high school and Sam Son beach.

Formation
The university was established on September 24, 1997 according to Decision No. 797/1997/QD-TTg issued by the Prime Minister (This university is named after the era name of the most prosperous emperor in the whole history of the nation: Lê Thánh Tông), on the basis of merging three colleges: College of Education, College of Economics - Technology, Medical College of Thanh Hoa. Hong Duc University is the first university in the Vietnamese higher education system to be established under a new model: a public, multi-disciplinary university, under the supervision of the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province, under Quality management of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Infrastructure
After 3 stages of investment and construction, up to now, the facilities for professional activities of the University have been quite complete and modern. With a total area of 478,000 m2, of which the main campus is 384,000m2 and the Center for Defense and Security Education 94,000m2, Hong Duc University is one of the higher education institutions.

Academic Program
The University's organization currently consists of 33 affiliated units, including: 12 training faculties; 10 Offices; 3 Boards; 7 Centers and medical stations.

The school currently has nearly 740 staff and lecturers, of which full-time lecturers are 02 professors, 24 associate professors, 175 doctors - (the percentage of lecturers with doctorate degrees is 41.26%).

Hong Duc University is the first school in the country to introduce the Digital Technology module into teaching for all training programs.

The school diversified forms of cooperation with schools, institutes and organizations in the world. Typically, there are cooperation programs with : University of Zielona Góra (Poland), Greifswald University and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Soongsil University(Korea)...Implement scientific research cooperation with universities: University of Greifswald (Germany), Aix-Marseille University (France)...

In the past years, lecturers of the University have implemented 02 international projects, 08 State-level projects, including 02 independent projects and 06 projects under the National Science and Technology Development Fund (NAFOSTED); 38 ministerial-level projects, 56 provincial-level projects and 533 grassroots-level projects. Published 1,329 scientific research works in domestic and international specialized scientific journals. Implemented 1,942 student scientific research projects, of which 328 were awarded university-level prizes and 32 ministerial-level projects, and 04 Vietnam technical innovation awards ( VIFOTEC). Students of the University joined the Provincial Athlete's Delegation to attend the National Sports Congress, the Southeast Asian Championship won many medals, including 16 gold, silver and bronze medals in Taekwondo, Vovinam, Sepak takraw, Wushu, Kickboxing, Muay.

Notable alumni

 * Phạm Hà, businesswoman
 * Nguyễn Thị Hương, Taekwondo
 * Lê Thị Hiền, Vovinam

Extracurriculars
Miss University is an annual event with the purpose of honoring the beauty of Vietnamese women and encouraging students to preserve and promote a model life.
 * Miss University

The Student Union of Hong Duc University holds many volunteer activities for students to join, such as teaching languages to orphans or helping new students with enrollment exams for residents. In addition, students can help people in poor villages during summer vacation.
 * Volunteer Activities

External Resource
* Some entries from Fine Artist - Valedictorian Vũ Tú (HDU'11) www.vutuhdu11.wordpress.com/about