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Hong Duc University

The Hong Duc University (HDU) is a regional university, which belongs to Thanh Hoa province’s government, Viet Nam. It is for bachelor and higher education mainly in teacher training, economic, technology and agriculture.

History

Hong Duc University was established by the Decision No. 797/ TTg issued by the Prime Minister on 24th September, 1997. The university was founded based on three separate colleges of Thanh Hoa Province namely: The Teacher Training College, the Economics & Technology College and the Medical College. In September 2004, the Prime Minister declared the Medical College independent from Hong Duc University. The university is attached to the People’s Committee of Thanh Hoa Province and under the authority of the state management from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and other Ministries and Central Organization within their relevant functions and power.

Mission

Hong Duc University was establish to train scientific, technological and management cadres with four years bachelor degree standard to meet the social-economic development of the Province and the neighboring provinces. Besides, the university is also conducting research into the applied sciences and technology to support for the in industrialization process of the province and country. For the period of 2006-2010, HDU was assigned a task by the Government Thanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, and Ministry of Education and Training to train and co-operate in training quality undergraduate and postgraduates with abroad university over the world. The expense for students will be contributed as scholarship from Thanh Hoa Government.

Location of campuses:

HDU now has two main campuses located in Thanh Hoa City. The first campus is in 307 Le Lai Road, Dong Son Ward, Thanh Hoa City and the second one is in Quan Nam, Dong Ve ward, Thanh Hoa city.

Staffs and Students:

Board of Direction Staff

Currently, Hong Duc University has 658 staff members, of which there are 3 senior experts, 105 senior faculty members, 315 faculty members, and 62 teachers. There are 32 staff members holding PhD Degree and 189 holding Master’s Degree. Presently, more than 77 staff members are studying for their Master and PhD Degrees in Vietnam and oversea. HDU always considers many policies to support and encourage staff members to upgrade their working skills such as English, Computing and their knowledge also by studying in higher-level education.

Student

HDU organizes the exam annually to enroll new students for every field of study in the university. Number of students continue increasing every year. According to statistic, there were 1800 new students for 2010’s enrollment, 2990 for 2011and 2790 for 2012. The university is training about 15,000 students including 8,000 full-time and 4,000 part-time.

Academic Program

Hong Duc University offers both of Undergraduate and Master degree. It has 12 faculties, 13 functional departments, 8 belonging centers and 46 subjects. The programs which HDU uses to teach are discussed and selected carefully from many sources with the purpose “Study accompanies with practical” (Ho Chi Minh). Students can study and apply the theory in the lab experiments. In addition, they also have field trips to visit some places and get real experiences.