The University of Technology, VNU-HCM cordially invites you to admire the beauty of the microchip designed by the faculty and students of the University of Technology, VNU-HCM. This is a product of a project that has been implemented since 2017.
The leaders of the University of Natural Sciences, VNU-HCM and the University of Technology, VNU-HCM acknowledge that training high-level professionals in the field of microchip design is an important and urgent matter. Especially in recent times, when microchips have received significant attention from the government, businesses, and educational institutions. Meeting the specific requirements of the semiconductor industry, training professionals in this field requires strong infrastructure, laboratories, training programs, teaching staff, and collaborative networks.
To stay ahead of the trends in global scientific and technological development and establish itself as an excellent training and research center pioneering the field of semiconductor microchips in Vietnam, the University of Technology, VNU-HCM has been implementing microchip-related training programs for over 20 years. Microchip design courses have been integrated into three undergraduate programs: Electronics-Telecommunications Engineering; Telecommunications Engineering (Vietnamese-French program); Circuit Systems-Hardware (Advanced program), and one postgraduate program: Electronics Engineering-Telecommunications Engineering. All of these programs are under the Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering.
In response to the urgent demand for microchip professionals and leveraging its advantages in this field for over 20 years, the University of Technology, VNU-HCM continues to develop two microchip-related training programs: Microchip Design (undergraduate level) and Semiconductor Microchip (postgraduate level) with new program codes. This is consistent with the global trend and the policies of the National University, the City, and the Government on developing the microchip industry.
These two programs will be launched in the academic year 2023-2024 by dividing second-year students into microchip-related majors and officially admitting new students with the new program codes in the academic year 2024-2025.
According to training databases, the University of Technology, VNU-HCM provides about 300 microchip-related students each year, while Vietnam needs more than 1,000 microchip engineers annually. Overall, the university system in Vietnam has not yet met the demand for microchip professionals. Therefore, promoting the training of microchip engineers is extremely necessary.
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mai Thanh Phong – Rector of the University of Technology, VNU-HCM – in the semiconductor supply chain including design, manufacturing, packaging-testing, and device fabrication, Vietnam has an advantage in participating deeply in the design stage, which accounts for 53% of the value added of a microchip product. Currently, there are many large microchip design companies in the world that have a presence in Vietnam, creating a thirst for high-quality human resources. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mai Thanh Phong also said that if we want to develop microchip technology using domestic resources, the first task is to train human resources and have specific national strategies.
In this context, the two microchip training programs of the University of Technology, VNU-HCM will contribute to strengthening the engineering workforce for the semiconductor microchip design industry in Vietnam. The undergraduate program “Microchip Design” (with 132 credits) focuses on microchip design to help graduates work immediately at most microchip design companies in Vietnam and the region. Meanwhile, the master’s program “Semiconductor Microchip” (60 credits) continues to provide advanced knowledge and skills in designing and fabricating microchips (digital, mixed-signal, analog, and RF) to train high-quality human resources suitable for the semiconductor microchip industry.
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