The visit of the delegation of four universities under USTP in Taiwan to Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNUHCM (HCMUT) this morning on July 8th, 2024 is expected to bring about many potential cooperation opportunities in training, research and development, and higher education internationalisation between the institutions.
The meeting went well with the presence of leaders and representatives of the USTP in Taiwan. On the other hand, Vice President – Assoc. Prof. Pham Tran Vu along with other managers of offices and faculties represented HCMUT to receive the delegation.
The four academic partners are all long-standing, prestigious educational institutions in Taiwan with high international rankings including National Taipei University-NTPU, National Taiwan Ocean University-NTOU, National Taipei University of Technology -NTUT and Taipei Medical University-TMU. Although each university has training strengths in specific fields, they all share the mutual spirit of expanding international partnerships to strengthen training, research & development capacity and promote initiatives to build a deeper cooperation foundation in promising aspects with HCMUT.
At the meeting, following introductions to each institution, university leaders shared their vision and future development plans. They explored potential academic cooperation areas such as student and faculty exchanges, joint supervision, international conference coordination, and collaborative research and publications in engineering and technology domains such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, semiconductor microchips, biotechnology, and biomedical technology.
According to representatives of educational institutions, universities all have policies to attract international students through scholarships, tuition, and accommodation support giving priority to Vietnamese students, who account for the largest number of international student communities in Taiwan.
According to Vice President Assoc. Prof. Pham Tran Vu, this support generates great motivation for HCMUT’s students, who wish to study at these universities. Recently, the implementation of the education internationalisation at HCMUT has had certain effects, so given the Taiwanese universities’ willingness to cooperate with HCMUT, it is expected that there will be more breakthroughs in cooperation between the parties in the future, bringing practical values to learners, Vice President – Assoc. Prof. Pham Tran Vu went further to share.
After the face-to-face meeting this morning, the parties will organize additional online discussions to concretize cooperation items suitable to the strengths and conditions of each party. Nevertheless, an official document like a memorandum of cooperation is necessary to promote collaborative engagements.
Source: www.hcmut.edu.vn
