Le Quy Don Technical University (Vietnamese: Đại học Kỹ thuật Lê Quý Đôn), also known as Military Technical Academy (Học viện Kỹ thuật Quân sự),[1] was founded in 1966 and is one of the national key
universities in
Vietnam. Le Quy Don Technical University has developed into an open, multidisciplinary, research-oriented, leading national university.
History
On August 8, 1966, the 146/CP decision of the Vietnamese government marked the establishment of the university as the Second Branch of the Polytechnic. It opened on October 28, 1966, and the first course of training officially commenced at the Second Branch by the representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of National Defense;
May 6, 1991 marked the 150/CT Decision of the Vietnamese government for the establishment of the Le Quy Don Technical University (LeTech);
In 2007 there were 10000 undergraduate and graduate students. The faculty consisted of about 800 professors and lecturers, among them 237 holding
Doctor of Science and
Ph.D degrees;
January 31, 2008: The university was recognized as a National Key University in Vietnam;
Today (2016, over 20,000 undergraduates and over 2,000 graduates are learning at LeTech.
Role and mission
Role
Providing a continuing source of workforce with highly qualified specialists and engineers in the field of science and technology for industrialization and modernization of the country.
Being one of the national key universities in Vietnam, one of the national top universities of science and technology.
Mission
Providing civilian engineers, Masters of Science and Doctors of Philosophy
Providing military engineers, Masters of Science, Doctors of Philosophy and technical staff officers
Conducting scientific research and transferring technology
Educating foreign students
Academics
The degree programs include:
Bachelor's degree: 45 programs
Master's degree: 27 programs
Doctoral degree: 20 programs
Undergraduate programs
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Prevention of NBC
Explosive Material Technology
Information Technology
Computer Science
Information Systems
Software Engineering
Networking
Machine Engineering
Forging Technology
Material Technology
Automotive Engineering
Construction Machine Engineering
Mechatronics
Electronics
Communications
Radar and Navigation
Automation and Computing Technique,
Electrical Engineering
Aerospace Control Systems
Biomedical Engineering
Defensive Engineering
Airfield Engineering
Road and Bridge Engineering
Civil Engineering
Geomatics
Electronic Technologies
Electronic Design and System Integration
Integrated Microcircuit Design specializing in Radar, Information
Campus 2: Me Linh Street, Vinh Yen City, Vinh Phuc Province, Vietnam.
Campus 3: 71 Cong Hoa Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Campus 4: Phuong Canh, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Campus 5: Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park, Hanoi, Vietnam
International cooperation and main partner
With the aim of becoming a research university, improving the quality in education and research, LQDTU pays high attention to development of international cooperation.
International cooperation activities: Within the framework of international cooperation the university carries out the following activities:
Exchange of students and teaching staff
Exchange of information and experience
Development of joint academic and research program
Internship
Participation in scientific conferences, workshops, symposia
Conducting joint research projects
Le Quy Don Technical University has set up cooperation in training and research with over 100 universities, research institutes and companies from nearly 30 countries in the world. The following are parts of this network:
Japan:
National Defense Academy of Japan, Osaka University, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, The University of Electro-Communications, JAIST, IHI AEROSPACE Co., Ltd., Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Tsukuba Space Center (JAXA)
Republic of Korea: Changjing Company, Shinjeong Company, Kyung Hee University, Korea University.
China:
Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Xidian University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology,...
Russia:
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University “MADI”, Moscow State Mining University, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology “MIPT”, Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University), Orenburg State Institute of Management, Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation - MIREA, Tomsk State University, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.Tupolev - KAI (KNRTU-KAI).
Ukraine: National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”
Czech Republic:
University of Defence, VR Group, VOP-026 Šternberk, RETIA, Czech Technical University in Prague, Institute of Chemical Technology - Prague, ICZ a.s.
Slovakia Republic: Kerametal, s.r.o., Virtual Reality Media, a.s. (VRM), ZTS-ŠPECIÁL, a.s Dubnica nad Vahom, Institute of Informatics/Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Technology University in Bratislava (STU), EVPÚ a.s. Electrotechnický Výskumný a Projectový Ústav Nová Dubnice, and Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, MAGIC Trading Corporation, a.s.
Germany: Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, Rheinmetall Defence, DAAD, The Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, GE Measurement & Control Phonix X-ray.
France: VirtualSim, University of Cergy-Pontoise-UCP, University of Paris-Est Marne-La-Valles-UPEM.