On the morning of January 10th, 2023, Dong Thap University with hundreds of its academics and students solemnly celebrated the institution’s 20th anniversary of establishment (10/01/2003 – 10/01/2023). Attending the ceremony were representatives of leaders from the Ministry of Education and Training and the Dong Thap province.
A music performance to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dong Thap University
With the mission of "training highly qualified and multi-disciplinary human resources in which education science and teacher training are the cores; conducting scientific research; providing community services; and contributing to the socio-economic development of the Mekong Delta", Dong Thap University has continuously grown after 20 years of construction and development.
Delegates at the event
Being upgraded from Dong Thap Pedagogical College, Dong Thap University now has 42 training programs of postgraduate, graduate and undergraduate levels. With the philosophy of education - "Constructivist - Professional - Integrated", the institution has signed cooperation agreements with partners of 42 worldwide educational institutions and organizations, and 19 nationwide educational institutions, organazations and enterprises. In terms of internal force, the institution has constantly developed from 165 masters and no doctors to 548 staff members with 18 associate professors, 91 doctors, and 333 masters.
The representative of the Ministry of Education and Training presents the flag of the excellent unit in the emulation movement for the school year 2020-2021 to Dong Thap University.
Dong Thap University is also the first university in the Mekong Delta region to participate in the external assessment and be recognized as meeting the educational quality accreditation standards (2017). In 2022, Dong Thap University was one of 22 universities to meet the accreditation standards of higher education institutions, cycle 2. Currently, it is training 23 postgraduates, 808 graduates, and over 16,000 undergraduates. And the institution’s lecturers have really been proving their quality of training and research. Over the past 20 years, there have been approximately 2,000 science and technology research, nearly 6,000 articles, or scientific works published in journals with an ISSN index, of which 752 were in international scientific journals, with 518 on the ISI catalog.
The UPM Innovation Institute awards the decision to recognize Dong Thap University with 4 stars in Application Orientation.
With those achievements, Dong Thap University has been recognized for achieving overall results at a 4-star standard in Application Orientation and the training program of the Faculty of Mathematics Teacher Education at a 5-star overall by the UPM Innovation Institute (University Performance Metrics) of the Union of Science and Technology Associations of Vietnam.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Ho Van Thong, Rector of Dong Thap University, expressed that "with the view of development basing on ensuring inheritance, pursuing new goals, ensuring comprehensiveness, breakthrough to develop rapidly and sustainably…, the university aims to become a center of high-quality training and scientific research in Vietnam and Southeast Asia".
School record in Vietnam for the model "5,000 VND House"
On this occasion, Dong Thap University also received the Vietnam’s school record for the model “5,000 VND House”, a fund mobilized monthly from staff members and students to support the construction of houses for students with difficult housing situations. Since 2010, there have been nearly 100 houses built for students.
Source: https://laodong.vn/giao-duc/truong-dai-hoc-dong-thap-dat-chuan-4-sao-1136474.ldo
Written by Lam Dien
Photos by Van Nghiem
Translated by Mai Thao