Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST; Vietnamese: Đại học Bách khoa Hà Nội, formerly known in English as Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) until 2010), is the first and largest technical university and the most prestigious university in Vietnam.[1][2][3][4][5]
History
After the Viet Cong took control of Hanoi in 1956, the Soviet Union helped North Vietnam to build a new technical university as a frame for university education. The construction took about two years from the grounds of an old campus of Indochina University during the French colonial period. The building was the largest one in Hanoi.
HUST is a multidisciplinary technical university. It always ranks first in technology training universities in Vietnam.[citation needed] Thousands of engineers have graduated from HUST and are now serving in key industrial and scientific areas. Many of them hold important positions in the government.
In 2007, the HUST staff consisted of 1950 people. Amongst them, there were 1192 in teaching staff, 394 in teaching-assistant and scientific research staff, 200 professors and associate-professors, 400 Ph.D. and D.S.c.
Currently,[when?] the number of students is about 40,000 making it the largest technical university in Vietnam. Despite the large pool of students, the passmark (in the national university entrant exam) is among the highest: HUST is well known in Vietnam for its selective students. For instance, in 2005 national university entrant exam, more than half of perfect-score students came to HUST. In June 2019, 33,000 students bidding for 6,680 places. The strongest students benefit from the Elitech scheme, which includes the 5-year Excellent Engineer Training Programmes leading to a French CTI diploma.
To further promote scientific research and training activities besides technology transfer to develop HUST as a research-focused university, in May 2010 its name in English was changed to Hanoi University of Science and Technology (abbreviated HUST). However, the name in Vietnamese and French remain the same — Đại học Bách khoa Hà Nội and Institut Polytechnique de Hanoi respectively.[6]
Campus
HUST has one of the largest and most treed campus in Vietnam, just in the south center of Hanoi, looking out onto the Park of Reunification.
HUST's campus area is about 26 hectares with 200 amphitheatres, teaching rooms, halls, and conference chambers. It owns about 200 laboratories among which are 8 national key laboratories and 20 practical workshops. HUST has a large of complex for physical education and sport activities including a standard stadium, an Olympic size swimming pool, tennis courts, and international standard sporting event hall (where the South East Asia Student Sports Festival was organized in 2006).
University rankings
HUST has been ranked as one of the top universities in Vietnam in numerous rankings.
The current rankings of Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) place us among the country’s best universities.OVERALL RANKINGS
RANKINGS BY SUBJECTS
Academics
Schools, departments, and faculties
School of Information and Communication Technology
School of Material Science and Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
School of Economics and Management
School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
School of Chemical and Life Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Faculty of Engineering Physics
Faculty of Education Science and Technology
Faculty of Foreign Languages
Faculty of Political Theory
Faculty of Physical Education
Faculty of National Defense & Security Education
Center for Continual Education
Institutes and research centers
Institute of Biological and Food Technology (IBFT)
Institute of Engineering Physics (INEP)
Institute for Environment Science and Technology (INEST)
Institute of Heat Engineering and Refrigeration (IHERE)
International Training Institute For Materials Science (ITIMS)[8]
Automation Research Center (ARC)
Bach Khoa Computer Security Center (BKCS)
The International Research Center for AI (BKAI)
Biomedical Electronics Center
Center for Development and Application of Software for Industry (DASI)[9]
Center for Education and Development of Chromatography
Center for High Performance Computing (HPC)
Center for Research and Development of High Technology
Hanoi University of Technology has set up cooperation in research and training with 200 universities, research institutes, and companies from 32 countries. The following are parts of this network:
Students wearing áo dài, a form of traditional dress
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