Thuy Loi University will be a multidisciplinary, research-oriented university.

(Dan Tri) - The development strategy of Thuy Loi University from now until 2030, with a vision to 2050, is to become a large-scale, multidisciplinary, research-oriented university with a domestic and international brand.

The 65th anniversary celebration of the founding of Thuy Loi University took place this morning, November 16, in Hanoi . The event attracted thousands of former students and teachers of the school across many generations.

In his commemorative speech, Prof. Dr. Trinh Minh Thu - Principal of Thuyloi University - reviewed the journey of more than 6 decades with many ups and downs and proud milestones.

In 1959, to meet the country's socio -economic development requirements, the Central Party Secretariat approved the plan to build the Irrigation - Electricity Academy on a 26-hectare land in Khuong Thuong and Thai Ha villages, Hanoi. The school's development history began here.

The Board of Directors of the University of Water Resources received the emulation flag from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at the 65th anniversary celebration (Photo: Hoang Hong).

During the war in the North, teachers and students of the Irrigation School had to evacuate to the countryside in Luc Nam and Hiep Hoa, Ha Bac, now Bac Giang province. During nearly 10 years of evacuation, despite difficult and inadequate teaching and research conditions, the school still trained excellent engineers, managers, and researchers for the country.

After the liberation day, identifying the important role of irrigation work, the school's cadres, lecturers, new engineers and final year students went to the South under the policy of the Ministry of Irrigation, carrying out the tasks of training human resources, scientific research and technology transfer, planning and designing key irrigation and hydroelectric works for the provinces of the South Central, Central Highlands and the South.

These training facilities later became branches of the University of Water Resources.

Entering the second decade of the 21st century, Thuy Loi University has made a strong transformation with the construction of the second school development strategy, period 2021-2030, vision to 2050.

The school's goal is to become a large-scale, multidisciplinary, research-oriented university, one of the top 10 universities in Vietnam in the fields of engineering, technology, economics and management.

With this goal, the school continuously builds, improves and develops training programs.

From only training a few majors, now the University of Water Resources has enrolled 79 majors, including 41 undergraduate majors, 23 master's majors and 15 doctoral majors. The school's training scale is more than 26,000 students.

Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Minh Thu added that the percentage of lecturers with doctoral degrees at the school reached 61.3%.

In the past 5 years, Thuyloi University has created a mechanism to encourage and strongly promote scientific research activities. The number of international publications of the university in the period 2020-2024 reached nearly 2,000, the number of research topics at all levels reached more than 100. Of which, many topics contributed to solving urgent problems of the country.

Notably, the school continuously implements major international projects such as the Vietnam - New Zealand dam safety project, the human resource development project through training with the Netherlands, the scientific research cooperation project for lecturers in conjunction with France, etc.

Along with a network of more than 150 international partners in the field of research, the school develops a wide network of business partners, creating an open mechanism for businesses to participate in training, improving the practicality, applicability and updating of the curriculum.

Through this network, students learn while doing, and the employment rate after graduation has increased over the years.

Also at the ceremony, Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Minh Thu announced 6 key tasks of Thuyloi University in the next phase.

One of them is to promote science and technology activities, student scientific research, innovative start-up activities, increase international publication index, patents and utility solutions.

Investment in facilities and laboratory equipment serving training and scientific research for lecturers, trainees and students will be focused on and enhanced.

In addition, Thuyloi University will develop a sustainable financial scenario to prepare for university autonomy.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/dai-hoc-thuy-loi-se-la-truong-da-nganh-dinh-huong-nghien-cuu-20241116123541709.htm