Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son hopes that Da Nang University, entering its 30th year with maturity, great influence, abundant capacity, and new momentum, will establish its position in the country and the world, 'increasingly affirming itself as a leading university, leading the country's higher education'.
On November 16, Danang University (UD) held a ceremony to celebrate its 30th anniversary of establishment and development (1994 - 2024). Attending the ceremony were Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son; Secretary of Danang City Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang; representatives of provinces and cities in the Central - Central Highlands region; former leaders of Danang University, leaders of member schools, affiliated units; staff, lecturers and generations of alumni, students and trainees.
30-year journey of innovation and integration
Speaking at the ceremony, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu, Director of Danang University, thanked the delegates and generations of teachers and students for attending the event, evaluating this as a valuable source of encouragement for Danang University; an opportunity for generations of teachers and students to review memories and be proud of traditions to continue to preserve, promote, and constantly contribute to the cause of education and training.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu, Director of Danang University, spoke at the ceremony.
In his commemorative speech, the Director of Danang University said that 30 years ago, with a strategic vision, on April 4, 1994, the Government issued Decree 32/CP to establish Danang University (on the basis of arranging educational institutions in Quang Nam - Danang province at that time), together with 2 national universities and other regional universities to form large, multidisciplinary, multi-field universities as the core for the Vietnamese university education system to shoulder the mission of innovation and integration.
"The 30 years of construction and development of Danang University is a journey with many difficulties and challenges but also a lot of pride. The current and future generations of Danang University leaders will forever be grateful to the predecessors of the schools: Danang University of Technology, Danang University of Foreign Languages, Quang Nam - Danang Pedagogical College, Nguyen Van Troi Technical Workers' School, Danang who have worked hard and paved the way to have Danang University as it is today", Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu expressed.
Delegates attending the 30th anniversary celebration of the establishment and development of Danang University (1994-2024)
Secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang (second from right) presents flowers to congratulate the leaders of Da Nang University.
Promoting the nearly 50-year tradition of its member schools, 30 years of establishment of Danang University, and taking advantage of being located in the dynamic and livable city of Danang, Danang University has achieved important, great, comprehensive and proud achievements.
"The University of Danang considers training quality as the "red thread" throughout and the foundation for the sustainable development of a university. Therefore, quality assurance and educational accreditation are always given special attention, with a commitment to and implementation of a quality culture in all activities," Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu informed.
Ready for a new phase of development
At the ceremony, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son acknowledged and highly appreciated the outstanding achievements and results of Danang University over the past 30 years.
The Minister of Education and Training emphasized the great expectations of the Party and the State in developing Danang University, with the hope that it will become one of the major university training centers in the country, playing an important role in training high-quality human resources, contributing to improving research capacity, technology transfer, and training human resources for the semiconductor industry and other key technology industries.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son highly appreciated the achievements and outstanding results of Danang University over the past 30 years.
The Minister of Education and Training noted that in order to meet the expectations of the Party, the State and the people and be ready for a new stage of development, the University of Danang needs to focus on implementing a number of contents such as seizing opportunities, promoting advantages and overcoming weaknesses to develop faster and stronger. Review, adjust and perfect the development strategy based on grasping the development trends of advanced universities in the world.
At the same time, closely follow the major directions of the Party, the State, the Government and the Ministry of Education and Training. Priority should be given to improving the quality of the existing teaching staff, attracting leading experts and scientists to have strong scientific human resources, capable of leading the scientific community. It is necessary to innovate training programs, innovate teaching and learning methods towards international integration and exploiting and applying information technology, digital transformation, taking advantage of artificial intelligence, etc.
In particular, Minister Nguyen Kim Son noted that Da Nang University needs to increase its determination and focus on directing to speed up the progress of the Da Nang University construction project in Hoa Quy (Da Nang City) - Dien Ngoc (Quang Nam). "For the new facility, we need to consider that if it is delayed for one day, the development of the University will be delayed for many days," Minister Nguyen Kim Son emphasized.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son presented flowers to congratulate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Danang University.
Representing generations of former students of Danang University, Mr. Phan Thang An, Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee, expressed his joy and pride in the achievements of Danang University. On this occasion, the representative of the alumni presented a symbolic scholarship (VND 700 million) to Danang University from the voluntary support of the alumni.
Mr. Phan Thang An, Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee, former student of Da Nang University (right), presented the symbolic board of the scholarship to the leaders of Da Nang University.
On this occasion, Danang University received a certificate of merit from the Minister of Education and Training for its outstanding achievements in the process of construction and development; and certificates of merit from the Chairman of the People's Committee of Danang City, the People's Committee of Quang Nam Province, the People's Committee of Kon Tum Province, and the People's Committee of Dak Lak Province for its many contributions and outstanding achievements in human resource training, contributing to the socio-economic development of provinces and cities.
Leaders of Danang University received certificates of merit from the Minister of Education and Training
The Minister of Education and Training also awarded certificates of merit to 16 groups and 30 individuals of Danang University with outstanding achievements and contributions to the construction and development of Danang University. The Director of Danang University awarded certificates of merit to 12 groups and 27 individuals with contributions to the 30th anniversary of construction and development.
Danang University is a national key regional university, multi-disciplinary, multi-industry, consisting of 6 member schools (University of Science and Technology, University of Economics, University of Education, University of Foreign Languages, University of Technical Education, Vietnam-Korea University of Information Technology and Communications) and affiliated training units (School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Danang University Branch in Kon Tum, Vietnam-UK Research and Training Institute, Center for Continuing Education, institutes, faculties, centers).
Danang University currently has nearly 2,600 staff and lecturers; the proportion of lecturers with a doctorate degree or higher is nearly 50% (the national average is about 32%).
When it was first established, Danang University only had 33 university and college training majors with a scale of nearly 15,000 students. Up to now, Danang University has almost all the key majors and fields with 18 fields, 136 university majors, 48 master's majors and 32 doctoral majors; of which there are 28 advanced, high-quality programs, 8 training programs taught entirely in English.
The training scale of Danang University is among the top universities in the country with more than 65,000 students.
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