The highly effective training process in the Health Sciences sector at Duy Tan University has been recognized not only by international rankings but also by the increasing number of prestigious universities, scientists, and famous lecturers at home and abroad coming to work and cooperate.
The learning environment is increasingly open and diverse with careful investment in facilities, opportunities for students to practice at major hospitals, and access to clinical examination and treatment very early in the training program, etc., which has shaped the training quality of the two majors:
- General Practitioner, and
- Dentist
create great confidence for candidates to choose to study at Duy Tan University in 2025.
Quality training programs ranked in the Top 400+ in the World
Duy Tan University is training in the following majors:
- Medicine: with the major of General Practitioner, and
- Dentistry: with the specialty of Dentistry.
The training programs of these majors at DTU are built through long-term and sustainable cooperation with many major medical schools in the US such as:
- University of Pittsburgh (UPitt): ranked 7th in the Top 15 schools with leading medical research in the US (according to the ranking of the US Institute of Health - NIH),
- University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC): the school has the largest medical and pharmaceutical training program in the United States (in terms of number of students and majors),
- Duke-NUS Medical School (Singapore),
- Ben Gurion University (Israel),
- Burapha University, Khon Kaen University, and Mahidol University (Thailand),
- Chungbuk National University, Dong-A University, Yeungnam University (Korea),
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Modern facilities ensure teaching and learning of Medicine at Duy Tan University
Students studying General Medicine and Dentistry at DTU study in the same modern equipment system to maximize teaching and practice activities in a separate Building F at 120 Hoang Minh Thao, Da Nang City, specifically:
- General Medicine students with 19 situational practice rooms, 7 control rooms, 2 "debriefing" rooms with an investment value of more than 3 million USD, are planned separately in the entire F Building to ensure that all developments of a medical examination/treatment are simulated exactly as in reality. Students will practice on patient models with the "3 Sim brothers ": SimMan 3G, SimMan Essential, and SimBaby alongside more than 300 anatomical models, practice simulations, or other examinations, ...
- Dentistry students study with an "imported" dental chair system installed with each chair having full electrical, water, gas systems and drill sets, etc., next to an X-ray lab, mold/dye wax, and 20 dental practice simulators so that students can always practice their skills.
The practice process of students at Duy Tan University is "evaluated" by doctors at major hospitals during the clinical training process "hands-on" in the spirit of training dedicated and talented doctors for society, specifically at hospitals such as:
- Hue Central Hospital,
- Danang Hospital,
- Danang Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital,
- Military Hospital 17,
- Danang Oncology Hospital,
- Danang Dermatology Hospital,
- Da Nang Lung Hospital,
- Danang Mental Hospital,
- …
Duy Tan University's Health and Medicine field ranked high in THE and QS Rankings 2025
In fact, the process of teaching and training Medicine at Duy Tan University has created a foundation for the School's Health Sciences field to be ranked high in many prestigious world rankings, typically:
- Top 401-500 in the world according to World University Rankings by subject (THE) 2025,
- Top 451-500 in the World according to QS World Rankings by Subjects 2025.
This is one of the important bases to ensure that candidates can confidently choose to study Medicine and Pharmacy at Duy Tan University in the 2025 enrollment season.
Many research products are put into teaching and commercialization.
"3D Human Anatomy Application in Medicine" developed by the Center for Modeling & Simulation (CVS), Duy Tan University since 2016 has been maximizing the training activities of the Health Sciences sector at the university. This 3D application simulates in detail all organ systems and parts in the human body, including nearly 4,000 complex anatomical details of the entire skeletal system, muscular system, circulatory system, nervous system, cardiovascular system, etc. This application operates on many different hardware platforms and operating systems, supporting interactions in both 3D VR/AR (Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality) environments. The product won the First Prize of Vietnam Talent 2017 and has contributed to reducing many hours of practice on human bodies as well as creating conditions for students in the health sector to self-study and research. The product is currently being used at Hue University of Medicine and the School of Medicine and Pharmacy (CMP), Duy Tan University.
Another product is the "DTU SimSkin Wound Suture Model" made by students of the Faculty of Dentistry of Duy Tan University, which has contributed to optimizing training activities when in Vietnam there are not many similar domestic products with good quality and competitive prices. The model has many good characteristics such as: ensuring realistic morphology, anatomical structure, elasticity, tensile strength and very high durability.
Many meaningful Medical and Healthcare products have provided maximum support for training activities at DTU.
From DTU research labs, many medical products have won major awards and/or been commercialized, specifically:
- 3D Human Anatomy Applications in Medicine: Awarded First Prize at the Vietnam Talent Awards 2017, Sao Khue title 2018, and Silver prize at the ASEAN ICT Awards 2018.
- eCPR product: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation support machine won Sao Khue Award 2020, was granted a Patent and has been commercialized with WellBeing Company.
- dtu-VENT ventilator: with full functions of a professional medical ventilator, meeting emergency parameters and treating COVID-19 patients or other respiratory diseases.
- AED-302 Trainer: trains in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and shock skills and has begun commercializing the product with WellBeing Company.
- Flexi Legs Active Prosthetics: won 2nd Runner-up in the Accessibility Design Competition (ADC) 2023 and 1st Prize in the ASEAN Green Entrepreneurship Hackathon 2024, has registered its own patent.
- Online Medical Ecosystem: won the First Prize of Thanh Nien Kien Tao 2021, the First Prize and Most Influential Prize at Sao Kim Award 2021, the First Prize of VSIC Social Innovation Challenge 2021, Certificate of Merit from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, the Engaged Scholar Prize 2021 of VNES - Vietnamese Community Network of Scholars,...
- DTU SimSkin Wound Suture Model: won Second Prize at SMILE CODE Scientific Research Competition,
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Many prestigious scientists and lecturers accompany the training work.
In recent years, Duy Tan University has continuously attracted many organizations and experts in the medical field around the world to exchange, collaborate or work. For example, in the field of Dentistry, recently, in the training program on "All-on-X & GBR Dental Implants" organized by Dentium Company in collaboration with Harvard University and Duy Tan University from October 19 - 20, 2024, 4 lecturers from Harvard University, USA directly taught classes, providing knowledge about advanced dental implant methods today. 4 Associate Professors, Doctors/Masters, Doctors from Harvard University who came to teach are:
• Associate Professor, Dr. David M. Kim - Director of the Postgraduate Periodontal Training Program, School of Dentistry, Harvard University and Member of the American Board of Periodontology;
• Associate Professor, Dr. Wahn Khang - Associate Professor of Clinical Practice at Harvard University School of Dentistry and Member of the American Board of Periodontology;
• GSDB.TS.BS. Jerry Lin - Lecturer at Harvard University School of Dentistry, Member of the American Board of Periodontology, President of the Academy of Dental Implantology (Taiwan, China);
• MSc. Dr. Emilio Arguello - Lecturer at Harvard University School of Dentistry and Member of the American Board of Periodontology.
Domestic and international medical scientists participate in many activities at DTU
The Duy Tan Medical and Pharmaceutical Science Conference 2024 on "High-tech Medicine and Pharmacy in the New Era" also attracted a large number of scientists, experts, medical staff, lecturers, etc. from home and abroad to attend on September 28, 2024 in Da Nang. The conference focused on sharing and updating advances in Science and Technology in the fields of Medicine - Biology - Pharmacy, Dentistry - Maxillofacial Surgery, Nursing and Public Health towards improving the quality of treatment, controlling and managing patient health, and improving the capacity of teaching Medicine in the Digital Age.
Free dental check-up for community health
Lecturers and students studying Dentistry at Duy Tan University have organized many trips to provide free dental check-ups and treatment for the community, from Ca Dy Kindergarten and Ta Bhing - Ta Poo Inter-commune Kindergarten to Xa Ba Primary School in Quang Nam to DTU staff, lecturers and their children, or directly to Duy Tan students.
Many volunteer activities are organized by the School of Medicine and Pharmacy (CMP), DTU to help raise health awareness in the community.
Duy Tan University has implemented free of charge:
- Examine and consult on oral health for 3,875 people,
- Filled 3,033 cavities,
- Scaling teeth for 1,492 patients,
- Apply SDF to 3,394 decayed baby teeth in young children,
- Extracted 232 teeth,
- Gave 4,814 gifts including toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand soap, rice, blankets, and clothes to households.
These are priceless gifts spread from the community spirit of lecturers and students of Duy Tan University's medical majors during their teaching and learning process at the School.
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