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University of Transport and Communications (UTC) is the largest and the oldest techical state university in transport field in Vietnam. In fact, it founded in around the year 1918 under the French government in Vietnam and was re-opened under the revolutionary power on November 15th 1945, named then Vietnam College of Public Works under the decree of President Ho Chi Minh and decrees of Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and Ministry of Transport (MOT). It had belonged to the MOT until 1985 and has belonged to the MOET since then.
Main campus in Hanoi
During the period from 1945 to 1960, it trained a lot of scientific staff at the college level and intermediate level in the fields of transport, hydraulics, post office, architecture to serve the national salvation resistance and the country’s development.
The university was formally named University of Transport and Communications under the Decision of the Government on March 24th 1962.
On April 27th 1990, its Campus in Ho Chi Minh City was established under the Decision of Ministry of Education and Training.
November 15th is considered the Traditional Day, and
March 24th is considered the Foundation Day.
At present time in 2017, there is a total of 1,300 staff working in UTC, of which 900 are lecturers including 70 professors and associate-professors, 217 doctors and scientific-doctors, 483 masters in charge of managing and educating 22,000 undergraduate and post-graduate students. Annually, lecturers and scientists of the UTC implement hundreds of research projects at different levels to contribute to the development of science and technology in transport sector in Vietnam as well.
It has 8 specialized faculties and other campus in Ho chi Minh city, as follow:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Information Technology
Faculty of Transport Economics
Faculty of Construction Engineering
Faculty of Environment and Transport Safety
Faculty of International Education
UTC Campus in Ho Chi Minh city
In addition, some other faculties and sections are responsible for supporting to its education system:
Faculty of Basic Sciences
Faculty of Political Theory
Faculty of National Defense Education
Physical Education Section
The UTC has diverse training programs, including 15 disciplines with 69 majors for undergraduate degree, 33 majors for master degree and 17 majors for doctor degree.
The UTC is up to become a multi-disciplined university with high education quality in order to integrate with universities in ASEAN area and over the world.
