Overview of Duy Tan University
Duy Tan University (DTU) is located in the heart of sunny Danang, on the Pacific Ocean. The university has steadily developed, sharing its ambition with the city to create a bustling, modern, international metropolis. Founded by the decree of the Prime Minister of Vietnam on the November 11th, 1994, DTU is the first and the largest private, multidisciplinary and diversified institution in Central Vietnam.
For nearly 20 years, DTU has enrolled 700 students in 8 Graduate courses, 56,000 in 19 Undergraduate and Associate Bachelor’s Degree programs, 1,000 students in Vocational programs and 12,000 students in Junior high school programs. DTU offers a wide range of academic programs, including IT, Electronics and Telecommunications, Business Management, Construction, Finance & Banking, Accounting, Tourism, International Relations, and so on. Through its 16 graduate courses, DTU has fueled the local labor market with a total of 45,000 graduates and post-graduates so far. Over 89% of graduates are employed immediately upon graduation. This rate is even higher, at 100%, for DTU Software Technology graduates.
With the slogan: "Partnering with Giants”, DTU has gradually expanded partnerships with many famous universities worldwide. These include Carnegie Mellon University, one of the top four American universities in IT, Pennsylvania State University, one of the top three universities in Business Management and Hospitality and Tourism, and California State University, CSU Fullerton and Cal Poly, one of the top five American public universities in Civil Engineering and Architecture on the West Coast.
By providing access to internationally standardized curricula, DTU has established programs to help students continue their studies abroad. More choices are now available for DTU students, such as the 2+2 program, the 1+1+2 program and the 3+1 program. Twenty years of development have built a foundation to steadily enhance DTU’s reputation of combining knowledge and cooperation, resulting in an increasing number of new opportunities for its students. Highly regarded and impressive accomplishments have been achieved along the way, including a Third medal for its great efforts in education, Government and MOET Emulation Banners in 2009, 2010 and 2011 consecutively, as well as many distinguished awards to students in national and international competitions.
In keeping the motto: “We Do Everything for Student Rights and Future Careers”, Distinguished Teacher Mr. Le Cong Co, DTU Provost and President, has inspired everyone at DTU to work harder for the development of DTU in the near future.