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Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Bach Khoa) – Vietnam National University (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology), established in 1957, is a state-owned and comprehensive university in Vietnam.
The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (also named as Bach Khoa University, Abbreviation: HCMUT (or BKU), Vietnamese: Bach khoa, is a member college of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City is the flagship university in technology teaching and research activities in Vietnam.
HCMUT (also known as BKU) is a center of technol - industry and management training. Up to May 2005, HCMUT has 11 faculties, 14 research and development (R&D) centers, 4 training centers, 10 functioning offices and one joint-stock company. During the past 40 years since Vietnam's unification, 60,000 Engineers and Bachelors have graduated from HCMUT. Up to now,

HCMUT have trained 60,000 Engineers and Bachelors, more than 10,000 Masters and 200 Doctors.
Established on Jun. 29, 1957 according to the decree 213/GD signed by President Ngo Dinh Diem, the university was known as National Center of Technology (also known as Phu Tho National Center of Technology) . The center included 4 partner colleges: College of Civil Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering, College of Industrial Arts Engineering (École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs des Arts Industriels - K? s? Công ngh?), Vietnam National Maritime Engineering.
In 1972, National Center of Technology was renamed as National Institute of Technology, which was the only center of South Vietnam to train technical engineers and experts. According to the decree 010/SL/VNGDTN signed on January 11, 1974, the National Institute of Technology was merged into Thu Duc Institute of Technology and renamed as University of Technology. In the same year, Thanh Hoa Post Graduate Department (the current Environmental Engineering Faculty) was established in the College of Civil Engineering. It was the first time when the university conducted post graduate training program. After the national reunification, the university was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology as Saigon was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City (according to the Decision 426/TTg signed by The President of the Cabinet on October 27, 1976). Being one of the three largest universities of technology in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology has the mission of training engineers majoring in the fields of capital construction, industry, resources exploration and exploitation, and environment preservation to provide a force of manpower mainly for the southern areas of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) has two campuses: one is located in the inner of Ho Chi Minh City and the other in the outskirts of the city. The former one has an area of 14 ha, of which address is 268 Ly Thuong Kiet St., Dist.10, Ho Chi Minh City. The campus has 117 classrooms (14.479 m2), 96 laboratories (12.197 m2), 3 workshops (6.950 m2), and 1 library (1.145 m 2 – for both undergraduate and graduate student). The latter one, with an area of 26 ha, is located in Linh Trung Ward, Th? ??c District, Ho Chi Minh City. The campus has 3 buildings which consist of 54 class rooms and halls, 26 laboratories and a covered stadium. Besides the two campuses, HCMUT also has an inner city dormitory with an area of 1,4 ha. With the expenditures of 101 billions VND, the dormitory was rebuilt in 2004 and was put into operation in 2009.

OUR VISION
TO BECOME AN INNOVATIVE, PIONEERING AND INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATED UNIVERSITY.

The University has been recognized as the leading center of an academy, scientific researching, and technology transferring in Vietnam.