School General Information Academic Administration

INTRODUCTION

Dong Thap University (Abbreviation: DThU, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Đồng Tháp) is a public multidisciplinary institution directly under the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, established with its initial name Dong Thap Pedagogical University pursuant to Decision N0. 08/2003/QĐ-TTg dated 10 January 2003 of the Prime Minister and renamed Dong Thap University pursuant to Official Dispatch N0. 5830/VPCP-KGVX dated 4 September 2008.

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DUTIES AND POWER

• Formulating strategy and implement action plans for the development of the institution.

• Conducting training, science and technology activities, international cooperation, and assuring the education quality of institution.

• Developing training programs basing on defined goals, and assuring the connection between training programs and levels.

• Shaping and operating the institution’s organizational structure; Recruiting, employing and managing officers and employees; Ensuring the lawful rights and interests of laborers; Managing learners and fully satisfying the rights, regimes and policies for learners; Paying attention to the implementation of social policies for learners entitled to social policies including those from ethnic minority areas and areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions; Ensuring a pedagogical environment for educational activities.

• Self-assessing the institution’s training quality and being assessed by authorized organizations for education quality accreditation.

• Being allocated or leased to use land and facilities by the State; Having prerogatives of tax exemption or reduction as prescribed by law.

• Mobilizing, managing and utilizing resources; Building, strengthening and investing facilities for educational activities.

• Cooperating with economic, educational, cultural, physical training, sports, health, and scientific research organizations nationwide and worldwide.

• Submitting reports, being examined and inspected by the Ministry of Education and Training, relevant ministries and authorized organizations, and the People's Committee of the province where the institution is located or where any of its training activities are present.

• Exercising autonomy and being in charge of accountability.

• Performing other duties and powers as prescribed by law.

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MISSION

Tp produce high level human resources qualified in many fields, especially those of education science and pedagogies, to conduct scientific researches and provide community services; to play a role in the socio-economic development of the Mekong Delta.

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VISION

To be the quality and prestigious training center in the Mekong Delta and one of the universities producing high-quality teachers in Vietnam.

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CORE VALUES

• Quality

• Creativity

• Cooperation

• Responsibility

• Friendliness

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PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

• Constructivist

• Professional

• Integrated

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LEARNING FACILITIES

Modern facilities are available to satisfy training requirements. The school currently offers more than 80 large and small classrooms with modern technology, 14 subject laboratories, 20 practice rooms, and more to fulfill the demands of research and education. Two general libraries that are fully equipped with desks, chairs, computers, etc. allow students to conveniently do independent research and self-study.

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The way of teaching starts off with the preparation of instructional materials, including lesson plans. Their book sets the lesson. Based on the curriculum's competencies as well as assessments and evaluations of students' learning, the lesson's actual delivery is determined. At Future School, the class meets from seven in the morning to five in the afternoon. Students sing their national anthem at the school's morning flag-raising ceremony. 40 minutes in every subject and 5 minutes preparation for the next subject. The start of class in the afternoon is 1:30 P.M. Students are not allowed to go home in lunchtime. They have a time of taking a nap every noontime. At Dong Thap University, a class usually has three periods, and there are usually two lessons a day, depending on each individual's schedule.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The institution’s organizational structure includes 11 training faculties, 12 functional divisions, 05 centers, 01 pedagogical practice kindergarten and 01 inter-level school.

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STAFF

As of February 2023, the university has 548 officials and laborers, in which, there are 508 officials and 40 laborers. Regarding the qualifications of the teaching staff, there are 17 associate professors, 90 doctors, 333 masters and 12 bachelors (preschool teachers).

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TRAINING ACTIVITY

The quantity and structure of training programs continuously develop on the basis of training quality assurance. Currently, the university is organizing 1 postgraduate training program: Educational Management; 10 graduate training programs: Educational Management, Mathematics Teaching Theory and Methodology, Primary Education Studies, Vietnamese Linguistics, Theoretical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, Vietnamese History; English Language Teaching Theories and Methodology, Environment Sciences, Economic Management, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics; 31 undergraduate training programs and 1 junior college training program.

As of February 2023, the university is training 23 postgraduate students, 808 graduate students, 6,481 full-time undergraduate students and 8,000 transfer and part-time students at 33 joint training units of provinces in the Mekong Delta and nationwide.

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