HCM University of Technology meets ASEAN standards
The Ho Chi Minh University of Technology under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) was presented with an institutional ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) quality certificate on January 22.
The Ho Chi Minh University of Technology under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City receives the institutional AUN-QA quality certificate on January 22 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The HoChi Minh University of Technology under the Vietnam National University, Ho ChiMinh City (VNUHCM) was presented with an institutional ASEAN UniversityNetwork-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) quality certificate on January 22.
It became the second Vietnamese university to receive this certificate, afterthe University of Science of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi. The certificationterm is from October 2017 to October 2022.
The Ho Chi Minh University of Technology is the only school in Vietnam tosimultaneously meet the standards of the AUN and France’s High Council forEvaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES).
On this occasion, the AUN also presented the programme level AUN-QA qualitycertificates to nine training programmes of member colleges of the VNUHCM.
The AUN-QA assessment at institutional level comprises 25 criteria and 111sub-criteria categorised into groups of strategic quality assurance, systematicquality assurance, functional quality assurance and results.
In 2017, the Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and the University of Scienceof the Vietnam National University, Hanoi was granted with institutional AUN-QAquality certificates.
Meanwhile, four universities of Vietnam have met HCERES standards. They werethe Hanoi University of Science and Technology, the University of Science andTechnology under the University of Da Nang, the Ho Chi Minh University ofTechnology under the VNUHCM and the National University of CivilEngineering.-VNA
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The Ho Chi Minh University of Technology under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City receives the institutional AUN-QA quality certificate on January 22 (Photo: VNA) 
