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Ho Chi Minh City Open University

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"Ho Chi Minh City Open University (HCMCOU) is proud to be one of the leading multi-disciplinary public universities in Vietnam with application-oriented, knowledge and community cohesion.
Originally established in 1990, HCMCOU has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years seen by the remarkable growth in student’s numbers with 30.000 students, 7 campuses towards the green learning environment for sustainable development in the central of vibrant Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Khanh Hoa province
HCMCOU facilitates the delivery of academic programs in 3 different methods including offline, distance and online learning, covering diverse disciplines in both undergraduate and postgraduate with 13 faculties, 28 undergraduate programs, 11 high quality undergraduate programs, 12 Master programs and 5 Ph.D programs.
 
FACILITIES
District 3 is one of the most prosperous areas, located in the central of Ho Chi Minh City, which has just reached the top 50, ranked 18th on the list of ""the most wonderful region in the world"" voted by Time Out British magazine.
District 3 with high greenery density is a very good location, convenient for transportation to other districts in HCMC. It is also home to many famous universities and high schools in HCMC."
 
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
"HCMCOU is proud of being among the top 5 universities rewarded by The Ministry of Education and Training, Viet Nam (MOET) with many achievements published in the prestigious international scientific journals.
After 30 years of establishment and development, HCMCOU is one of the leading prestigious public universities in Vietnam for its reputation in training quality, extensive international cooperation and scientific research activities of lecturers and students.
In 2019, the University was honored to be in the top 5 of MOET's scientific research publication posted in the prestigious international journals.
HCMCOU is among top research-intensive universities with the remarkable number of lecturers’ scientific research projects published in diverse fields including natural sciences; science and technology; medical and pharmaceutical sciences; agricultural sciences and social sciences.
To maintain and uphold the lecturers' profession in teaching practices and scientific research performance, the University takes the initiatives to develop support policies for researchers within the University in order to facilitate teachers' professional development, hence contributes to the university’s training quality.
The outstanding accomplishment of HCMCOU's scientific research is a great motivation for lecturers' research productivity. HCMCOU strengthens its scientific research culture among academic staff, lecturers and learners by encouraging and facilitating academics' research activities, along with promoting partnerships with researchers from other units."

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