Thai Nguyen University (TNU) is located in Thai Nguyen City, a multi-disciplinary university of the northern mountainous area of Vietnam. TNU was established according to the Government Decree No 31/CP dated April 4th, 1994 based on the reorganization of a number of universities in Thai Nguyen province. TNU is known as one of the three regional universities in Vietnam, and a unique university in t
he Northern Mountainous Area of Vietnam
TNU is mandated to provide higher education in agriculture and forestry, teacher education, medicine and health care, industrial technologies and related fields for the northern mountainous area of Vietnam through its postgraduate, undergraduate, and vocational training programs; to generate innovation/technologies and managing science for socio-economic development of the area; to participate in technological transferring and extension for socio-economic development of the area; to participate in setting up policies for sustainable development of the area and country; and to be a center to generate, store, and provide information for development & management. TNU has the following member colleges/faculties:
- TNU University of Education
- TNU University of Agriculture & Forestry
- TNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy
- TNU University of Technology
- TNU University of Information and Communication Technology
- TNU University of Sciences
- TNU University of Economics and Business Administration
- TNU College of Economics and Techniques
- TNU School of Foreign Languages
- TNU International School
Besides, TNU has 05 research units, and 07 support units, as follows:
Three (03) research units:
- TNU Institute of Life Sciences
- TNU Research Institute of Technology and Humanities in Mountainous Areas
- TNU Research Institute of Advanced Technology and Industrial Technology
Eight (08) support units:
- TNU Publishing House
- TNU Learning Resource Center
- TNU International Cooperation Center
- TNU Centre for National Defense Education
- TNU Centre for Human Resource Development for Foreign Language Studies
- TNU Distance Learning Center
- TNU Pre-doctoral Training Center
- TNU Practical Hospital
At present, TNU has 4,193 staff, of which there are 2,719 lecturers with 105 Professors/Associate Professors, 398 Doctors and 1,776 Masters. The university has a current enrollment of 90,000 students, of which there are about 600 graduate students, 65,000 undergraduate (55,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time) and others are professional vocational students. 24% of the total students are ethnic minority students. The annual application average is from 70-80 thousand applications from various parts of the country, mostly from 16 northern upland provinces of Vietnam. Moreover, the number also includes 211 international students sent to Vietnam, such as Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China.
