Can Tho University

University in Can Tho, Vietnam

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Can Tho University

Trường Đại học Cần Thơ

Established| 1966
President| Hà Thanh Toàn
Vice-president| Trần Trung Tính; Trần Ngọc Hải; Nguyễn Hiếu Trung

Academic staff

| 15
Location|

Can Tho

Vietnam

Website| www.ctu.edu.vn

Can Tho University (Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Cần Thơ) is a public research university in Can Tho, Vietnam. Established in 1966, it is a multidisciplinary university and a leading university in the Mekong Delta.[1] Can Tho University is a leading agricultural research center in Vietnam. Can Tho University has nine colleges and three research institutes.[2] Its goal is to be one of the leading higher education institutions in Vietnam and to be recognised as one of the top universities in the Asia-Pacific region in training and research by 2022.[3]

## Description

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At present, the total number of CTU staff is around 2,000, including 1,203 lecturers (233 PhDs and 653 Masters, constituting to 73.6% of staff members with postgraduate degrees).[4] The current training capacity of CTU is more than 45,000 students involving full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students, part-time as well as distance-learning ones.[1] CTU possesses approximately 100 training programs and branches of undergraduate including 2 advanced training programs in English, 45 Master training programs (in which 1 program is a joint-ventured training field with foreign partners and 3 programs are taught in English) and 16 PhD ones, together with 2 training programs of junior college.

Up to now, Can Tho University (CTU) has 17 units for academic training (8 colleges, 7 schools, 1 high school, 1 unit for academic training) and several other support departments.

## Colleges

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This is a list of colleges the university has:[5]

* College of Agriculture
* College of Aquaculture and Fisheries
* College of Economics
* College of Engineering
* College of Environment and Natural Resources
* College of ICT
* College of Rural Development
* College of Natural Sciences

## Schools

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* School of Education
* School of Foreign Languages
* School of Graduate
* School of Pre-University
* School of Political Science
* School of Social Sciences and Humanities
* School of Law

## High school and academic training

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* High school Teacher Practice
* Department of Physical Education

## Centers and institutes

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### Centers

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* Cantho University Software Center (CUSC)
* Academic Department
* Software Department
* Plan and Business Department
* Center for Foreign Languages
* Academic Department
* Administration Department
* Offices located in Campuses 1, 2, 3 and a contact staff in Campus 4 (Hoa An)
* Cooperative Training Center
* Center of National Defense Education

### Institutes

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* Biotechnology Research and Development Institute
* Mekong Delta Development Research Institute
* Research Institute for Climate Change

## References

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1. ^ a b "Can Tho University". Times Higher Education (THE). 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
2. ^ "Can Tho University". Times Higher Education (THE). 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
3. ^ "Can Tho University". 19 October 2021.
4. ^ Bapna, Arun (2017-05-21). "Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Viet Nam". MBBS Admission Process 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
5. ^ Nguyen, Van Thang (December 2008). "Final Evaluation of the CTU-IUC partner programme - Can Tho University" (PDF). Retrieved 3 April 2020.

* https://en.ctu.edu.vn/
* https://www.4icu.org/reviews/4885.htm

## External links

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* Homepage of Cantho University

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