University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH, also called Vietnam France University) is an advanced-model international public university established by the Decision No. 2067/QĐ-TTg dated December 9, 2009 of the Prime Minister and under the Inter-governmental Agreement between Vietnam and France on November 12th, 2009.

USTH follows the European Bologna Process: Bachelor (3 years, 180 ECTS), Master (2 years, 120 ECTS), PhD (3 years). USTH’s teaching methods are based on high level of practices in research and development laboratories, and close linkage with industries through internships in Vietnam and other countries. The percentage of master students doing intership abroad is up to 60%. 100% teaching team of USTH has PhD degree from prestigious universities in foreign countries, of which 75% are foreign lecturers with international teaching experience. The official teaching language at USTH is English.

Anually, USTH provides various attractive scholarship policies for students.

After graduation, students will be granted 02 Master degrees (one by USTH and one by French Institution), which are widely recognized in the world.

Degree of Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF) program is only granted by USTH and degree of International Air Transport Operations Management (IATOM is only granted  by Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC).
 

For this academic year 2019-2020, USTH calls for the Master programs with the target of 105 students
 

• Medical biotechnology - Plant biotechnology - Pharmacology
• Information and Communication Technology
• Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology
• Space (Earth observation - Astrophysics - Satellite technology)
• Energy: Green Electricity; Bioenergy
• Water - Environment - Oceanography
• Quantitative and Computational Finance
• International Air Transport Operations Management

Vietnamese citizens and foreigners, graduated from university in 2019 or before.
 

• Admission procedure: preliminary selection and interview in English.
• Admission criteria:

               - Having a bachelor degree;
               - Having ability to study in English.
 

Wave	Application deadline	Interview
1	02/5/2019 – 29/5/2019	June, 2019
2	15/7/2019 – 15/8/2019	September, 2019

(Detailed schedule will be updated on the website)
 

	Documents required	Vietnamese Students	International Students	Exchange student
1.	Application form for Master program in the academic year 2019-2020 filled in and signed with recent 3 cm x 4 cm portrait attached	✓	✓	✓
2.	Motivation Letter in English (outlining why candidates would like to enroll in USTH	✓	✓	✓
3.	English translation of Bachelor Degree *	✓	✓
4.	English translation of university transcript * (If the grading system is different to the 0-10 scale applied in Vietnam, a document explaining the applied grading system is required)	✓	✓	✓
5.	Copy of ID card or passport	✓	✓	✓
6.	Financial statement		✓
7.	Student certificate of current university			✓
8.	Certificate of foreign languages (English, French) (if any); merits and certificates of good study results or scholarships (if any)
9.	Letters of recommendation (if any)			✓
10.	Curriculum Vitae (CV)**

Note:  

* Applicants who are at last year of Bachelor program must submit updated academic transcript and a confirmation letter on expected graduating time (copies and English translated versions).

Applicants who have completed their Bachelor program but not yet received their diploma must submit academic transcript or temporary graduation certificate (copies and English translated versions).

Applicants who want to apply as an exchange student need to provide at least the transcripts of two recent semesters up to the present.

** Curriculum Vitae is considered as a compulsory document only for QCF program.

Applicants are required to submit their application dossiers with the title as follow “Master admission- <name of major> wave… - <FULL NAME> (e.g. Master Admission –Water Environment Oceanography-Wave 1- NGUYEN VAN A) and submit in both ways

  -  Sending the scanned dossiers under a PDF or ZIP file titled via email.

  -  Submitting the hardcopy dossiers in person or by post.

 

7. Scholarship and Fellowship

Annually, USTH provides scholarships according to state policies and USTH regulations. Call for scholarship application will be announced after student’s enrollment.

 

No	Scholarship category	Scholarship value/academic year	Eligible students
1	Lever A1	40,000,000 VND	Considering the results at university, GPA ≥ 16.0 / 20 or equivalent and other achievements and awards (if any); Scholarships are considered from high to low until the end of the quota.
2	Lever A2	30,000,000 VND
3	Lever A3	20,000,000 VND
4	Capacity Building Scholarship	10,000,000 VND	- Staff of USTH, VAST’s institutes and centers, and USTH’s MOU partner institutions who enroll at Master or PhD programs of USTH (*); - Having a GPA ≥12/20 (GPA is calculated according to a scale of 20) of bachelor/master degree;  (*): Students are required to have a working contract and a letter of acceptance from their host institutions.
5	Pathway to Success Scholarship	10,000,000 VND	Students of USTH Bachelor program continue studying Master program at USTH.
6	Internship scholarship in France	Maximum 40,000,000 VND	Students have excellent academic achievements in the first year. Scholarships are considered from high to low until the end of the quota.

 

• Admission fee: 500,000 VND/candidate, non-refundable in any cases; 
• Tuition fee:

Tuition fee for academic year 2019-2020
Programs	Vietnamese student	International student
Programs except for two  programs below	46,600,000 VND (equivalent to 2,000USD)	93,200,000 VND (equivalent to 4,000USD)
Quantitative and Computational Finance	58,250,000 VND (equivalent to 2,500USD)	93,600,000 VND (equivalent to 4,000USD)
International Air Transport Operations Management	174,750,000 VND (equivalent to 7,500USD)	174,750,000 VND (equivalent to 7,500USD)

Tuition fee will be collected by semester for Vietnamese students and by academic year for Internation students.

Note:

  Admission fee and tuition fee are waived for exchange students registered in member universities of the USTH consortium.

More information and further details including the study programs, tuition fees, dormitory and degrees can be found in English and Vietnamese at contact to:

 

DEPARTMENT OF ADMISSION UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF HANOI Address: A21 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay District, Hanoi Tel:        +84 - 24 - 37 91 77 48 Hotline: +84 - 8 - 88 55 77 48 Email: [email protected] Website:     http://www.usth.edu.vn