Ho Chi Minh City University of Information Technology

Ho Chi Minh City University of Information Technology (or UIT) (Vietnamese language: Đại học Công nghệ thông tin) is a public university located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a member of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. Although its name is about information technology, this university teaches many computer studies. The first course was inaugurated on 6 November 2006.

History

The predecessor of this university was Center for IT Development. On 8 June 2006, the Vietnamese prime minister signed Decision no. 134/2006/QĐ-TTg to establish this university.^[1]

Mission and Vision

• Mission

Become the Hub of Intellectuality and Technology: The world around us is so dynamic. In order to thrive and move forward for the next ten years and beyond, we constantly look ahead and prepare ourselves as the leading supplier of qualified and self-motivated specialist. We want to become the facilitator that makes Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to go from theories to practice.

• Vision

Academic, Research and Innovation: We embrace our visions: a trusted name in high quality education, a leading university in advanced research and an incubator for industrial innovation of ICT areas.

Academic Programs

Undergraduate programs

• Computer Sciences
• Digital media
• Information Systems
• Computer Engineering
• Computational Finance in Baking and IT Business
• Computer Networks and Communications
• Software Engineering
• Information Technology
• Information Security

Graduate programs:

• Computer Sciences
• Information Systems

Research fields

• Knowledge Engineering
• Signal Processing
• Computer Network Protocols
• Network Security
• Multimedia Processing
• Mobile Network
• Embedded & VLSI Design
• Robotics
• Geographic Information Systems(GIS)

References

External links

• Introduction of the University of IT
• Introduction of Center for IT Development

Coordinates: 10°46′49″N 106°41′15″E / 10.7803°N 106.6875°E / 10.7803; 106.6875