Information Sheet for Exchange Programme
General Information
Name
of
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam
University
Student
Exchange Office
Office for International Study Program (OISP)
Mailing Address
Office for International Study Program
Room 306 A4 building
268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Ward 14, District 10, HCMC, Vietnam
Email Address
oisp@hcmut.edu.vn Office for International Study Program
TEL
+848 3865 4183
FAX
+848 730 83 183
Webpage
www.oisp.hcmut.edu.vn
Contact Person
Hoang Thi thuy Ngoc
Email: ngoc.hoang@oisp.edu.vn
Other Notes
Programme Information
Academic
Calendar
Enrolment:
Semester I: August – January
Semester II: January - May
(Lunar New Year holidays: 4 February, 2013 - 17 February, 2013); and
(Summer holidays: 1 July - 5 August, 2013)
Application
Application admission: 2 weeks before commencement of the semester
Deadlines
Necessary
Documents for
Application
* Submit application documents to the Office for International Study Program
through the exchange program office of your home institution.
* Application forms are available at:
http://oisp.hcmut.edu.vn/images/stories/download/ho-so-online.zip (in
Vietnamese).
+ For international students who attend courses, please contact directly Office for
International Study Programme at email: oisp@hcmut.edu.vn for guidelines of
application forms and procedure
+ For exchange students attached to labs (non-course), the application procedure
is subject to the proposals from the related faculties.
Language / GPA
IELTS: 6.0 or above; other equivalent English proficiency certificates
Requirement
Language of
Instruction
* Vietnamese
* English instruction is available for the undergraduate and graduate course in
reference with the articulation programs in collaboration with HCMUT partner
institutions.
* HCMUT also accepts students in their final year under agreements with their
universities to work on the final thesis at numbers of laboratories in HCMUT. The
language instruction is English.
Available
Courses for
Exchange
Students
* Undergraduate: Petroleum Engineering/ Chemical Engineering/ Pharmaceutical
Engineering/Civil Engineering/ Software and Information Technology/ ElectricalElectronic Engineering/ Business Administration
* Graduate: Master of Business Administration - Management Consulting
International (MBA-MCI)/ Strategy Management (MSM)
* This program is open to students enrolled full time with relevant majors and
degree level in the HCMUT partner institutions.
Numbers of
It depends on the subjects and courses. Details are available from:
Credits per
http://oisp.hcmut.edu.vn
Course
Grading System
A+: 100% - 90%
A: under 90% - 80%
B+: under 80% - 70%
B: under 70% - 60%
C: under 60% - 50%
No credit: less than 50%
Other Notes
Except Electrical - Electronic Engineering, undergraduate courses in OISP are for
freshman and sophomore. All students in these articulation programs will transfer
to HCMUT’s partner overseas to complete the degree.
Facilities and Services
Accommodation
for Exchange
* Private accommodation.
* A modern facility dormitory with 40 rooms for international students; 1,5
Students
kilometters far from the campus;
Campus
* Office hours library (8 hours)
* Sport facilities: fitness rooms, sports areas
* Other facilities: www.ktxbk.vn
Facilities
Other Services
Arrival and Orientation Programme
Suggested
Date
1st week of each semester begins
of Arrival
Airport Pick-up
Students may do so upon the request
Orientation
Programme
Other Notes
Visa and Insurance
Student visa is required. HCMUT supports required documents for visa
Requirements & applications. The following steps applicants (students) must follow:
Procedures
Step 1: students/applicants are required to provide HCMUT with his/her relevant
Visa
information, (including full name, gender, date of birth, original and current
nationalities, passport code, profession, a copy of his/her valid passport, the name
of the city/province/prefecture where Vietnamese consulate or embassy to Japan
is located from which the applicants/students wishes to get visa.)
Step 2: HCMUT supports the applicants to get a kind of a declaration (if
approved) issued by the Vietnamese immigration Office in Vietnam.
Step 3: HCMUT will provide applicant(s) with the declaration(s) via email/fax.
Step 4: Applicants are required to come, submit the declaration(s), and pay visa
fees to get visa at Vietnamese Consulates or Embassy to Japan that the applicants
previously stated.
Health Insurance
International insurance is highly recommended for international students
Expenses
Accommodation
Accommodation fees: approximately 400-500US$/month/room (maximum 3
person/room). For more details, please visit at
http://ktxbk.vn/ktx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid
=108&lang=en
Meals
5,000,000 VND/month (Roughly 250 US$, this was the average expenditure for
Local
students living in the Ho Chi Minh city.）
Transportation
Academic
Expenses
(textbook,
stationeries, etc)
Personal
Expenses
Other Expenses
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