Prof Philippe Behra Toulouse INP philippe behraensiacet fr

Prof. Philippe Behra – Toulouse INP philippe. behra@ensiacet. fr Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Consortium d’Établissements Français d’Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche pour le développement de l’USTH

Introduction of USTH Milestones 9/12/2009 Decision No. 2067/QĐ-TTg of Prime Minister on the establishment of the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) 18/3/2016 Decision No. 430/QĐ-TTg of Prime Minister transferring USTH from MOET to VAST 12/11/2009 Inter-governmental agreement signed between the Governments of Vietnam and France on the establishment and development of USTH 4/2016 and 3/2017 The Bachelor and Master training programs were evaluated and accredited by HCERES 02/11/2018 Inter-governmental agreement signed between the Governments of Vietnam and France on the development of USTH (period of 2018 -2023) The largest cooperation project in education of France in foreign countries The only university in Viet Nam receiving the support of 34 French universities and research institutions of the USTH Consortium

Introduction of USTH Missions To train the high quality human resource in science and technology, supporting the socio-economic development of Viet Nam To conduct scientific and technological research in a close connection with enterprises; to disseminate the research results and to carry out technology transfer

Introduction of USTH Resources Human resources • 109 staff: 54 lecturers/researchers and 55 administrative staff • Close to 100% Vietnamese lecturers with Doctoral Degree • French experts: involved in the management at both department and university level + in training and research activities Financial resources • State budget • Tuition fee • Financial support from French government • Financial support from ADB funded project Facilities • A 21 building - 8000 m 2 (classrooms, offices, labs…) • USTH 65 ha - Campus in Hoa Lac High Tech Park (from 2023)

Introduction of USTH Achievements 1. TRAINING - 404 Bachelor Degree Graduates, 323 Master Degree Graduates, 3 Ph. D Degree Graduates and 50 Doctors graduated from 911 Program Number of students in 2018/2019 * Bachelor: 323 * Master: 123 (double diploma: French + Vietnamese) (undergraduate student number: +66%) + 20 -30 French students per year - 15 degree programs; linkages with companies especially in Aeronautical Engineering (Airbus, Vietnam Airlines, VAECO. . . ) - B 0 training program from 2018 to improve students English skills - Accreditation of Bachelor and Master training programs by HCERES - 6 practical laboratories (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, ICT, Aeronautics, Environment) - PLMCC credit-based training programs (USTH and Dassault Systèmes)

Introduction of USTH Achievements 2. RESEARCH - 5 International Joint Vietnamese-French laboratories - 196 International publications: 106 SCI, 61 SCIE, 6 Scopus and 23 others - 43 national publications: 22 VAST, 21 others - Ranked 7 th in the Nature Index – Vietnamese universities and research institutions ranking in 2017 and 2018 - Now: 8 Nafosted projects, 6 VAST projects, 11 GUST post-doc projects, 35 USTH projects and international co-operation projects 3. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • France as the strategic partner • Cooperative Agreements/MOUs with Japan, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, Korea… • Lectures given by 200 French professors • Around 30 USTH lecturers and researchers in foreign exchange programs each year • 70% of USTH students attending overseas internship

USTH building VAST campus where USTH is located

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New USTH campus at Hoa Lac

New USTH campus at Hoa Lac

6 Scientific Departments: 4 Masters accredited by Toulouse University Pharmacological, Medical and Agronomical Biotechnology www. usth. edu. vn [Energy] [Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology] Space and Aeronautics ARCUS – 2012 -2014

Pharmacological, medical and agronomical biotechnology PMAB Hanoi Intern. Lab. of Oceanography - HILO Hanoi Intern. Lab. on Water Engineering in the Tropics - HILWET Hanoi Intern. Lab. of Ecology & Environement - HILEE Advanced Materials Sciences and Nanotechnology “Objectifs labos” Wireless Sensor Network for Environmental Surveillance Nanotech Biotech Pharma ICT WEO Space Grid and High Performance Computing Energy Space & Aeronautics

Department USTH Water - Environment - Oceanography Master Degree Université de Toulouse : Toulouse INP – INSA – Université Paul Sabatier Universités de La Rochelle, Limoges, Littoral, Montpellier, Poitiers, Toulon, Engees (SXB) • 3 international joint laboratories FR-VN in Water treatment, Ecology, Oceanography • Ph. D grants from VIET, French embassy, IRD Topics Lecturers/Researchers Laboratories from Toulouse (total/UPS) HILWET 7 LCA Laboratoire de Chimie et agro-environment UMR INRA, INP-ENSIACET LISBP Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés UMR INSA CNRS 5504 IET Institute of Environmental Technology (VAST) ECOLAB UMR 5245 CNRS – UPS – INPT HILEE 4 LCA Laboratoire de Chimie et agro-environment UMR INRA, INP-ENSIACET Institute of Environmental Technology (VAST) LEGOS UMR 5566 CNRS – IRD – UPS - CNES ECOLAB UMR 5245 CNRS – UPS – INPT + LCA PIs: Drs. M. Herrmann (IRD LEGOS) and Ngo Duc Thanh (USTH)

Thank you for your attention Dinh Thi Mai Thanh (acting rector, USTH), Sylvain Ouillon (LEGOS, IRD), Bernard Legube (Consortium USTH) www. usth. edu. vn