Hoa Sen University
Đại học Hoa Sen
Hoa Sen University
TypePrivate
Established1991 (1991)
PresidentASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PHD Vo Thi Ngoc Thuy
Vice-ChancellorPhD. Phan Thi Viet Nam, MA.Nguyen Hai Ninh
Address
8 Nguyen Van Trang, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1
,
Ho Chi Minh City
,
Vietnam
Websitehttps://www.hoasen.edu.vn/

Hoa Sen University[1] (Vietnamese: Đại học Hoa Sen, lit. 'Lotus University') is a private university in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The predecessor of this university was Hoa Sen College.

Hoa Sen is a leading university in Vietnam; it is known for quality in education, training, and internationally recognized research for the community. It was one of the first private universities founded in Vietnam after this was legalized by the government. Its mission is "To contribute to the rapid, sustainable, and humane development of the Vietnamese and regional economy and society."

History

The predecessor of Hoa Sen College was the School of Foreign Languages and Information Technology, which was established under the Decision 257/QĐ-UB dated August 12, 1991 by the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People Committee (the mayor). The school has been supported by Lotus Association in France. On October 11, 1994, the school was turned into a semi-private school. In 2001, the school inaugurated its second campus in Quang Trung Software Park, Ho Chi Minh City. In 2005, the school was officially upgraded to become Hoa Sen University.[2]

On November 30, 2006, the Vietnamese prime minister signed a decision to establish Hoa Sen University[3] on the base of Hoa Sen College. One of the university's founding principles was a not-for-profit orientation that focused on reinvestment in education activities - one of the first and only educational institution to do so in Vietnam.

On January 12, 2016, Hoa Sen University (HSU) became the first university at Vietnam were accredited by ACBSP.[4]

In 2018, HSU became a member of Nguyen Hoang Group (NHG) which is the university system of educational corporations.

In 2019, 7 programs achieved international accreditation standards, including 5 ACBSP programs & 2 AUN-QA programs.

In 2020, HSU achieved national quality accreditation standards.

In 2021, HSU achieved 4-star QS-Stars standard, 10 programs achieved international accreditation standards, including ACBSP & 5 AUN-QA programs.

In 2022, HSU accredited for the International English Communication Program by the National Education Assessment System of Australia - NEAS. 17 programs meet international standards, 5 programs have achieved ACBSP accreditation, 8 programs have achieved AUN-QA standards, and 3 programs have achieved FIBAA accreditation.

Faculties

International academic partners

References

  1. ↑ Official Web site of Hoa Sen University
  2. ↑ HSU (2017-05-05). "Lịch sử hình thành & Phát triển". Đại học Hoa Sen (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  3. ↑ Archived 2009-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Decision to establish Hoa Sen University
  4. ↑ "TCBC: Đại học Hoa Sen công bố 5 chương trình đào tạo được kiểm định bởi ACBSP (Hoa Kỳ) | Hoa Sen News". tintuc.hoasen.edu.vn.
  5. ↑ Archived 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Official Web site of ITIN
  6. ↑ Official Web site of UBI
  7. ↑ Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine Official Web site of ESCIA

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