At the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) - Can Tho University (CTU) is expected to be among top universitiesin Asia and the world in some fields by 2025, and become a local pioneer ininnovation, training, scientific research and technology transfer, accordingto Rector of the university Prof. Ha Thanh Toan.
Toan made the statement at a ceremony to mark the 55th anniversaryof the university on March 31.
Toan noted that trends in higher education have been focusing on trainingquality, internationalisation in training, scientific research and technologytransfer cooperation, community development, and digitalisation.
He highlighted the CTU's connection with the socio-economic development of the Mekong Delta over the past 50 years and strength on international cooperation as one of the university's advantages to realise this orientation.
Can Tho University, for many years, has been among in the group of five best universitiesin Vietnam under the Webometrics rankings, and the top 500 in Asia underthe QS Asia University Rankings by theBritish education company Quacquarelli Symonds.
In particular, in2020, for the first time in terms of agriculture, the university was ranked in the251-300 group of the QS World University Rankings by Subject by the QuacquarelliSymonds. This is also the highest place in the field for Vietnamese universities.
Can Tho University has been cooperating with over 130 institutes, education institutions and organisationsacross the world. It has implemented a number of foreign-funded projects.
Founded on March 31, 1966, the CTU now is an education establishment with many areas of training and research in the Mekong Delta./.
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