Hong Bang International University provides career counselling to high school students at a fair held last year. The university is launching new programmes to meet labour market trends. (Photo: VN) HCM City (VNS/VNA)- Many public and private universities throughout the country inthe 2020-2021 academic year will launch new majors to meet labourmarket trends and demands.
Public universities havecreated new programmes following a regulation that expandeduniversity autonomy in the amended Law on Higher Education that took effectlast July.
The University of Science underthe Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City, for instance, will launchmajors in medical physics, data science, applied mathematics, mathematics and computers, and geological engineering.
Phung Quan, head of informationand communication at the university, told Vietnam News: “Themajor of medical physics will offer professional knowledgeabout radiation doses and safety in health facilities.”
Students also will be taughtdiagnostic skills and how to use radiation machines, Quan said.
The data science major isessential to train the workforce for Industry 4.0, especially in Big Data,because of its application in every sphere.
The major of appliedmathematics, mathematicsand computers will serve in data science andother sectors like finance and banking.
The geological engineeringmajor will serve to evaluate forecasts and address solutions for prevention andreduction of influences caused by geologic phenomena such as seafloorspreading, mountain building, volcanoes, earthquakes, faulting, andothers, Quan said.
The Vietnam National Universityin Hanoi will include 17 new majors, including data science, electronicengineering and computers, management of urban development, and others.
Private universities will alsolaunch new majors to attract students and meet future labour marketdemands.
New majors at Hong BangInternational University will include midwifery, general medicine, oralhealth (bachelor's degree), digital marketing, management of natural resourcesand environment, biomedical engineering, industrial management, AI,biotechnology, electronic engineering and urban infrastructure engineering.
“The country is developing inmany different sectors, including industries in the process of transformation,from mechanics to automation to digitalisation, with a high demandfor electronic engineers,” said Dr Ho Thanh Phong, rector of HongBang International University.
More staff for industrialmanagement will also be needed, he added.
“Marketing on social media inthe country is strongly developing, leading to a great need fora digital marketing workforce,” Phong said.
In addition, hospitals in thecountry will need more biomedical engineers, he added.
Hoa Sen University will launchnew training programmes in Japanese studies, American studies, eventadministration, digital art, insurance, and e-commerce.
The Ministry of Education andTraining last year issued a circular on the required conditions andprocedures for launching new training programmes, suspending enrollment,and withdrawing the approval of new training programmes for bachelordegrees.
Under the circular,universities must have at least 10 permanent full-time lecturers for newmajors and ensure facilities such as labs, workshops for students to practise,and others.
They also must havelibraries and electronic libraries to meet teaching, researching andlearning needs of lecturers and students.
Many private and publicuniversities are using available lecturers and facilities to teachclasses for the new majors, but are also recruiting morelecturers and investing further in facilities./.
VNA
