In a recent interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, Dam Bich Thuy – a successful entrepreneur, board member of the Trust for University Innovation in Vietnam and FUV President – divulged detailed information regarding the facility’s recruitment policy, curriculum and financial aid for its students, among other issues.
She began the interview by revealing that FUV will adopt U.S. teaching methodology while tailoring part of its content to the Vietnamese corporate situation.
Its curriculum will also encompass subjects and majors such as Vietnamese studies and literature which have yet to receive due attention at Vietnamese universities.
“We don’t want FUV to be an FDI project which will adopt an all-U.S. curriculum and teaching staff. FUV stands out from FDI-modeled schools in that it receives funding from the government and Vietnamese individuals and organizations apart from financial resources from the U.S.,” Thuy noted.
“FUV will also be the first-ever U.S.-style non-profit private university in Vietnam. We will also enjoy curriculum freedom that is expected to make a difference to the existing Vietnamese private higher education system,” she added.
Preparations are gearing up so that school will begin the first recruitment batch in September 2016.
“We aim for FUV to be a modern campus which will boast open spaces for students to engage in extracurricular activities. Classrooms will be furnished with cutting-edge equipment to facilitate students in working and interacting online with lecturers and their peers at FUV’s partner universities in the U.S.,” the president pointed out.