Get ahead of the labor market

Ha 1 — The characteristic of engineering students is that they have to learn through tools and equipment to verify. In the photo: Practice time of students at the University of Technical Education. Photo: SP

Stay ahead of technology trends

According to statistics in the Danang University system, many graduates from the University of Technology are trained in the fields of telecommunications electronics, information technology, embedded systems, control and automation, and mechatronics, most of whom are working at semiconductor companies in the city (accounting for about 70-80% of the total number of engineers working at these companies).

In 2024, the school will open a major in microelectronics - microchip design, enrolling 65 students. It is expected that in 2026, this quota will increase to 80-100 students. By 2030, at least 2,000 human resources with university degrees or higher will be trained to serve the semiconductor industry...

In 2018, the University of Technical Education trained in the fields of electronic engineering technology, electronic and telecommunication engineering technology at the university level. These are related majors/specializations of the semiconductor design training program with the number of candidates admitted annually about 150 students. Currently, the school trains the second course of the Semiconductor Design major with nearly 120 students.

Nguyen Cong Vu (first-year student at the University of Technical Education) said: "In my opinion, this is a profession with many opportunities for career development in the future, when technology explodes and the policies and mechanisms of the Central and local governments, especially Da Nang city, are moving towards a technology center with the digital economy accounting for 40% of GRDP".

At Vietnam - Korea University of Information and Communications Technology, many new majors are opened to meet market needs such as: Artificial Intelligence; Semiconductor; Financial Technology.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training , in 2025, the number of candidates registering for their first choice in the STEM block will reach more than 220,000, an increase of nearly 42,000 candidates compared to 2024 - the most impressive increase in many years. This confirms that learners' expectations for the STEM industry are quite high when the Central and local governments have many policies for this industry.

Prepare teaching resources

In recent times, universities have proactively prepared a source of lecturers to meet the training needs of the STEM field. Specifically, Danang University of Technology has 17 permanent lecturers specializing in semiconductor microcircuits, including 6 associate professors and 11 PhDs, most of whom were trained in the US, Japan, Germany, Korea, and Taiwan.

Ha 2 — Practice hours of students at the University of Technical Education. Photo: SP

Danang University of Technical Education organizes a team of lecturers to participate in training in semiconductor circuit design based on the number of permanent lecturers of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Faculty of Electricity - Electronics; lecturers with expertise in related fields of the Faculty of Electricity - Electronics...

Within the framework of the Project "Enhancing education - training, administration and research capacity for the period 2022 - 2027" from ODA capital of the Korean Government, Vietnam - Korea University of Information and Communication Technology deployed for all lecturers and teaching assistants to participate in online courses on the Coursera system to update and improve knowledge in specialized fields.

Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Cong Thuat, Head of Training Department, Danang University of Technology, said that the school adjusted the training program of related majors, and added basic, fundamental and specialized courses related to the field of microchip design.

In addition, the school cooperates with the National Innovation Center (NIC), the TRESEMI expert group, FPT, the University of Information Technology - Ho Chi Minh City National University... to organize short training courses to supplement knowledge and skills in using EDA tools focusing on the final design stage in the chip design process, before production. At the same time, the training program is reviewed and updated with many new courses, directly introducing industry standard design tools into teaching.

Dr. Nguyen Linh Nam, Vice Principal of the University of Technical Education, said that the school has improved its technology training program, including semiconductor design, according to new regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training and the University of Danang.

In the past 2 years, having been sent to participate in many professional training courses on semiconductor microcircuits and currently studying an advanced microcircuit training course, MSc. Phan Ngoc Ky, lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics, University of Technical Education, has had the opportunity to approach leading semiconductor experts in the country and the world, and at the same time use professional and specialized documents and textbooks.

“The output of STEM students in general, and microchip design in particular, requires strict standards and requirements from recruiting businesses. Therefore, continuous innovation and updating of the curriculum is mandatory. In this field of training, there is a special feature that cannot be observed with the naked eye but must be learned through tools and equipment to verify the phenomenon. Therefore, investing in equipment is also an equally important factor and this is also a difficulty for schools and students in STEM fields,” Mr. Ky shared.

Source: https://baodanang.vn/don-dau-thi-truong-lao-dong-3303426.html