The first day of "startup"
10 years ago, perhaps few people could have imagined that Ha Long University today, with a list of awards, prestigious titles and especially classes of graduating students, would contribute an abundant and quality labor force to the market, along with a team of quality staff, lecturers and teachers.
Ha Long University was established under Decision 1869/QD-TTg dated October 13, 2014 of the Prime Minister, on the basis of two colleges: Quang Ninh Pedagogical College (established in 1959) and Ha Long College of Culture, Arts and Tourism (established in 1971).
Both colleges above are training institutions that have achieved many outstanding achievements in Quang Ninh, which have contributed to training many famous artists and excellent teachers.
On January 1, 2015, Ha Long University officially came into operation. At first, the school had 2 locations, one in Ha Long and one in Uong Bi, but now it has moved to Uong Bi City - a large place with beautiful terrain.
In 2015, the school was licensed to train 5 undergraduate majors, but by 2024, the school had 3 master's majors, 22 undergraduate majors, only 2 college majors and 5 intermediate majors in the arts. The school also trains Vietnamese for Lao students according to the tasks assigned by Quang Ninh province.
Thus, compared to 2015, the school has reduced 18 college majors, increased 17 undergraduate majors and increased 3 master's majors. The rate of university students will increase from 15% in 2015 to 95% in 2024. In 2015, the number of students enrolled in 5 university majors was 296 students, and by 2024, it will be 2,600 students.
The number of students enrolled to study is large in tourism majors (especially Tourism Services Management and Travel), some majors in Language (especially Chinese Language), Business Administration, Information Technology, Pedagogy.
Outstanding achievements
By February 2025, the scale of regular training systems will be 8,325 students and trainees (2,552 students in the 2015-2016 school year). If including the number of students in the junior high school, junior high school and high school practicing pedagogical, the total number of students in the whole school is currently 9,281. The rate of university students accounts for 95% of the total school.
In addition to the regular system, the school also implements a joint training system with an annual scale of about 1,000 students.
The school has promoted cooperation with many units and businesses, paying attention to supporting students to have the opportunity to find a job when they graduate by connecting with more than 60 partners who are businesses and agencies with recruitment needs, consulting, introducing and providing more than 1,000 information on part-time jobs, internships with salaries and fixed jobs; organizing annual school - employer cooperation forums with the participation of more than hundreds of businesses.
According to statistics, the number of graduates with jobs after 6 months reached over 80%. Many students are recruited right when they are still in school.
To date, the total number of cadres, civil servants and workers of the school is 300 people, including 6 associate professors-doctors, 38 phd, and 194 masters. Thus, compared to the beginning of 2015, the total number of employees has decreased, the number of PhDs has increased more than 15 times, the number of master's degrees has increased nearly 1.5 times.
Not only focusing on teaching and training, Ha Long University also expands scientific, technological activities and international cooperation.
Since 2015, Ha Long University has been implementing 2 national scientific tasks, 3 research projects in cooperation with the European Union and Germany, 9 provincial scientific tasks, and 18 tasks according to business orders.
The school's staff and lecturers have had 1,064 publications in magazines and specialized seminars (including 75 international publications in the WoS(ISI)/SCOPUS category).
The school also signed agreements and cooperation memorandums of understanding with international organizations, educational institutions and companies with foreign elements in countries such as Australia, the Netherlands, China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand; received experts/volunteers working at the school; sent students to study and intern abroad under student exchange programs in Japan, Korea, and China.
Ha Long University is one of the typical collectives nominated for honor at the Vinh Quang Vietnam 2025 program.
Vinh Quang Vietnam is a special political - cultural - social event directed by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, in coordination with the Central Emulation and Reward Committee, assigned to Lao Dong Newspaper to organize annually since 2004. This year, the program enters its 21st tenure with the theme "Pride and Aspiration", to honor collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the 80 years of building and defending the Fatherland, especially in the fields of digital economy, green economy, innovation and sustainable development.
The award ceremony is scheduled to take place on June 22, 2025 at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labor Cultural Palace, Hanoi.
