On July 23, the Central University of Civil Engineering held a seminar and discussion "Strategy for the development of the Mien Trung University of Civil Engineering in the university autonomy trend".

Improving the quality of graduates

Attending the workshop were Mr. Bui Van Linh - Director of the Center for Training Support and Human Resource Development, Ministry of Education and Training, Mr. Huynh Lu Tan -  city party committee secretary of Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen province , Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - former principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education , Mr. Nguyen Van Sang - Deputy Director of Deo Ca Construction Group, Mr. Nguyen Minh Trung - Director of Human Resource Management Division of Hoa Binh Construction Group.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Architect Nguyen Vu Phuong - Secretary of the Party Committee, Principal of the Mien Trung University of Civil Engineering

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Architect Nguyen Vu Phuong - Secretary of the Party Committee, Principal of the Mien Trung University of Civil Engineering affirmed that the development of the development strategy for the period of 2022-2027, with a vision to 2035, has a particularly important role for the university in the context of new scene.

With the input of experts and businesses, the Mien Trung University of Civil Engineering will determine the goals and development strategies of the university in association with the socio-economic development of the Central - Central Highlands region. , creating motivation as well as exploiting the strengths of Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province and Da Nang city in the training development strategy of the school at the head office and Da Nang branch.

The panelists at the workshop shared their experiences in orienting the strategic development of universities in the trend of university autonomy; student enrollment and output meet employer needs; building a school strategy associated with business, the problems posed for the development strategy of the Mien Trung University of Civil Engineering in the new situation.

Mr. Bui Van Linh - Director of the Center for Training Support and Human Resource Devopment, Ministry of Education and Training

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Bui Van Linh - Director of the Center for Training Support and Human Resource Devopment, Ministry of Education and Training highly appreciated the development strategy of the Mien Trung National University of Civil Engineering in the trend of university autonomy. At the same time, he provided some information on university autonomy, comprehensive educational activities, consulting support, entrepreneurship, innovation, soft skills training, and career skills for students. Mr. Bui Van Linh also made some recommendations to the school such as: Determining the task of organizing comprehensive educational activities for students, promoting activities to improve innovation skills, career skills, and skills. foreign language skills, entrepreneurship, and related competitions to create a healthy environment, playground, experience and international integration for students.

Expand the network to connect partners, agencies and businesses to solve internships, recruit graduates and take advantage of socialization and investment opportunities. This is a prerequisite for the school to improve the quality of training, improve the quality of graduates in association with job quality, and a high rate of graduates having jobs.

The school needs to complete the essential apparatuses to have enough human resources and conditions for the work of chairing and advising the University's leaders to deploy, such as consolidating/establishing a new Business Relations Center/student support/ Technology transfer/Start-up…

Focusing on promoting student support activities such as Entrepreneurship Day, professional competition on a university-scale, regional, national, international level... to improve integration ability, teamwork skills, promote promote the school's educational brand very well.

If University want to be autonomous, they must innovate and reform

Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - former principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education shared about the experience of university autonomy at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education in recent years,he emphasized that if university want to be autonomous, they have to innovate and reform first, digital transformation must be accelerated.

Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - former principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education

It is necessary to apply a market perspective to educational services, consider students and stakeholders as customers, take care of customers; applying enterprise quality assurance and resource management methods to the university environment; attach importance to the role of human resources.

Promote marketing and branding, especially digital marketing; building internal and external communication systems; step by step change from subsidized thinking to enterprise thinking to establish an education corporation.

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Nguyen Van Sang - Deputy Director of Deo Ca Construction Group and Mr. Nguyen Minh Trung - Director of Human Resource Management Division of Hoa Binh Construction Group informed about the demand for using enterprises and industries that will have a lot of demand for human resources in the coming time.

Emphasizing that the Mien Trung University of Civil Engineering has many advantages in training high-quality human resources for socio-economic development in Phu Yen province as well as the central provinces, representatives of the Enterprises suggest that schools have appropriate training programs, so that graduates can work immediately.