Faculty of Information Technology

Introduction

The faculty of Information Technology was established in 2001 based on the center of Informatics (established in 1990). The faculty is responsible for training engineers and teachers, and research activities in Information Technology. The faculty currently has 4 departments, namely Software Engineering, Information Systems, Networking and Network Security, and Artificial Intelligence. The faculty has 3 undergraduate training programmes including Information Technology, Information Security and Data Engineering, and 1 Master program of Computer Science. The faculty has 1 server room, 6 computer rooms and 6 computer labs for Software Engineering, Information Systems, Cyber security, MacOS, and Data Engineering with 460 computers and 12 servers in total.

The faculty has received a certificate of merit from the Minister of the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training for outstanding achievements in education and training duties from 2000 to 2004, a certificate of merit from Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations and from the rector of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education for high achievements in the competition of Vietnam Olympiad in Informatics and The International Collegiate Programming Contest.

The faculty holds yearly competitions for students such as Olympiad in Informatics, Hackathon, and Mastering IT. Students of the faculty also join many competitions held by the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education such as: Robocon, MCR, Maze Solving Robot Competition. Besides, many movement and social activities for students are also held every year: Green Summer, Camping, Cultural activities, Sports...