Tan Tao University is a private non-profit university in Long An Province, Vietnam. The founder and the main sponsor of TTU is Mme Dang Thi Hoang Yen. Tan Tao is the university using the model of Duke University ,USA and aspires to become the first Vietnamese university with a U.S. style education. Programs at TTU are taught in English.
Students at TTU can access internship opportunities at the world’s leading companies and factories operating in industrial parks of Tan Tao Group.
Tan Tao University use curricula designed by Rice University in the US. All TTU students are required to take ‘liberal arts’ courses which account for 25% of their academic programs. These courses include languages, culture, literature, civilizations, history, mathematics, economics, management, leadership skills and communications, mechanics and chemistry. Students take part in many extracurricular activities, clubs, seminars, talks, and soft skills shared by professors so that students can quickly adapt to the social reality.
Tan Tao students come from across the country, representing diverse perspectives, experiences, backgrounds and cultures. Once here, Tan Tao students discover extraordinary freedom of opportunity — to explore, to collaborate and to challenge themselves.
The Campus construction is expected to be completed within 15 years. The university’s new facilities will have the capacity to serve ten thousand students and includes ten schools with sixty-four faculty buildings in a total area of 12 million square feet and a centrally located library.
TTU has a dedicated faculty of high-profile professors and instructors with intensive international experience in various fields of expertise. 62% of TTU instructors are either U.S. citizens or graduates of leading U.S, universities with teaching experiences.
Students who are awarded the Hoa Trang Nguyen scholarship and pass the standard grade in the entrance university examination given by the MoET are exempted from the writing exam and are only required to attend an interview with TTU faculties.
TTU offers full tuition, housing and living compensations for all students in the first year. In an effort to ensure the quality of university’s teaching and studying, each student is provided a personal laptop as well as course textbooks.
Students with high academic achievement may be eligible for scholarships to study abroad for one year.