As one of the Departments with strengths in training and research as well as experienced lecturers, the Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences (FAS) has been contributing to the strong development of USTH.
The FAS Department was established on February 28th, 2018 with a mission: construct a training program that provides a solid and modern scientific knowledge. This will prepare students for international competitiveness upon graduation, especially the ability to adapt to technological changes at an increasingly rapid pace. Currently, the Department is implementing 02 training programs at Bachelor level: Chemistry and Applied Mathematics.
Applied Mathematics program is built and taught by mathematicians from the Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), which is the leading mathematics research unit in Vietnam. The Applied Mathematics program starts enrolling students from the academic year 2019/2020. The program provides students with a solid mathematical basis and the application of mathematics in data analysis, finance-banking, information security …
The Chemistry program is built on the acquisition of chemistry programs currently being taught at French universities. The program is lectured by a team of lecturers who are dynamic in research and technology development, from USTH, Institute of Chemistry, Samsung Display, Boviet Solar and partner universities in France. Students have two choices: The Standard One-Degree Chemistry Program (USTH) and The Double-Degree Chemistry Program (USTH and partners in France).
Enrollment scale of the Department has been increasing year by year. Students studying at the Department are carefully selected. Up to now, there have been 02 students who won the first prize in the National Excellent Student Competition in Chemistry and chose to study at the Department with a full scholarship. Among them, Mr. Hoang Huy Tu will receive an ERASMUS MUNDUS scholarship to study the SERP+ master’s program in chemistry in France, Italy, Portugal and Poland from September 2022. In the FAS Department, students can participate in research activities from the 2nd year and have opportunity to do internships with scientists at the USTH, the Institute of Mathematics, other research institutes under VAST, or international institutions in France, England, …
Research is a strength of the Department. Chemistry in Energy Conversion and Storage (CECS) research group led by Assoc. Prof. Tran Dinh Phong is one of strong research groups at the USTH funded by the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED). Besides that, The CECS group has received funding by VAST, VINIF Foundation, US Naval Research, French Embassy in Hanoi. Group’s research has been published in leading journals about Chemistry and Materials Science such as Nature Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, …
Currently, the Department is implementing training and research cooperation with a lot of domestic and international partners such as: Faculty of Physics – Hanoi National University of Education, Institute of Materials Science (VAST), INOMAR Center – Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, UPEC University, Aix Marseilles University, Reims University, LCC – Toulouse, Konkuk University, …
Slogan of staffs, lecturers, and students in the Department: HAPPINESS IN LEARNING AND RESEARCH TO CONQUER GREAT GOALS.
