Advanced Program at Thai Nguyen University of Technology (TNUT), an effective way for international collaborations

The Advanced Program (AP) implements undergraduate curriculum and training processes of developed countries into Vietnam in o rder to build a new model of reforming and modernizing the Vietnamese higher education system. This has however created great debate in many different directions in regards to its efficiency. The two advanced programs in Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Electrical En gineering (EE) at TNUT has raised not only the university‘s reform process but also its international collaborations. This paper describes the experience in implementing the advanced programs at TNUT and suggests that it can be a good model for higher educational institutions in less developed countries to approach an international standard.