Operation

PVU is a special public university established and funded by Vietnam Oil and Gas Group. The University does not receive financial support from the state budget and collects tuition fees as prescribed for public universities.

The organization of the university is established according to the university model of the advanced enterprise-funded universities in the world. The school employs a high-quality training and education management model in line with MoET's regulations. That is combining learners’ needs with demands from the labor market for human resource. The syllabi are properly designed with the interconnectedness among training levels, and disciplines of credit study programs. 

Operation guidelines: 

PVU is established and operating under the following guidelines:

1. Career-oriented and application-oriented training

PVU training activities are closely linked with demands from PVN and other enterprises for human resource in particular period and area. A career-oriented and application-oriented curriculum is accordingly developed with active training methods, intensive practice schedule, motivation-increased activities to stimulate students' creativity and foster their passion for learning and researching. The undergraduate curriculum is enhanced with practical, and updated knowledge and vocational skill building activities, ensuring that our newly graduated engineers could perform well at domestic and international oil and gas companies. 

2. Combining training with practical production, scientific research, and development of petroleum technology

The research activity- the strategic focus of PVU is considered as a sustainable approach to achieve the goal of developing the university into a prestigious research-training organization in Vietnam and the world.

PVU closely cooperates with technology research centers, and specialized laboratories in PVN's subsidiaries and at universities nationwide and worldwide to facilitate students' consolidation of theoretical knowledge and carry out scientific research. PVU's students have opportunities to join applied research projects during their study. The research topics of our lecturers, scientists, and our students mainly focus on solving practical problems in production and business activities of enterprises in the industry.

The experts who are highly experienced in production activities of the industry, as well as in research are invited to lecture and instruct our students’practice. Practical issues arising production and business process are raised for students to suggest their solutions. Those practices are to foster future talents and contribute to the development of science and technology of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Industry.

3. Applying credit study program, ensuring the interconnectedness among the training levels and with universities nationwide and worldwide

PVU applies the advanced training and management model of the world following MoET's regulations, combining learners' learning needs with the demand for human resources in the labor market. The training program is appropriately designed with the interconnectedness among the training levels and disciplines and is in line with credit study program model.

Regarding teaching and learning methods, PVU is committed to applying advanced teaching methods, employing open educational resources, e-Learning courses and e-textbooks, creating a self-study and learner-centered environment.

PVU selectively adapts and adopts the textbooks and curriculum of prestigious universities in the world. The state of the art library efficiently exploits open educational resources, teaching resources and expertise of oil and gas companies and petroleum technical services. It also helps the university achieve the highest efficiency and quality by cooperating with petroleum organizations, applying modern information technology and telecommunication systems in the management, teaching and learning activities;

4. Developing competency for teaching and administrative staff

PVU's teaching staff recruited from leading cadres in science and technology staff and scientists of the oil and gas industry are invited to lecture and guide students’ practice. Those experts are experienced in professional practice and management and devoted to education with their pedagogical knowledge and advanced teaching methods. At the same time, the university selects and negotiates with prestigious universities nationwide and worldwide to conduct a joint training program, provide and exchange prestigious lecturers. That is to implement the Regulations on attracting high quality human resources issued by the Group and reach the objectives of the university in meeting international standards.

5. Policy on tuition fee, scholarship, remuneration for researcher/tutor

The tuition fee policy of PVU complies with Decree 49/2010 / ND-CP dated May 14, 2010, regulating the policy on collection and use of tuition fees at educational institutions in the national education system.

The university offers scholarships to excellent students, credit loans to students in financial difficulty, ensuring that students have good study conditions. Graduates, Ph.D. students or tutors will be paid at a level commensurate with their contributions.

6. Internationalization and international cooperation

PVU is not only training Vietnamese students but also attracting and training students in Southeast Asia and around the world. The internationalization of the University also shows that PVU graduates will have the opportunity and ability to work for multinational oil and gas companies regionwide and worldwide, and domestic and foreign companies in other areas. The laboratory system for scientific research is established with synchronous and modern equipment. Additionally, the policy to attract experts and scientists will create favorable conditions for scientists in universities and research organizations worldwide to participate in research and technology transfer.

Increasing international cooperation - one of the effective practices for updating intellectual achievements of mankind, can enhance the external force in order to promote the internal resources of the university in training and researching. PVU advocates international cooperation on specific issues such as:

• General consultancy for the establishment of the university, including overall planning, human resource management, operation mechanism, designing curriculum of international standards including textbooks, course content, reference books, consultancy support to build laboratory system and application software, and facility development, etc.

• Training and developing human resources in the university: administrative, teaching, and office staff;

• Cooperating in training with a number of advanced foreign universities, contracting with experts, leading professors of advanced foreign universities / multinational oil and gas companies in the Group to become visiting lecturers. That is to quickly learn the advanced training and technical training experiences of advanced countries. The joint training programs with foreign training institutions are designed in accordance with the characteristics of partners, demands of PVN and the society as well as the capacity of the university;

• Establishing training centers at all levels, research centers, and technology transfer centers

7. Language of instruction and learning

To help students have access to advanced science and technology, learn and absorb advanced learning resources that are mainly transmitted in English, gain knowledge from leading lecturers, and visiting lecturers from foreign countries teaching and transferring technology at PVU, the language of teaching will be English and Vietnamese. From the very beginning, the general education knowledge is taught in English (except for Politics, Social-humanities, Defense Education and Physical Education will be taught in Vietnamese). The school provides English language training for students in their first years to ensure that they can study and do research in English. Graduates from PVU can also work in international companies.

8. Degree and certificate

PVU graduates receive diplomas awarded by PVU; by foreign universities and PVU (on the basis of cooperation in specific agreements with each foreign university and in accordance with MOET regulations) or by foreign universities in accordance with their joint training program with PVU. Graduation and certificate awarding of the university are implemented in accordance with MOET regulations.

9. Outcomes of PVU students

• Ethics: possessing the political, moral, lifestyle and holistic characters of the socialist people; to properly understand the undertakings and policies of the Party and the State; have a professional conscience, sense of discipline, good work ethics and good service attitude; have a sense of responsibility and ambition about the chosen profession;

• The level of thinking: having the ability to think and create, to discover and implement solutions to a practical problem, to argue for the chosen solution in logical and convincing manner; be able to propose new solutions; update the latest knowledge and apply it in work creatively;

• Professional competence: mastering general and specialized education, meeting the requirements of professional education and the ability to study at postgraduate level to meet the requirements of joint training of foreign institutions, capture the practical application of the current field of expertise and future development trends; have knowledge and skills in professional practice; be able to plan, develop solutions and implement a project;

• Ability to work in teams: Know how to rely on collective strength to find a solution to a problem; be able to express the idea clearly, be able to absorb, analyze and synthesize ideas, be able to learn how to suggest ideas to peers, be proficient in using remote teamworking tools.

• Command and leadership capacity: Be able to accumulate collective strength, recognize each person’s strength to assign appropriate tasks, be able to organize and propose short-term and medium-term tactical solutions in order to achieve long-term strategic objectives for organizations and units, have basic knowledge of organization and management;

• Ability to communicate in foreign languages: be fluent in English in communication, study and research, be able to integrate immediately into the learning environment and work abroad using English and for professional activities;

• Communication skills: be able to communicate well, negotiate wisely, talk properly, show culture fit and ethics in all situations;

• Ability to self-study and research: be able to carry out scientific research; be able to develop awareness, be able to self-orient in developing a number of technological issues; be able to self-study, quickly adapt to modern science and technology and apply it  effectively in practice;

• Ability to organize life and adapt to the work environment: organize personal life well, be confident, and optimistic in difficult times; integrate rapidly with every living circumstance; adapt to the work environment, take up jobs in the field of specialization which have not yet been taught at the university;

• Ability to undertake work after graduation: After graduation, new graduates are able to undertake tasks at PVN's affiliated companies, and factories which have the trained specialization, companies that provide technical trading services, either as an operator, as a system operator or as a designer, control system improving programmer, or as a technical consultant of the trained specialization.

When it was first established, PetroVietnam University (PVU) was assigned by the Group to use the existing facilities of PetroVietnam ManPower Training College (PVMTC) for training. Meanwhile, a part of Vietnam Petroleum Institute building was used as the provisional campus in Hanoi, and necessary documents for building the headquarters of the University were temporarily being compiled and finalized.

The construction plan of the University was then adjusted for the new conditions. To be specific, since January 1st, 2014, PVU activities have mainly been in Ba Ria city, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. The project of building PVU's headquarter was accordingly moved from Vinh Phuc to Ba Ria city with a smaller scope. PVN would invest VND 400 billion in the construction of the University with three buildings, namely office and classrooms, dormitories and staff accommodation building.

Office Building and Classroom: Designed and built as a nine-story building with a total floor area of about 10,000 m². All of PVU's classrooms, laboratories, the library and administrative offices are designed with sufficient space for undergraduate and graduate teaching activities and short-term advanced training courses for the Group’s demand.

Dormitory: Beautifully and modernly designed, with a total floor area of over 5000 m², meeting one hundred percent housing needs of PVU students. Besides, cafeteria, self-study room, fitness room and the like will also be built in the dormitory area to ensure a comfortable life for the students.

Staff accommodation building: Designed to include 120 self-contained units with a total floor area of approximately 12,000 m². The building will meet the housing needs of PVU staff. 

During the time the construction project is underway, the Group assigns PVU to use the existing facilities of the Petroleum Technical College (PVMTC) in Ba Ria to serve the teaching, management, and research activities, scientific rescue.

Up to now, the office and classrooms of the Project for the Construction of Office and Classrooms, Public Service for Teachers and Student Dormitory have been completed and officially put into use since the beginning of January 2016. Other items of the project will be implemented in the near future.

Office Administrative Area

The administrative office of PVU is located at the 7th, 8th and 9th floors of the 9-storey building to be put into use. The administrative office consists of 15 rooms with a total area of about 2000m² to ensure the operation of the school. The rooms are equipped with modern equipment, meeting the high demand for work and effective management of work.

Classrooms, Lecture Halls

PVU lecture halls comprise of more than 20 classrooms on 3, 4, 5 and 6 new 9-storey buildings with a total area of over 2000m².

The classrooms are equipped with modern, synchronous sound equipment, projectors ... to well serve the teaching and learning activities of teaching staff and students.

Laboratory area, computer room

The laboratories of PVU are mainly located at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors with more than 20 laboratories, including general laboratories, technical laboratories and specialized laboratories.

PVU currently operates 4 computer laboratories, including one seventy-computer laboratory mainly used for testing students, two forty-computer E-Learning laboratories, PVU - Schlumberger Mining Center Computer Center, and PVU - Honeywell Training Center automation and control system. In particular, PVU-Schlumberger and PVU-Honeywell centers are equipped with costly specialized software sponsored by foreign partners. These are the best learning conditions that PVU offers to our students so that they can update practical and useful knowledge to facilitate their work performance after graduation.

Library

The library has a total area of 160 m2, is equipped with dedicated desks and chairs to serve the needs of reading documents at the same time for about 60 readers. In addition, the Library is equipped with computers with internet connection, scanner, photocopier to support readers to look up, use available documents.

Library resources are diverse, including books, journals, dissertations, dissertations, seminars, workshops, scientific research topics, electronic materials, etc. of the trained specializations of the university.

Books and reference materials

At present, the university library has over 400 titles (2510 volumes) of textbooks and reference materials in Vietnamese; 750 titles (800 books) of English written textbooks and reference books of the training disciplines and textbooks of English courses. At the same time, the library also holds dozens of master dissertations, proceedings of national and international scientific conferences, and scientific research topics at all levels. Besides, the Library has purchased and received a large number of oil and gas magazines published nationally and internationally such as SPE Journals, Oilfield Review (Schlumberger Corporation), and The Petroleum Journal (Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group), etc.

These materials are selected by the university from prestigious universities, and publishers in the oil and gas industry. Every year, the university develops a number of books and magazines following the training scope.

Electronic resources

In addition to the paper resources, students and staff of the university can use the internal electronic resources collected and processed by the university library, including:

- More than 1000 electronic documents have been digitized and can be accessed remotely via the university library portal.

- The library has acquired access to the electronic database of internationally famous publishers such as Springer Link, Science @ Direct, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, Taylor & Francis, etc.

- The library also provides links to free resources of famous universities in the world

Dormitory and sports area

PVU student dormitory is located in a 4-storey building, consisting of 48 rooms, 2 common rooms, canteen areas, gym, etc. The dormitory meets 100% of students' accommodation needs.

In addition, PVU and PVMTC use a common ground and sports facilities with a total area of 4000 m², such as volleyball courts, football pitches.

Functions:

• Train qualified undergraduate and postgraduate level science and technology, economic and administrative cadres in various disciplines and domains to meet human needs for developing the country.

• Organize scientific research activities and apply science and technology into business and production, with priority given to oil and gas and energy;

• Implement cooperative programs, joint ventures, joint training programs, and scientific research with other training and researching institutions, and production and business organizations nationwide and worldwide;

• Promote learning and dissemination of knowledge through teaching and researching in the fields of science, technology, engineering, management and business, and especially petroleum. Strive to become an internationally influential institution with strong commitment to enterprises and the local;

• Supply high-quality human resources for domestic and overseas projects of the Group, directly contribute to the export of human resources in the petroleum sector.

Missions:

• Provide university and postgraduate training in in-demand majors for the society and the oil and gas industry. In the first phase, the University focuses on training undergraduate and post-graduate level staff in the field of petroleum;

• Organize training courses, seminars and international conference on energy, oil, and gas, management and science and technology to meet the human resource development needs of PVN and the country;

• Research, and deploy science and technology application and management into production and business activities of PVN;

• Provide high-quality human resources for domestic and international oil and gas companies and technical services;

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Group.

On November 25, 2010, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 2157 / QD-TTG to establish PetroVietnam University (PVU). According to this decision, PVU is a special public university which is funded by Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and does not receive support from the state budget. The university mission is to train high-quality human resources, combine training with scientific research and production and business, and contribute to the sustainable development of Vietnam Oil and Gas Industry. PVU is a career-oriented university, striving to become one of the leading universities in Vietnam by 2020, one of the prestigious universities in the region by 2025, in Asia and the world before 2050. 

Trading name:

Vietnamese name: Trường Đại học Dầu khí Việt Nam

English name: PetroVietnam University (PVU)

Slogan: PVU - Talents For Development

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Location:

With the goal of building PetroVietnam University is an excellent university with high quality, modern infrastructure, and equipment, supplying high-quality human resources for the sustainable development of the oil and gas industry. The Group has decided to invest in building the main campus in Ba Ria city, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, the heart of Vietnam Oil and Gas Industry.

Mission and Vision

PetroVietnam University (PVU) specializes in training high-quality human resources, combining training with scientific research and production and business practices in order to contribute to the sustainable development of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and the Country, conducting social responsibilities and community service.

In the long term, PVU is a multi-disciplinary university, combining with Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) to establish Vietnam Petroleum Academy. Its training majors are career-and-application oriented with high quality, a potential for scientific research at regional and international levels. The university combines training with production and scientific research. It also has extensive and diversified international cooperation, and a competitive capacity for development and integration with a commitment to meet the demands of domestic and international enterprises for human resources.

PVU strives to become one of the prestigious petroleum universities in South East Asia by 2035

Organizations:

- The university council

- Board of Rector

- Science and Training Council

- 05 Functional Offices:

• Organization - Administration
• Academic Affairs
• Planning - Finance
• Equipment & Project Management
• Science and Technology and International Relations

- 02 centers:

• Advanced Training
• Information Technology- Library

- 02 Faculty:

• Fundamental Sciences
• Petroleum.

In the morning of January 27, 2011, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) held a meeting to deploy the tasks in 2011 and announced the decision of the Prime Minister to establish PetroVietnam University. President Nguyen Minh Triet attended and directed the conference.

The leaders of PVN, the University Council and the Board of Rectors took a photo with

President Nguyễn Minh Triết at the announcement ceremony of the Prime Minister’s decision on establishing PetroVietnam University.

Prof. Dr. Bui Van Ga, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, handed over the decision of the Prime Minister for the university leaders.

OPEN LETTER

Assoc. Prof., Dr. Le Phuoc Hao
Rector

On 25th Nov 2010, the Prime Minister issued a Decision on establishing PVU as a special public university invested by PetroVietnam (PVN) with no financial support from the state budget while PVU's training programs are complied with the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

Our mission is to produce high quality labour resourses, to combine training with scientific research and production and business activities, thereby ensuring the rapid and sustainable development of PVN and the country. Our target is to become a prestigious and top ranking university in Vietnam, a cradle where breeding and developing talent and training intellectual citizens with political bravery, sense of morality and good health for serving the country's industrialization and mordenization process.

With advanced training programs, main languages used for instruction are Vietnamese and English, teaching staffs that all trained at prestigious universities in the world and a modern infrastructure system that is synchronously invested, we believe that our vision to become one of the leading universities will soon be recognized, thereby contributing to the course of developing a high quality education system in Vietnam.

PVU is established as a result of the education socialization policy of the Vietnamese government which is clearly reflected in the co-operation between PVN and the MOET in setting up and conducting PVU's activities and the partnership agreements between PVU and some other units of PVN, local and oversea enterprises and organizations. The path to achieve our targets is so challenging that we would appreciate the close conduction of PVN along with the MOET and relevant agencies, as well á the effective support from other units of PVN and especially the active contribution of the lecturers, students and local and foreign partners to the development of PVU.

PVU believes that our achievements belong to all the staff and faculties of PVN who are named as "Vietnam's Fire finding soldiers". With all the above factors, PVU is confident to be able to overcome all the challenges to gain the targets in education, scientific research and supplying high quality human resourses, thereby contributing to the success of PVN in realizing the rapid development strategy as well as the development of the country.