Home to 26 universities and 30 training facilities

Statistics show that Ho Chi Minh City currently has more than 60 universities with 127 training facilities located in districts, towns and Thu Duc City. Among them, there are branches and facilities of many universities in Hanoi such as Foreign Trade, Transport, Irrigation, Social Labor, Home Affairs, FPT, Academy of Posts and Telecommunications Technology...

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Thu Duc City currently has the most universities, 26 schools with 30 training facilities. Next is District 1 with 12 schools with 15 facilities, Binh Thanh District has 9 schools with 11 facilities, District 3 has 7 schools with 9 facilities. District 5, District 7, District 10, District 12 and Tan Binh District all have the same number of 6 schools located.

The district currently has 5 universities: Go Vap. Phu Nhuan District has 4 universities. District 8 has 3 universities, but only Saigon University of Technology has its main campus. Meanwhile, Hoc Mon district only has one university training facility of Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages ​​and Information Technology. District 11 has one training facility of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. District 6 also has a facility of Hung Vuong University, Ho Chi Minh City.

In particular, there are 3 districts that do not have any university headquarters or training facilities: Binh Tan District, Can Gio District and Cu Chi District.

The university with the most training facilities

Regarding the university with the most training facilities, up to now, we must mention Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics with 10 facilities scattered in District 1, District 3, District 8, District 10, Phu Nhuan District and Binh Chanh District.

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The schools have 6 training facilities including Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy (District 1, District 5, District 8, Phu Nhuan District), Van Hien University (District 3, District 12, Tan Binh District, Tan Phu District, Binh Chanh District), University of Finance - Marketing (Thu Duc City, District 7, Tan Binh District, Phu Nhuan District). The school has 5 facilities including Ho Chi Minh City Open University (District 1, District 3, Go Vap District, Nha Be District).

Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Hoa Sen University, Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Language - Information Technology University, Hung Vuong University, Ho Chi Minh City have 4 campuses; Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City Law University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry, and Van Lang University have 3 campuses...

Which university is the oldest?

The unit with the longest history of formation and development is Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts, whose predecessor was Gia Dinh Painting School, established in 1913, then named Saigon College of Fine Arts (1954), Ho Chi Minh City College of Fine Arts (1975) and in 1981 was renamed Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts.

The schools that were established before 1975 also include the Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences, the predecessor of which was the College of Science under the Indochina University, established in Hanoi in 1941. Later, the College of Science was established in Saigon, through the names of University of Science, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City University of General Sciences (merging the University of Science and the University of Literature) and in 1996 it was separated into the University of Natural Sciences, a member of Ho Chi Minh City National University.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry, formerly Bao Loc National School of Agriculture and Forestry, was established in 1955. After many name changes, in 2000, the school officially became Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry.

Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music (formerly the Saigon National School of Music and Drama) and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry (formerly the Go Vap Vocational School) were both established in 1956.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (formerly the National Technical Center) and Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (formerly the Faculty of Letters under Saigon University) were founded in 1957. Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education (formerly the College of Technical Education) was established in 1962...

A series of universities were established after the country was unified.

Many schools were founded in 1976, after the country was unified, such as Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, People's Police, Ho Chi Minh City University of Sports and Physical Education, Ho Chi Minh City University of Culture, Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Finance - Marketing, Ho Chi Minh City Banking, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education...

In the 1990s, many universities in Ho Chi Minh City were also established and developed such as Open Ho Chi Minh City, Hoa Sen, Foreign Languages ​​- Information Technology Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon Technology, Van Lang, Ho Chi Minh City Technology, Ton Duc Thang, Van Hien, Hong Bang International, Nguyen Tat Thanh...

The "youngest" university is the University of Health Sciences (Ho Chi Minh City National University), which was only established in 2024. Next is the Ho Chi Minh City University of Management and Technology, established in 2021.

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