Dalat University or the University of Dalat (, ; formerly ''Viện Đại học Đà Lạt (1957 - 1975)'') is a

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in the city of Đà Lạt, capital of Lâm Đồng Province,

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History

The original Dalat University was established in 1957 — after support of and requests by Archbishop Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục — by the Council of Vietnamese Catholic Bishops as a centre for education. After the

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in 1975, the Vietnamese name was changed to ''Đại học Đà Lạt'' (Dalat University). Today, it is a

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university that offers undergraduate and graduate education for the Central Highlands and the South Central Coast regions.

Location

Dalat University is in the center of Dalat — a popular tourist city on Lâm Viên Plateau with a year-round cool climate, vast pine forests, flowers, fog, and waterfalls. The campus is widely praised for being romantic and beautiful as the campus sits on a hilly area of 40 hectares north of Xuan Huong Lake, beside an international 18-hole golf course. There is also a variety of styled buildings hidden throughout the pine trees. The location of the campus offers peace and tranquility which offers students an ideal ambience for learning and researching.

Programs, faculties and departments

Programs

At present, the university offers over 40 programs at the undergraduate level and 10 graduate programmes in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, English, Vietnamese History, Vietnamese Literature, Business Administration and Law. The university also offers 7 doctorate programmes including Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology, Vietnamese Literature, Vietnamese History and Business Administration.

Faculties

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

and

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and

Nuclear Science Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

and Environment *

Literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

and

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

*Foreign Languages *

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

*Law *Environment Management *

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

and Sylviculture *

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

and Community Development ** Social Work and Community Development ** Sociology *Pedagogy

Departments

*Inspector Department *Finance Department *Personnel Organisation and Administration Department *Department of Academic Affairs *Department of Post-graduate Academic Affairs *Facilities Department *Department of Quality Administration *Department of Science Management and International Cooperation *Magazine and Communications Department

Notable alumni

* Trương Thị Mai, former Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat and Head of the Central Organization Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam. * Lê Cung Bắc, Film Director * Nguyễn Đức Quang, Songwriter *Nguyễn Quốc Toản, Founder and CEO o
TP&P Technology
* Hieu Van Le, 35th

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References

External links

Official Website of Dalat University
Universities in Vietnam {{Vietnam-university-stub