Who is the new president of VinUni University?

VinUni University has just held the Opening Ceremony for the 2025-2026 academic year with the theme "Breakthrough to Lead", welcoming more than 700 new students and introducing the new school principal.

According to the plan, VinUni will continue to welcome 600 international undergraduate and graduate students to study through student exchange and international cooperation programs in the 2025-2026 academic year.

VinUni's new research center of excellence is led by leading professors.

This year, VinUni made a strong impression with new students achieving an average SAT score of 1,480, an average IELTS score of 7.5; 100% of new students won academic awards or had special qualities in extracurricular activities, culture - arts - sports .

At the opening ceremony, Professor Yap-Peng Tan, former Acting Principal of the School of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, debuted in his new position as Principal of VinUni University.

At the same time, Professor Ling San, former Permanent Vice President and former President of NTU, also assumed the position of Permanent Vice President of the University Council.

Prof. Yap-Peng Tan beats the drum to open the school year at the Opening Ceremony of his first term at VinUni.

The new President of VinUni said that he came to Vietnam to promote breakthroughs with VinUni and hopes that VinUni will become a testament to the power of global cooperation, not only training brave global citizens, but also creating scientific and technological solutions to serve the sustainable development of Vietnam.

During the opening ceremony, VinUni also announced the initial results of the VinUni 500 Campaign, an initiative to attract 500 global scholars, responding to Resolution 57-NQ/TW (2024) of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology and innovation.

VinUni University welcomes many international students to study and research.

In the 2025-2026 academic year, VinUni will gather 100 global scientists, including 45 research lecturers, 15 scholars and 40 affiliated lecturers.

After the opening ceremony, the school also announced the establishment of new centers and welcomed leading professors such as: Professor Vu Ha Van, former Yale professor, USA, holding the position of member of the School Council and Scientific Director of VinUni Big Data Research Institute; Professor Duong Nguyen Vu, former NTU professor, Singapore, holding the position of Vice President of Graduate Studies and Scientific Director of the AI Research Center; Professor Edmund J. Malesky, professor at Duke University, USA, will establish and lead the Center for Smart Green Transformation; Professor Phan Manh Huong, professor at the University of South Florida, USA, will establish and lead the Center for Materials Technology Innovation.

VinUni's new students are excited on the first day of the new school year.

It is known that the new research centers will be planned according to interdisciplinary clusters on smart health, smart environment, artificial intelligence and big data.

Here, R&D experts from the business ecosystem, especially from VinFast, Vinmec, VinRobotics, VinMotion… will collaborate with VinUni lecturers and students to build strong research groups, promote scientific publications, develop inventions, transfer technology and start-up innovation.

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