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The soccer tournament “Running, running, keep running, you can do it” – I kept telling myself during three soccer matches on a very hot sunny day in District 2, all while I started feeling a cold coming on.  Those matches took place at the Fulbright Soccer team’s first event competition, a friendly tournament among international […]

Clearing misconceptions Ngoc Lam did not at first believe he had the right profile or financial capacity to study at Fulbright University Vietnam. He discovered the university through the Everest Launchpad summer program, and first applied in 2017 unsuccessfully. But for Ngoc Lam, this was surprisingly less an issue of lacking academic achievements, and more […]

Fulbright University Vietnam and Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH, United States) recently signed their first exchange agreement, a teaching and learning collaboration between both institutions titled “Connected Courses in Vietnamese Studies”. Connected courses represent a new approach to international exchange in education: while the courses offered at each university will not be identical, their learning objectives […]

“Even the biggest trees grow from a tiny seed. Like a journey… When the baobab tree grows, it destroys The Little Prince’s planet. But when the rose blooms, the fragrance of love permeates the air. The destination of a thousand-mile journey depends on not only your starting point, but also how you travel that distance. […]

Fulbright  University Vietnam signed a mandate with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to support the construction of Fulbright’s flagship campus, on the 15- hectare site donated by the Vietnamese government in the center of Saigon High Tech Park. The mandate represents a critical step to a long-term collaborative effort, and upcoming months […]

Dear Students, I am writing this letter to share with you my thoughts after our co-design-year journey.  In addition to explaining my decision to be part of Fulbright University Vietnam, I want to tell you how and why I sought to embed the crucial roles of education, public intellectual leadership, and critical thinking into the […]

Fulbright Experience Day marked the final round of this year’s Priority Admissions Cycle. Yet in view of the COVID-19 crisis, which shows no signs of abating, Fulbright University Vietnam had to adapt and find alternatives. At Fulbright, the health of applicants is a top priority. This is why our Admissions team decided to host a […]

Recently, Fulbright University Vietnam kicked off the construction of its Flagship District 9 Campus. Over the next 3 to 4 months, the 15-hectare site will be excavated, levelled, and compacted in preparation for the construction that will follow. This work will set the stage for foundations and basements, superstructure, enclosure, and finally fit-out. Construction will […]

With the continued uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak, the leadership team at Fulbright University Vietnam has decided to close our campus to undergraduate students until the end of March 2020. However, the first floor is still open for the operations of the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management as needed. Faculty and staff will […]

“In philosophy, there is no right or wrong answer. Any action can be understandable and unforgivable at the same time. We get to consider and define what is right or wrong for ourselves. This is not a definitive answer on a single topic, but instead a skill that will accompany and guide us in life,” […]

Cambridge University Press, the oldest university press in the world, has agreed to publish the book Multilevel Democracy: How Local Institutions and Civil Society Shape the Modern State written by Dr. Bae Yooil, Lecturer and Founding Faculty of Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) at Fulbright University Vietnam. Dr. Bae is the co-author […]

“The most common mental health problem among Vietnamese students is how we suppress negative feelings. I found many of us are not willing to seek out help when we need it, and it can severely disrupt our academic performance. We tend to disregard our negative thoughts until they pile up and get out of hand,” […]

Do you use PowerPoint to present in your classes? If so, think-cell — used by most consulting firms — might save you a significant amount of working time and enable you to create professional looking presentations for your coursework. Knowing think-cell could be a valuable skill as you enter the workplace since many employers, including […]

A different kind of university Like many young Vietnamese students, I wanted to study abroad. But between my academic results and the associated financial burden, this option proved to be unrealistic.  Although I studied at a high school for the gifted, I definitely wasn’t an academic rock star. Except for Biology, I didn’t do very […]

After finishing her final Creating and Making readout, Thai Thanh Mi (Class of 2023) came to a conclusion: This class is anything but the typical engineering class she had expected. I used to frequently refer to Creating and Making as “Engineering 101”. But as the course progressed, my perception shifted drastically. From the first day […]

Twenty-five years ago, Fulbright University’s antecedent, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program (FETP), embarked on a journey from the shoulders of a giant, Harvard. After over two decades, Fulbright has emerged as one of the leading public policy institutions in the region, being the first South East Asian school to be accredited by NASPAA. January 14th, 2020 […]

Fulbright’s admissions package includes diverse questions that allow applicants to express themselves in the most authentic and personal way. We call this “comprehensive admissions”, as different parts of the application are structured to help us gain insights into the applicant’s profile from multiple aspects, in order to discover their unique strengths and potential. If you […]

Fulbright University Vietnam is opening the second admissions cycle for its Class of 2024. This Spring cycle starts on January 15 and closes on April 1, 2020, and the results will be announced in late May. Applications for Financial Aid will be assessed simultaneously. Instead of merit-based scholarships, Fulbright offers need-based financial aid, for which […]

Vietnam may lose around USD40 billion due to climate change in 2050 if we fail to produce proper and effective policies to cope with climate change, according to a 2012 study conducted by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), the Institute of Development Studies and University of Copenhagen.   The Mekong Delta region is facing […]

From an accidental meeting at Olin College On a summer day in 2015, Fulbright University’s founding group met with the President of Olin Engineering College Richard Miller in Massachusetts. They had hardly envisioned this meeting would mark a turning point in their long journey of searching and testing ideas for Fulbright’s undergraduate program. Dinh Vu […]