IUC with Hanoi University of Technology (Vietnam)

This IUC was undertaken in the period 1998-2008 with Hanoi University of Technology (HUT), Vietnam’s biggest national technical university. The evaluation was commissioned by the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) in the framework of its Institutional University Co-operation (IUC) programme and conducted in Hanoi in the period from 20 to 28 October 2008. In the 1st phase of the collaboration (1998-2002), which focused on strengthening of teaching and research infrastructure and staff development, was operational in the fields of electronics and telecommunications, chemistry, basic physics, biomedical engineering, mechatronics and powder and composite materials. In the 2nd phase, based on recommendations of the mid-term review, the programme was reorganized into three projects: Human resources and institutional programme management; Consolidation of VLIR Ph.D. trainees and a VLIR-HUT Research Fund. The budget for the IUC with HUT was 50% of the budget of a regular IUC; total funding for the period 1998 to 2007 was some € 3.4 million.