Hung Yen University of Technology and Education (Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Sư phạm kỹ thuật Hưng Yên) is a government-funded university in Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam. UTEHY is a public university managed by the Ministry of Education and Training with the strength in professional education. The university was established in 1966, at that time, it was called Hai Hung School of Industry, which was training specialists in two main fields: Mechanical and Electrical Technology. In 1979, the investment and support from the Vietnamese Government and the Federal Republic of Germany gave impulse to its rapid growth and development, it was renamed into “Technical Teachers Training College Number I”.
In 2003, it has become a major interdisciplinary university training specialists in a variety of branches such as Automobile, Chemistry and Environmental Technology, Economics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Foreign Languages, Information Technology, Mechanics, Technical Pedagogy, and Garment Technology and Fashion Design. However, the top priority of the university is to train vocational teachers and technical engineers.
Today Hung Yen University of Technology and Education is one of the national technical pedagogy universities with high quality application-oriented training, striving to meet the increasingly diverse needs of Vietnamese society in terms of labour resources. The University has the study programmes in all three levels of HE and training: PhDs, masters, bachelors of science (engineers), bachelors of arts (BA) and technical teachers, with key research directions on Automation Technology, Mechatronics Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Automotive Engineering Technology, Material Technology (Nano), Biotechnology, and Information Technology (for more information see http://stem.utehy.edu.vn/).
STEM Education Innovation & Research Institute
The STEM Education Innovation & Research Institute was established at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education, on September 3rd, 2020. At the STEM Institute opening event, the Director of the Institute announced its goals, mission and vision for the development period of 2020-2025. Due to COVID-19 epidemic, there were no official inauguration ceremony organized. But the action plan has been approved, the human resource framework and staffing of the STEM Institute have been completed.
The Vietnamese government represented in EASTEM project by the Ministry of Education and Science, which is an associated partner of the project, is very much interested in and supports the promotion of STEM education in the country. The STEM activities and achievements of the project will be widely shared in Vietnam (see http://stem.utehy.edu.vn/)
The Structure of UTEHY STEM Institute
The STEM Education Innovation & Research Institute belongs to the structure of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hung Yen University of Technology and Education, which is responsible for researching and developing fields related to STEM, including STEM education, STEM human resources, STEM technology products, technological innovation, etc. Main reasons for locating it at the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering are the following: possibility to gather together experts having knowledge and experience in STEM education and technology education; participation in EASTEM Project and having university members actively involved in the development of STEM centres; having sufficient equipment, lab, practice rooms and other facilities to implement STEM courses for school teachers and students of UTEHY.
The main attention will be given to training, improving and developing of teachers at different University levels, to school teachers and teachers in Vocational Education related to Industry. The STEM Institute is also going to create, promote and support the development of different clubs of science (for example: robotics club, ToT club, IT club, STEM start-ups), also the development of STEM human resources and community services.
Vision and Mission
To become a hub and a platform for improving education, research and linkage to industry in an integrated environment of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM).
To be a vehicle to the employability of graduates.
To become a hub for training and competence development of future teachers and in-service teachers in STEM education fields.
To promote the research in STEM, in Digital Pedagogy of STEM Education and in Technology Engineering innovation.
Main Objectives of the STEM Institute
- To stimulate pedagogical innovation and promote Student-Centered Learning in STEM education;
- To improve the quality of study programmes introducing integrated modules of STEM education;
- To modernize/renew the curricula of study programmes by including innovative learning and teaching tools, methods which will be implemented at STEM Institute;
- To engage university and K-12 students into STEM disciplines and get them acquainted with STEM disciplines and their integrity;
- To strengthen the link between academic (university) environment and work life, to develop competences needed for the job market, developing the university students’ and teachers’ soft skills;
- To train future mentors of STEM education (faculty members, K-12 teachers, Vocational teachers);
- To foster inter and cross disciplinary cooperation within the university, with industry, STEM regional partners, K-12 and vocational schools;
- To create the network based on the university-industry-school partnership.
Staff of the STEM Education Innovation & Research Institute
Director: Dr. Hong-Son Vu, email:
Vice Director: Dr. Van-Dien Doan, email:
Members: Dr. Van-Hau Nguyen, email:
Lecturers from all faculties at UTEHY (Basic science; Mechanic; ICT, Automobile, Technology of Chemistry and Environment, Engineering Education, etc.)
Erasmus+ CBHE project „Euro-Asian Collaboration For Enhancing STEAM Education/EASTEM Nr. 598915-EPP-1-2018-1-SE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP“ Home - EASTEM Project
