Le Quy Don Technical University

Le Quy Don Technical University
Type	Technical university
Established	October 28, 1966
Administrative staff	1300 (2016)
Students	20000 (2016)
Location	Hanoi, Vietnam
Campus	Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hanoi
Website	www.lqdtu.edu.vn

Le Quy Don Technical University (Vietnamese: Đại học Kỹ thuật Lê Quý Đôn), also known as Military Technical Academy (Học viện Kỹ thuật Quân sự),^[1] was founded in 1966 and is one of the national key universities in Vietnam. Le Quy Don Technical University has developed into an open, multidisciplinary, research-oriented, leading national university.

History

On August 8, 1966, the 146/CP decision of the Vietnamese government marked the establishment of the university as the Second Branch of the Polytechnic. It opened on October 28, 1966, and the first course of training officially commenced at the Second Branch by the representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of National Defense;
May 6, 1991 marked the 150/CT Decision of the Vietnamese government for the establishment of the Le Quy Don Technical University (LeTech);
In 2007 there were 10000 undergraduate and graduate students. The faculty consisted of about 800 professors and lecturers, among them 237 holding Doctor of Science and Ph.D degrees;
January 31, 2008: The university was recognized as a National Key University in Vietnam;
Today (2016), over 20,000 undergraduates and over 2,000 graduates are learning at LeTech.