Czech education fair in 2017 at TDTU

Czech Republic – “Heart of Europe” with long-standing education, training, modern science; According to the EU statistics in 2014, the Czech Republic is the 12th most popular destination for foreign students studying in Europe. The education of the Czech Republic has and will attract many international students.

The Czech Republic is becoming an ideal choice for international students, with many advantages:

• Training programs in Czech language is free;
• Diversity in many majors, specialized, field of training than other programs in English;
• Rights and obligations are the same as Czech students; 
• Enjoy privileges when using public transport, dormitory, student canteen, library; 
• Low living costs from $ 250 to $ 300 per month;
• Studying at leading public universities in the Czech Republic; 
• Quality training and diplomas of European and American values;
• The Czech Republic is a safe destination where a large Vietnamese community (approximately 70,000 people) is recognized by the Czech Government as an ethnic minority in the 14 ethnic communities of the Czech Republic;
• Many employment opportunities after graduation especially made for international and multinational companies.

As one of the most important events held every year, the European Cooperation Center and the Bata Center organized the 3rd Czech Education Fair, with the attention and participation of the numerous students from universities and high schools.

In the morning of Sept 21st 2017, the European Cooperation Center, the Bata Center and the INCRETI opened the Czech education fair in 2017. The Opening Ceremony was attended by Mr. Lukas Musil, Deputy Head of Mission, Political, Press and Cultural Section of the Czech Republic in Viet Nam; Prof. Petr Saha, Rector of Tomas Bata University; Dr. Renata Tomaskova, VicePresident of the University of Ostrava; Leaders and representatives of the universities: Technical University of Ostrava, Masaryk University, University of Economics Prague … especially this year was also attended by representative of Technical University of Dresden (Germany). On behalf of Ton Duc Thang University, Dr. Tran Trong Dao, Vice Rector, Dr. Vo Hoang Duy, Vice Rector, Dr. Phan Dao, Director of the European Cooperation Center, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy Van, Head Faculty of Industrial Fine Arts, teachers and students, potential candidates of the program.

Dr. Tran Trong Dao, on behalf of the Management Board, warmly welcomed the Vice Ambassador, the leaders of the Germany and Czech universities, students and their parents attended the fair. He expressed his hope that the Czech universities will cooperate with TDTU to promote the advantages of the Czech education system to young people in Vietnam and scholarships for the Czech study program. The Vice Ambassador informed students about the visa policy and the support of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the field of training cooperation between the Czech universities and Vietnamese universities, especially with Ton Duc Thang University. Prof. Petr Saha, in his speech briefly mentioned about Tomas Bata University’s international cooperation priority policies, the university which bears the name of internationally acclaimed businessman Tomas Bata was named the “King of Shoes”. The advantages that students gain when studying at Tomas Bata University which has the world’s leading polymer center, gathering hundreds of international scientists. Professor promised to continue to give scholarships to students in Vietnam.

The Czech education fair takes place on Sept 21st to 22nd 2017. Come to the fair, students have the opportunity to access, explore the Czech Republic and exchange with leaders of universities attended, heard counseling and introduction of study programs as bachelor, master, doctorate with many suitable training forms and attractive tuition fees. The fair brings a lot of useful information about scholarship programs for Vietnamese students. For example, studying in Czech in Czech language is free. The cost of living is low (for students, PhD students are partially funded by the Czech government).

On the fair, the university representatives also interviewed potential candidates to provide scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students to qualified applicants.

Some photos recorded during the sessions at TDTU: