Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Phenikaa University to become a model for new-generation private universities focused on innovation, while visiting the institution. During his visit on July 22, the Prime Minister handed over the Government’s decision allowing the university to expand from a multi-disciplinary institution into a university with multiple member schools across various fields.

According to Vietnam News Agency, Phenikaa University was established in 2007 and currently trains nearly 25,000 students in over 100 programmes. These programmes include 64 undergraduate majors, 10 international joint programmes, 16 master’s programmes, and 11 doctoral programmes. The university has also established five schools in engineering, economics, medicine-pharmacy, IT, and foreign languages-social sciences.