About – Khoa XD Công trình thủy

A. FACULTY OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

1. General introduction

The Faculty of Hydraulic Construction, formerly the Faculty of Irrigation – Port, is one of the first three Faculties of the University of Construction, officially established in 1966.

Up to now, after nearly half a century of construction and development, the Faculty of Hydraulic Construction has become one of the main training majors of the University of Construction, undertaking the responsibility of training, scientific research, technology transfer, and production labor in the field of construction in general and hydraulic construction in particular.

Technical staff trained from the Faculty of Hydraulic Construction have been taking on many leadership positions in agencies and units; commanding and managing large projects and construction sites across the country.

Teachers in the faculty of hydraulic engineering

2. Organization and personnel

2.1. Unit leaders:

Deputy Head of Department , in charge of the department: Dr. Vu Quoc Hung
Deputy Head of Faculty: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mai Sy Hung

2.2. Training industry

Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering directly trains 2 majors:

Logistics and supply chain management ;
Civil engineering/ major in hydraulic engineering

2.3. Faculty structure and organization

The faculty has 02 specialized departments; 01 specialized basic department; 01 Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory and 02 Research Institutes:

Unit Name	Unit Head
Port – Waterway Professional Group	Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Minh Tuan
Irrigation – Hydropower Professional Group	Dr. Nguyen Phuong Lam
Hydraulics – Hydrology Professional Group	Dr. Trinh Company
Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory Professional Group	MSc. Pham Quang Thanh
Institute of Science and Technology of Hydraulic Works	Dr. Nguyen Duc Hanh
Institute of Port and Marine Engineering	Dr. Vu Quoc Hung

2.4. Staff

The permanent staff of the Faculty of Hydraulic Construction includes 33 Lecturers; 02 civil servants, 06 staff members doing PhD studies at home and abroad, 02 Distinguished Teachers and 04 visiting Associate Professors and Doctors, current lecturers:

Associate Professor: 02
PhD: 13
Masters: 18
University: 02

3. Training Programs and Objectives

The Faculty of Hydraulic Construction provides undergraduate and postgraduate training in two disciplines:

Logistics and Supply Chain Management: This program aims to train graduates with strong ethical standards, systems thinking, professional skills, and advanced specialized competence. Students are equipped to organize, manage, and optimize supply chains in the context of globalization and digital transformation; address logistics-related issues in manufacturing, distribution, import–export operations, e-commerce, and related sectors; and meet the high-quality human resource demands of both the domestic and international labor markets.
Construction Engineering / Specialization in Hydraulic Engineering: This program focuses on training construction engineers with in-depth expertise in renewable energy structures; hydraulic projects such as irrigation works, hydropower plants, ports, waterways, breakwaters, coastal protection structures, estuary and island works, as well as marine engineering structures in shipbuilding facilities. Graduates are equipped with comprehensive knowledge of construction engineering and are capable of working in various fields including design consultancy, construction, supervision consultancy, project management, and operation–maintenance management of hydraulic structures .

4. Career Opportunities

Graduates in Logistics and Supply Chain Management can work effectively in positions such as warehouse management, production planning, material control, inventory auditing; sourcing, evaluating, and negotiating with suppliers; optimizing transportation networks to deliver goods to customers or distributors; and working at major e-commerce platforms such as Shopee, Lazada, Tiki, and Sendo.
Graduates in Construction Engineering / Specialization in Hydraulic Engineering possess comprehensive knowledge of construction engineering and are qualified to work in various fields including design consultancy, construction management, supervision consultation, project management, and operation and maintenance of hydraulic and civil engineering structures.

5. Opportunities for Further Education

After graduation, engineers trained at the Faculty of Hydraulic Construction may pursue a second bachelor’s degree in other majors offered by Hanoi University of Civil Engineering or by other universities, with the shortest possible study duration.

Outstanding students may continue their studies at the master’s or doctoral level at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering or at universities abroad.

6. Other activities

During their studies at school, in addition to classroom hours, students will participate in extracurricular activities, worker internships, technical internships, and visits to construction sites related to their major.

The Faculty’s extracurricular activities are very diverse. In addition to the general activities of the School, with the support of the Faculty Union and the Faculty Youth Union, the Faculty also has many professional activities, cultural, artistic and sports activities organized annually by teachers and students such as:

Scientific Research Activities of lecturers and students; excellent student competitions and Olympic competitions;
The Faculty of Hydraulic Construction has a Scholarship Fund for Encouragement of Learning founded by former students of the Faculty of Hydraulic Construction. Every year, scholarships are awarded to excellent students and poor students who have overcome difficulties and have good academic achievements.
Student volunteer team activities: exam support, green summer, students with the capital, and other activities organized by the Student Association.
Cultural, artistic and sports activities on the occasion of major holidays of the year.
Professional and cultural exchange activities between students of the Faculty and businesses, with other faculties in the school and other schools.

SOME PICTURES OF ACTIVITIES OF THE CTT DEPARTMENT

Image of the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Information Technology, school year 2015

Image of teachers on Yali hydroelectric project.

Image of student tour guide at Hai Phong port.

Faculty office address:

Room 114-115, Building A1, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering,
55 Giai Phong, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
Phone: 0243 8691828
Website: http://congtrinhthuy.huce.edu.vn

B. INTRODUCTION OF MAJORITIES AND SPECIALIZATIONS OF THE FACULTY OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

1. Logistics and supply chain management industry.

1.1. Industry introduction

Logistics is a series of intermediary activities that include planning, implementing and controlling the flow of goods, controlling the source of input materials and final products, from the point of origin to the point of consumption. Logistics activities include transporting imported and exported goods, managing fleets, warehousing, raw materials, order fulfillment, inventory management, and supply/demand planning.

Supply chain management is a larger set of activities that includes all the chain management activities from raw materials to customers including planning and managing all activities involved in sourcing and purchasing and including all logistics activities.

Logistics and supply chain management jobs can be divided into four main areas:

1) Sourcing and purchasing planning.

2) Warehousing (inventory management, warehouse rental and storage services: renting or leasing warehouses for raw materials, equipment, container warehouses, international marketing, strategic management, building – managing systems of warehouse layout chains and warehouse connection points, …

3) Delivery (customs clearance agent and transportation planning, loading and unloading of goods, etc.)

4) Transportation (planning for cargo loading and unloading services, unloading or loading goods onto ships, vehicles, containers, multimodal transport such as road, rail and sea, full package transportation from the place of production to the place of consumption of goods with many different modes of transport, …

The Logistics industry associated with Supply Chain Management has gradually asserted its great role in the economy. With high profits of up to billions of dollars each year, the Logistics and CCU management industry is one of the most attractive industries today, and human resources in this industry are always sought after by many domestic and foreign companies.

1.2. Knowledge and skills acquired after graduation

1.2.1. Knowledge:

Ability to effectively develop management models in logistics and transportation service enterprises; customer relationship management; management of import and export freight forwarding processes; control of international transportation, insurance and payment methods;

Provides useful tools for assessing and assessing the diversity of business and global supply chain management environments, analyzing and designing domestic and international logistics systems. Learners are provided with core knowledge related to a range of supply chain activities, including demand planning, purchasing, inventory control, material handling, transportation, warehousing, packaging, product and service support, and supply chain management strategies. Key professional knowledge:

Systems Operations: Provides learners with comprehensive knowledge and technology skills necessary to perform jobs in the field of supply chain management;
System Improvement: Provides useful tools for assessing and assessing diversity in business and global supply chain management environments;
System Design: Providing knowledge for analysis and design of domestic and international logistics systems;
Systems Redesign: Provides core knowledge related to supply chain operations: demand planning, purchasing, inventory control, material handling, transportation, warehousing, product packaging;
Decision support: Providing knowledge about supply chain support services, supply chain management strategies

1.2.2. Skills:

Ability to synthesize knowledge, skills and operate flexibly in specialized fields;

Analyze and evaluate the impact on business operations;

Proficient in using some software and tools to prepare and present professional work reports;

Ability to self-study, improve qualifications, be creative, adapt well to career requirements and different working environments;

Have professional working methods, attitudes, awareness, scientific thinking, independent work, creativity, effective teamwork and good communication.

1.3. Scholarship opportunities and academic support

Have the opportunity to receive scholarships from the School, Faculty and sponsoring units;
Participate in activities in student volunteer teams, arts and sports teams of the Faculty and School;
Visit and intern at large companies and corporations operating in the field of logistics services and supply chain management.

1.4. Job opportunities

After graduating with a broad range of general knowledge, Bachelor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management can work in many different professional positions, including: State management agencies on Logistics, supply chain management such as the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Transport…; Logistics Infrastructure Management Boards…; training and research facilities on logistics and supply chain; logistics service enterprises; specialized consulting units on transport infrastructure serving logistics; …

In addition, graduates of Logistics and Supply Chain Management can also have enough knowledge to work as scientific and technological researchers at research institutes; or study at the postgraduate level to become lecturers at training institutions.

1.5. Postgraduate study opportunities

After graduation, students have the opportunity to study for master’s and doctoral degrees at home and abroad.

Specialized tour at Lach Huyen International Container Port

Application of technology in teaching and student practice

MOU signing ceremony between Logistics enterprises and HUCE

Seminar with foreign experts

2. Civil Engineering/Major in Hydraulic Engineering

2.1. Introduction to training majors

Vietnam with 3260km of coastline, along with a dense river system, abundant water resources and a large exclusive economic zone of sea and islands is a great resource and potential for construction and socio-economic development. Along with the development of the country and deep international integration; the demand for human resources in the field of hydraulic construction is very large in the present and the future.

The major in Hydraulic Engineering provides in-depth training in the following fields: investment; design; construction; project management; construction supervision; construction quality inspection. Works in the field of hydraulic engineering include: port works, waterways; works to protect coasts, islands, river banks; irrigation and hydroelectric works; dam and dyke works, etc.

After graduation, students have the capacity to implement, manage and lead the processes of forming ideas, designing, deploying and operating all types of hydraulic works, have creative thinking, research capacity and acquire advanced knowledge to serve the work.

2.2. Output standards of the training program

After graduation, students majoring in Hydraulic Engineering will receive a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering; have enough theoretical knowledge and practical skills to undertake jobs such as:

Structural design engineer; design and consult structural solutions for construction works in general and hydraulic works in particular;
Field engineer, construction site organization and management; consulting and implementing construction measures; managing and exploiting construction works and hydraulic works;
Consulting, supervision; acceptance; supervision of design and construction quality;
Construction management consultancy; management and progress management consultancy as well as financial management for construction projects;
Commercial consulting on construction products for contractors or investors;
Occupational safety engineer; organize, design, inspect and supervise safety systems inside and outside the construction site.

2.3. Scholarship opportunities and academic support

During the course of study, students will have many opportunities to receive scholarships:

Hanoi University of Civil Engineering’s academic encouragement scholarship;
Scholarships from the Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering’s Scholarship Fund are awarded annually to students with the best academic results and students in difficult circumstances;
Scholarships from domestic and foreign construction companies and corporations such as: Portcosat, Tedi, CMB, Coteccons, Hoa Binh, VSL, Eurowindow, Vinaconex, Zamil, Lotte (Korea), Hirose, JFE (Japan), …
Visit, intern, student exchange at universities in Japan, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Russia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, …
In particular, immediately after being admitted to the major of Hydraulic Engineering, based on the admission score, students will receive a scholarship from the Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering.

2.4. Career position

Graduates of the Hydraulic Engineering major – Hanoi University of Civil Engineering always receive high appreciation for their professional qualifications and working capacity from employers; after graduation, students can work at:

Investment consulting enterprises, Construction project management boards; design consulting, construction, construction supervision consulting;
Research agencies and organizations; science and technology management; construction training facilities;
State management agencies in fields such as: Construction; Transportation; Agriculture & Rural Development; Planning & Investment; Electricity; Marine & Oil & Gas Works and other economic sectors and fields.
Currently, many large enterprises in the construction sector have always accompanied the Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering in the field of training, arranging for students to visit, intern, and experience the actual working environment at the enterprise; committed to using human resources after training (as the Open Letters attached, see at https://congtrinhthuy.huce.edu.vn/).
Enterprises such as: Song Da Corporation (Song Da Consulting Joint Stock Company, Song Da 4 Joint Stock Company, Song Da 9 Joint Stock Company); AMACCAO Group; SCI Group; Portcoast; TediPort; Tediwecco; CMB; VSI; Wacose; Phu Xuan; ICES; Fecon; Dai Phat Investment and Construction Consulting Joint Stock Company, etc. are always the addresses waiting to welcome professional Hydraulic Engineering engineers to practice and work. Currently, there are quite a few alumni of the Hydraulic Engineering Faculty, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering working at these enterprises and holding key leadership positions of the unit.

2.5. Advanced learning opportunities

There is an opportunity to transfer between majors to get a second degree;
After graduation, students have the opportunity to receive scholarships to study abroad from organizations and partner schools abroad; and government scholarships from countries around the world.
Good students can continue to study for a Master’s or PhD at the school or abroad.