Undergraduate Program in Medical Physics course 2024

1. General information 

1.1. Program name:

    • Vietnamese: VẬT LÝ Y KHOA
    • English: MEDICAL PHYSICS
    • Major code: 7520403

1.2. Degree training:  Bachelor

1.3. Program name: Bachelor of Science in Medical Physics

1.4. Type of formal training: Regular

1.5. Learning time: 4 years

1.6. Name of diploma after graduation:

    • Vietnamese name: Cử nhân Vật lý y khoa
    • English name: Bachelor of Science in Medical Physics

1.7. Language of instruction: Vietnamese

1.8. Training places:

  • Campus 1: 227 Nguyen Van Cu, Ward 4, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City.
  • Campus 2: National University-HCM City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City

2. General objective

Training Bachelor of Medical Physics with solid professional qualifications, practical skills, high creativity, teamwork, and good communication skills, using professional foreign languages, having professional ethics and professionalism, and meeting the needs of the country's economic development in the period of industrialization and modernization. Bachelor of Medical Physics is able to apply professional knowledge, practical skills, and methodology to research in the field of Medical Physics

3. Program structure

Semester Code Title Credit Part number

Module type

Theory

Practice

Exercise

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

BAA00101

Philosophy Marx-Lenin

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

BAA00102

Marxist-Leninist Political Economy

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

MTH00003

Integral Calculus 1B

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

MTH00081

Practice for Integral Calculus 1B

1

0

30

0

Compulsory

PHY00001

General Physics 1 (Mechanics and Thermodynamics)

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

MPH00001

Introduction to Medical Physics

3

 

 

 

Compulsory

ADD00031

English 1

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

BAA00021

Physical Education 1

2

15

30

0

Compulsory

CSC00003

Introduction to Informatics

3

15

60

0

Compulsory

BAA00030

National Defense Education

4

 

 

 

Compulsory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

TOTAL (Except for National Defense Education English)

20

 

 

 

 

CHE00001

General Chemistry 1

3

30

0

30

Compulsory

BAA00004

Introduction to the Vietnamese Law System

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

MTH00004

Integral Calculus 2B

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

MTH00030

Linear algebra

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY00002

General Physics 2 (Electromagnetism - Optics)

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY00003

General Physics 3 (Mechanics – Thermodynamics)

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY00081

Lab Work on General Physics

2

0

60

0

Compulsory

ADD00032

English 2

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

BAA00022

Physical Education 2

2

15

30

0

Compulsory

 

TOTAL (Except for English)

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

BAA00103

Scientific Socialism

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

BAA00104

History of the Vietnamese Communist Party

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

BAA00003

Ho Chi Minh's Ideology

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

MTH00040

Probability statistics

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY00004

Modern Physics

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

BAA00005

General economic

2

30

0

0

Elective

BAA00006

General Psychology

2

30

0

0

Elective

BAA00007

Innovative methodology

2

30

0

0

Elective

GEO00002

Earth Science

2

30

0

0

Elective

ENV00001

General Environment

2

30

0

0

Elective

PHY10001

Functions of a Complex Variable

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

PHY10002

Lab of Fundamental Physics

2

0

60

0

Compulsory

ADD00033

English 3

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

 

TOTAL (Except for English)

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

MPH10001

Fundamentals of Health Physics

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

PHY10003

Computational Mathematics

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

PHY10004

Mathematical Methods for Physics

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY10005

Basic Electronics

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

PHY10007

Quantum Mechanics 1

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY10008

General Nuclear Physics

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

ADD00034

English 4

3

30

30

0

 

 

TOTAL (Except for English)

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

PHY10009

Electrodynamics

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY10010

Solid State Physics

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

PHY10011

Statistical Physics

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

MPH10101

Fundamental Physics of Radioactivity

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

MPH10102

Radiation Detection Techniques

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

MPH10106

Radiobiology

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

MPH10107

Anatomy and Physiology

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

 

TOTAL

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

MPH10103

Statistical Data Analysis for Radiation Measurements

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

MPH10104

Fundamental Practice in Nuclear Technique

2

0

60

0

Compulsory

MPH10105

Radiation Safety

3

45

0

0

Compulsory

MPH10108

Physics of Radiotherapy

4

45

30

0

Compulsory

MPH10109

Physics of Nuclear Medicine

3

30

30

0

Compulsory

MPH10118

Biomedical Electronics

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

MPH10119

Biomedical Physics

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

MPH10114

Principles and Applications of Accelerators

2

30

0

0

Compulsory

 

TOTAL

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

MPH10110

Medical Imaging and Image Analysis

4

45

30

0

Compulsory

MPH10111

Fundamental Practice in Medical Physics

3

0

90

0

Compulsory

MPH10112

Advanced Practice in Medical Physics

3

0

90

0

Compulsory

MPH10113

Informatics applied in Nuclear Technique

2

0

60

0

Elective

MPH10115

Nuclear Technique Applied in Industry

2

30

0

0

Elective

MPH10116

Nuclear Technique Applied in Environment and Hydrography

3

45

0

0

Elective

MPH10117

Particle Physics

2

30

0

0

Elective

MPH10120

Equipment and technical procedures in diagnostic imaging

3

45

0

0

Elective

 

TOTAL

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

OPTION 1: Student complete a graduation thesis.

MPH10995

Thesis

10

Perform: 300 (part number) Compulsory
OPTION 2: Student accumulate 10 credits from the following course list

MPH10990

Graduation project

6

Perform: 180 (part number) Compulsory

MPH10991

Graduation Seminar   Perform: 120 (part number) Compulsory

 

TOTAL

10