Graduate Program

MASTER  PROGAM OF "ENGINEERING PHYSICS"  - Code: 8520401

1.1 Training objectives

- Advanced training at the graduate level of basic science and technology.

- Graduates have strong professional qualifications and knowledge that both enhance and be practical and up to date, in order to provide manpower for the country.

- Students have the ability to continue studying to gain qualifications at higher levels.

1.1.a. Strength of the program

The Master's program in Technical Physics is the intersection of many interdisciplinary knowledge areas: Physics, Electrical and Information Technology and Mathematics. The program is designed to provide learners with the background of basic science, interdisciplinary science and spearhead science and technology, creative ability, working in an international competitive environment.

1.1.b Students after graduation can undertake the following tasks:

- Teaching at universities, colleges, professional secondary schools, ...

- Do researchers in universities, colleges, research institutes.

- Working for technology enterprises, foreign companies in accordance with their trained specialties

- Solving work requiring analytical capacity to handle complex problems in which methods and algorithms are effective in the sciences and technology.

- Working in managerial positions capable of accurately analyzing and identifying the content of the job, well determining the relationship between jobs, the systematic organizational ability.

- Developing hard and soft skills in learning and scientific research.

- Ability to continue studying for a PhD at universities

1.1.c Students' benefits when attending the training program

- Help learners improve their skills through updating and supplementing basic science knowledge, interdisciplinary science and key science and technology to meet the increasing requirements in the knowledge of the 21st century.

- Learners are trained in terms of knowledge but also improve their research, creation and promotion skills.

- Learners have many opportunities to work and research with leading scientists.

- Learners have the opportunity to receive scholarships to continue working as a Ph.D. student.

1.1.d. Academic staffs - Facilities

* Academic staffs

No.	Full name	Academic title	Email	Note
1	Le Hoai Bac	Prof.	lhbac@hcmus.edu.vn	University of Science, VNU-HCM
2	Dang Van Liet	Assoc. Prof.	dangvanliet@gmail.com	University of Science, VNU-HCM
3	Duong Hoai Nghia	Assoc. Prof.	dhnghia@hcmut.edu.vn	University of Technology, VNU-HCM
4	Tran Cong Hung	Assoc. Prof.	conghung@pithcm.edu.vn	Posts & Telecoms Institute of Technology
5	Huynh Van Tuan	Assoc. Prof.	hvtuan@hcmus.edu.vn	University of Science, VNU-HCM
6	Nguyen Chi Linh	Dr.	nclinh@hcmus.edu.vn	University of Science, VNU-HCM
7	Nguyen Huynh Tuan Anh	Dr.	nhtanh@hcmus.edu.vn	University of Science, VNU-HCM
8	Nguyen Anh Huy	Dr.	nahuy@hcmus.edu.vn	University of Science, VNU-HCM
9	Do Duc Cuong	Dr.	ddcuong@hcmus.edu.vn	University of Science, VNU-HCM

*Infrastructure

- Laboratories serving for postgraduate training / research: listing and introducing briefly

+ Classroom room: airy, spacious, full of teaching tools.

+ Department's laboratories and associated laboratories have sufficient research equipment for the students.

+ Traditional library and online library: Meet the search and learning needs of the graduate student.

+ The research and research facility is located on the campus of University of Natural Sciences 1, the city center, so it is very convenient for students in transportation, living, ...

1.2 Participants

University graduates wishing to improve their professional qualifications to do scientific and technical work, teaching or doing a doctoral thesis of a specialized doctor can register to enroll in graduate school in Engineering Physics (Physics and Computer Science direction).

1.2.a. The subject does not have to supplement the knowledge

Hold a regular university degree: Physics, Physical Education, Engineering Physics, Information Technology, Informatics, Math, Math - Informatics, Electricity - Electronics, Electronics - Telecommunications, Mechatronics, Materials Technology, Materials Science of domestic and foreign universities.

1.2.b. Courses must supplement knowledge

Graduates of Industrial System Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Oceanography, Environment, Economics, Business Administration, ... at domestic and foreign universities. These subjects must study the transformation subjects after matriculation (if any subjects studied in the university program are exempted) as follows:

No.	Courses	Credits	Note
01	Programming techniques	45
02	Electronic circuit	45
03	Sensor and measurement	45

1.2.c. Subjects considered for delivery

Subjects considered for transferring students in accordance with the standards prescribed for Postgraduate Training Regulations of Ho Chi Minh City National University, HCMC University of Natural Sciences.

1.3. Exam subjects

- Basic subject: Math for Physics (according to the exam program for Physics - University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City).

- Fundamentals: Atomic and electronic physics.

- Language (according to the examination program of the University of Science).

Time to organize exam review subjects is according to the general regulations of the University of Science.

1.4. Cirriculum

The training program will be reviewed periodically at least every two years, to update and change to suit the training orientation. The training program is as follows:

Types of programs	Total of credits	Credits
		Compulsory Courses
			Elective Courses	Thesis
PT1	60	15	26	20
PT2	60	15	33	12
PT3	60	15	37	8

 

No.	Code	Courses	Credits
			Total	Theory	Practice
A		General courses	3	3	0
1.	MTR	Philosophy	3	3	0
2.	MNN	Foreign Language
B		Basic and major courses
B.1		Compulsory courses	12
1.	MVL064	Computational physics	4	3	1
2.	MVL067	Control	4	3	1
3.	MVL144	Digital signal processing	4	3	1
B.2		Elective courses
1.	MVL145	Measurement techniques and applications	4	3	1
2.	MVL066	Digital image processing	4	3	1
3.	MVL070	SCADA	4	3	1
4.	MVL071	Embedded system on FPGA	4	3	1
5.	MVL068	Simulation	4	3	1
6.	MVL076	Seminar		0	4
7.	MVL146	Neural network	4	3	1
8.	MVL072	High speed network	4	3	1
9.	MVL073	Data communications	4	3	1
10.	MVL075	Signal conversion and telemetry	4	3	1
11.	MNC	Methods of Scientific Research		2	0
12.	MVL065	Artificial intelligence (AI)	4	3	1
13.	MVL177	Linear system theory	4	3	1
14.	MVL151	Internet of things (IoT) applications	4	3	1
15.	MVL152	Adaptive signal processing	4	3	1
16.	MVL093	Machine learning	4	3	1
17.	MVL094	Electronic structure calculation		3	1
		Courses from other curriculums in Physics	≤ 15
C	MLV	Graduation thesis
1	PT 1	Thesis + Scientific paper (*)	20
2	PT 2	Thesis	12
3	PT 3	Thesis	8

 

(*) Scientific paper:

- Before defending a master's thesis, students must be the main author (first in the group of authors) of at least one scientific paper announcing the content or part of the research content of the thesis. Articles must be published or accepted in journals and scientific proceedings, which are counted according to the list prescribed by the State Council of Professor Title.

- The name of the University of Science, the name of VNU-HCM must be written in the student's name in scientific papers, the presentation is as follows:

Example of student's name: Nguyen Van A ^{(1), (2), (3)}

(1) Laboratory ... / Department ..., Laboratory / Center / Institute / Faculty, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (two levels in bold are required)

(2) Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

(3) Others

1.5 Graduation conditions

- Complete the basic modules according to the Ministry's regulations, professional and foreign language regulations.

- Successfully defending a master's thesis