Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic)

(Honours)

Bachelor of Information Technology

What’s inside?

Bachelor of Information Technology

Bachelor of Engineering(Electrical and Electronic)(Honours)

Program Code

Duration

Location

BH073 BP162

8 semestersHo Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh

7 semesters

At RMIT Vietnam our goal is to produce graduates who are well-equipped to work in the engineering and information technology industries in this country and globally.

Within Vietnam, opportunities for graduates are ever-increasing as more global technology companies establish themselves here. A good example is Intel, which has given its Vietnamese arm the task of producing its global supply of a particularly complex computer chip.

This type of development is providing opportunities for RMIT’s bachelor-level graduates and those at masters level. In fact, by the end of 2014 around 85 RMIT masters graduates will have taken their place in the workforce in Vietnam, their studies having been funded by Intel and the Australian Government.

An important differentiation factor for RMIT Vietnam’s degrees is that our courses are quality controlled by the Australian Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) and the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) system.

Another differentiation factor is RMIT Vietnam’s close link with RMIT Melbourne.

Our Centre of Technology comes under the umbrella of the College of Science, Engineering and Health, RMIT (global) and our departments of engineering and information technology align with schools at RMIT Melbourne, ensuring consistency of course content and allowing

Welcome message from The Head of Centre

Professor Anthony HollandHead, Centre of Technology

Vietnam-based students to undertake courses or complete programs at RMIT Melbourne should they wish to have that experience.

RMIT Vietnam’s academic team in engineering and information technology are of great value in our teaching programme and come with distinguished solid backgrounds in industry and research.

Such high quality academics have a strong role in producing proficient graduates ready to move into industry – and as that industry grows I am sure research and development opportunities will also flourish in this country for graduates of RMIT Vietnam.

The confidence of the Vietnamese engineering and IT industries in our courses was underlined recently when 18 industry participants made time to join our industry advisory committee to advise us on our program.

I believe this is a strong statement of the industry’s faith in RMIT Vietnam’s courses and graduates – and an indication that technology in Vietnam is set for higher things.

Bachelor of Engineering(Electrical and Electronic) (Honours)

What is Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) (Honours) ?The Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) degree is an eight semester honours program designed to prepare you to work in the smart-technology world of today.

Our lives are filled with the products of skilled electrical and electronic engineering: mobile phones, tablets, flat-screen televisions, refrigerators, air conditioning, security devices and many more. And as an engineer you will be at the forefront of designing and developing those products.

This degree is about more than learning the theories behind electrical and electronic engineering. You will put these theories into practice and solve problems by prototyping electronic designs. You will have constant reference to the industry in which you will work.

As a graduate engineer, you will design, develop, prototype, apply and maintain a variety of electrical and electronic circuits, devises and systems. You will also work on systems for electric power generation, distribution, utilisation and control, as well as on electronic systems for computing, communications and industrial automation.

Why study Engineering (Electrical and Electronic)?

Transfer opportunities to RMIT MelbourneYou have a unique opportunity to transfer directly to RMIT Melbourne upon completing 96 credit points at RMIT Vietnam. In Melbourne you can complete the same degree or change your specialisation to another engineering field:

» Automotive and mechanical engineering» Civil engineering» Computer and network engineering» Electrical engineering» Electronic and communications engineering» Environmental engineering» Advanced manufacturing and

mechatronics engineering» Sustainable systems engineering.

Work-integrated learningRMIT aims to fit you perfectly into the working world in engineering through practical experiences in the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) degree and its emphasis on application. Throughout the degree, you will make the link between your studies and the industry in which you will work by learning from guest speakers from the business world, and work-integrated learning facilitated by RMIT’s wide industry links. To cap this off, in your fourth year you will develop an understanding of the commercial engineering environment through 12 weeks of work experience.

Industry leadersAs you are establishing your career in the engineering industry, you will call on the leadership skills you developed in your RMIT engineering degree. From day one of the program you will be required to lead your research team, to lead your problem-solving team or to present your work to others. Companies employing RMIT graduates say they need leaders who can be put on the spot and come up with solutions. They describe RMIT graduates as “forthright, critical thinkers who can express their opinions confidently”.

All RMIT programs qualify under the Australian Quality Framework.

ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION

Career prospects

Fresh out of university your choice may be working as a process engineer, using your analytical, reporting and project management skills as you establish yourself as a professional. You may be testing the reliability of electronic products, or designing state of the art integrated circuits or industrial automation equipment.

These early professional experiences may lead later in your career, to work as a product engineer who develops the necessary set of skills, competencies and attitudes based on both market and scientific knowledge.

In Vietnam, as in the rest of the world, companies such as Intel, Samsung, ABB and Bosch are expanding, providing not only opportunities for electronic engineers to create products but to work in their research facilities to develop the products of tomorrow. These companies want to employ engineers who have the professional skills to work well in large global companies. At RMIT you will acquire these skills.

“During my time studying Engineering at RMIT Vietnam, I enhanced my technical skills through hands on laboratory assignments and projects. Interestingly, I’ve also developed important soft skills such as project management and report writing that I believe will be a tool to cooperate well with other colleagues in the workplace.”

Tang Phuong PhuongRMIT Vietnam’s Master of Engineering student

In the early months of your degree you will learn the fundamentals of engineering – the maths, computing, materials and technical science - with an emphasis on how you will use this knowledge in your career as an engineer.

You will move into developing the core competencies of engineering e.g. solving problems and working in teams, which is the basis of project management skills you will use in your laboratory workshops and tutorials in year two.

And when you move into the team and individual projects towards the end of the program, you will be practising skills to lead you right into the hi-tech engineering environments of such companies as Bosch, Intel, Datalogic, eSilicon and many more, in Vietnam and worldwide.

As an enthusiastic engineering graduate ready to work in industry, you will have the knowledge and skills to develop smart technologies for the products and industries of the future.

What you will study

For list of program courses, please visit our website: www.rmit.edu.vn

Postgraduate pathwaysThis program provides a pathway to Master of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering), Master of Engineering (Electronic Engineering), Master of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) and Master of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering), all offered at RMIT Melbourne.

Bachelor of InformationTechnology

What is

Information Technology?

Many international companies are looking to Vietnam for software development outsourcing; IT experts with English language skills are in high demand.

This program develops the business knowledge and technical skills essential for graduates to be IT consultants and leaders in the information technology industry.

The core of the program is software design, development and testing systems.

Students will learn to solve, support, troubleshoot and design IT systems for organisations across a wide range of sectors such as private businesses,

government departments, schools and health care.

Students will gain an excellent combination of knowledge and practical, hands-on expertise to influence an organisation’s technology infrastructure

and the clients who use IT.

Graduates from this program have the opportunity to work in a wide range of positions including software developer, games developer, software engineer, software tester, software architect, database designer, web designer, UI/UX designer, technical writer, or IT consultant.

Software development is the fastest growing IT employment area in Vietnam. Globally new employment opportunities for example the management and analysis of big data are growing.

After several years’ workplace experience, RMIT Vietnam IT graduates can move towards the top of their industry because this program not only gives students skills in building and using technology but also in analyses and management to gain competitive advantage in the market.

Ultimately graduates from this program will be able to match technology to the needs of an individual business, managing and mitigating human resource and financial risk, and leading projects to success.

This program is recognised at a professional level by the Australian Computer Society, which accredits information and communication technology related programs offered by Australian universities, both onshore and offshore.

RMIT Vietnam’s strong English focus is a distinct advantage for students in the IT area. This places RMIT Vietnam graduates at the forefront for employment because the language used in many IT companies worldwide, including Google and Microsoft, is English.

The focus on teamwork and collaboration using the latest technology in the IT industry is another competitive advantage of RMIT Vietnam. Several courses in our program are carefully designed with major assignments and projects that require students to work in team intensively with other students to solve real-world problems.

In addition, this program will give students an opportunity to follow through with research on an IT project where you would like to specialise – an opportunity which is rare at undergraduate level.

Why study InformationTechnology?

Career prospects

“When I joined the Business Club at RMIT Vietnam, I had many opportunities to run different projects and cooperate with individuals as well as organisations. Those experiences helped me to practice time management skills, work under pressure and especially improve my communication skills effectively.”

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals with over 22,000 members Australia-wide.

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION

Nguyen Van ThoaiRMIT Vietnam’s IT alumni

This program begins with four courses covering IT fundamentals in trimester one.

Each year a layer of complexity is added to this basic knowledge and skills so that by the end of the degree you will be programming, designing software and databases, managing information security and have the ability to consult users within businesses and workplaces about their IT needs. Students will be able to build a program, test it and write user manuals so that others are able to maintain and use that system.

RMIT Vietnam provides a personalised path through the program according to individual students’ interests, advising them on which courses to take to focus on their area of interest and expertise.

Students will have the opportunity to exchange and take internship placement in Vietnam or abroad where students can gain an understanding of global methodologies.

What you will study

“RMIT research course has given me valuable experience. I am able to independently set up goals to achievement as well as to carry out my own project. The lecturers are always available when you seek for help. The importance is you get to learn how to research scientific papers. Thanks to these experiences, I have been able to re-apply these skills in my internship and enhanced them to the ultimate.”

Tran Duc HuyRMIT Vietnam’s IT alumni

Postgraduate pathwaysThis program provides postgraduate pathways to Master of Information Technology and Master of Computer Science, both offered in Melbourne.

Academic’s profiles

» Nationality: Australian and Irish» Credentials: B.A. (mathematics),

B.A.I. (electronic engineering), M.Eng., Ph.D. (semi conductor technology)

» Over 15 years of academic experience & published over 100 research papers

Associate Professor Anthony HollandHead, Centre of Technology

Dr Anna ShillabeerHead, Information Technology Department

» Nationality: Vietnamese» Credentials: Ph.D, MA» Holds a PhD in Microelectronics

from Grenoble Insitute of Polytechnic and Master in Micro and Nano Electronics from Joseph Fourier University in France.

» Nationality: British» Credentials: PhD (Medical

Informatics), B.I.T. (Hons), B.A., Grad. Dip. Prog. Tech., GCTTL.

» More than 10 years experience in Computer Science and research with more than 20 research papers

» More than 10 years teaching experience.

» Nationality: German» Credentials: Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.

Inform.» 12 years academia experience in

research and lecturing.» 11 years of industry experience

including 7 years as Managing Director at EdgeWorks Software Ltd..

Dr. Jochen NesselLecturer in Information Technology

Dr Trinh DangLecturer in Engineering

Direct entry to Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) (Honours) and Information Technology:

» Completion of Year 12 in Vietnamese high school with an average grade of 7.00/10.00; or

» Completion of International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma with 25 points minimum; or

» Completion of Cambridge GCE ‘A’ Levels minimum 7 points for 3 A level subjects

PrerequisitesVietnam mathematics at 60% or equivalent.

For further entry requirement by country, please visit our website: www.rmit.edu.vn/academic-entry-requirements

This program is a pathway for entry into the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) (Honours) and IT. The program will help you develop your English competency and academic skills while studying first year engineering courses. The 8 modules of Academic English are designed and taught to prepare you for success in the degree program. When you enter into the Bachelor program you will receive full credits (48 credit points) for the engineering or IT courses completed.

Entry requirement

SEMESTERINTAKES

RMIT Vietnam has 3 semesters per calendar year, with intakes each semester» Semester 1: February

» Semester 2: June

» Semester 3: October

Entry requirements for the Preparatory Program:

Please visit our website: www.rmit.edu.vn/preparatory-program

If you do not meet the direct entry requirements, the preparatory programs will provide you a pathway into the degree.

Preparatory program

In addition, you must satisfy one of the following English requirements:

» Successful completion of RMIT Vietnam English Advanced Level (Level 7)

» IELTS 6.5+ (no band below 6.0)» TOEFL Paper based 580+ (TWE 4.5+)» TOEFL Computer based 233+ (TWE 4.5+)» TOEFL Internet based 92+ (no band below 20)

If you are an international applicant, you must satisfy the English equivilency requirements available on our website: www.rmit.edu.vn/english-language-requirements

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