VGU as Research University

From the beginning, VGU aims to integrate research into the university. The teaching and research programs will develop closely together. Being attractive as a research centre is requisite to attracting excellent scientists to VGU. These, in turn, are required for teaching to be delivered on the current state of knowledge.

Additionally, the "integration of research and academics" is one of the main characteristics of German universities and therefore becomes an expression of the German quality of VGU. This connection between research and teaching is at its best in the Masters and PhD programs. For this reason, VGU currently focusses on starting the Masters programs. All of them have strong research components and co-operate with existing Vietnamese research institutes.

The first positions for researchers at VGU will be created in 2010. These will form the basis of the Vietnamese-German Research Centre for High Tech Engineering. The areas of research will be

  • Energy
  • Traffic, Transport, Logistics
  • Water
  • Resources & Environment
  • Urban Planning and Sustainable Development

Contact for Research

Prof. Dr. Reiner Anderl:
anderl(at)dik.tu-darmstadt.de