Scientific and technical excellence, from Vietnam to the world.
A Franco-Vietnamese programme run by four Vietnamese universities and supported by a consortium of nine French institutions, PFIEV trains engineers and future leaders with an international outlook. Rigorous selection, a Vietnamese degree recognised by France and in Europe, and careers that start even before graduation.
students enrolled across the four campuses
engineers graduated since the first class
Vietnamese universities and French institutions
specialisations, with more than 15 specialisation options
of Franco-Vietnamese cooperation
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A programme of excellence, serving Vietnam and open to the world.
Vietnam needs engineers who can design its infrastructure, energy, industry and digital systems, and who can engage with the whole world. PFIEV trains them, together with France.
A degree that opens up the world
The first engineering degree awarded by a country of the Global South to be recognised by France and to confer the master’s degree.
Demanding training
Five years, 300 ECTS credits, a highly selective entrance exam, three working languages, projects and internships from start to finish.
Two countries, one programme
Four Vietnamese universities deliver the programme; nine French institutions contribute, sit on juries and host students.
A bridge of excellence between France and Vietnam.
Four Vietnamese universities deliver the programme; nine French institutions contribute, sit on juries and host students. Jointly designed curricula, mixed juries, teaching missions and shared projects: a living cooperation for nearly thirty years.
Vietnamese universities in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City
French institutions in the support consortium
institutional partners: the two supervising ministries and the Embassy of France in Vietnam
of students admitted to the four universities join PFIEV
Five years. Four specialisations. More than fifteen options.
An entrance exam after high school, two years of preparatory cycle, three years of engineering cycle, a specialisation, a professional option, internships, a final-year project and a an engineering degree conferring the French grade of Master. Each specialisation is backed by French institutions.
Entrance exam after high school
Choice of specialisation, work-immersion internships, projects
An engineering degree conferring the French grade of Master
Civil Engineering
École des ponts · INSA Lyon · Grenoble INP – UGA
Electrical Engineering
Grenoble INP – UGA · Toulouse INP · IMT Atlantique
Computer Engineering
Polytech Marseille
Mechanical Engineering
ISAE-ENSMA · Grenoble INP – UGA · CentraleSupélec · École des ponts · INSA Lyon
Two immersions that change a career path.
Work-immersion internships of at least one month, a six-month final-year project in the fifth year. For some, this project takes place in a French laboratory, with mobility support.
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Work-immersion internships
A first contact with the working world: understanding an organisation, its methods and real constraints.
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Final-year project
In a company or a laboratory, under the joint supervision of a lecturer and a professional. Many graduates are hired at the end of their final-year project.
Final-year project in France
At one of the nine institutions of the consortium, with financial support for mobility.
Three languages, several continents.
PFIEV trains engineers who work in Vietnamese, French and English, and who thrive in international teams. B1 level in French and English is required to be awarded the degree.
VI · FR · EN
Three working languages, not options. Part of the science courses is taught in a foreign language.
Academic
One or two semesters at a partner French institution, or a double degree.
In France
Six months in a French laboratory, with mobility support.
Accredited
The consortium of PFIEV’s French institutions holds the Erasmus+ accreditation for higher education mobility.
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A degree recognised far beyond Vietnam
Become an engineer of excellence.
Five years, 300 ECTS credits, three working languages, projects and internships from start to finish. Join more than 9,000 graduate engineers.