A bridge of excellence between France and Vietnam.
PFIEV was born from a simple conviction: Vietnam needs engineers who can design its infrastructure, energy, industry and digital systems, and who can engage with the whole world. Since the late 1990s, France and Vietnam have been building this programme together, at four Vietnamese universities, with the support of nine French institutions.
A selective Franco-Vietnamese programme, run by four universities.
A selective Franco-Vietnamese programme, run by four universities
Entrance exam, preparatory cycle, engineering cycle, projects, internships, mixed juries.
A rare recognition
The first engineering degree from a country of the Global South recognised by France, complemented by the European EUR-ACE label.
A trilingual programme
Vietnamese, French and English are working languages, not options.
A living cooperation
Teaching missions, juries, double degrees, final-year projects in France, master’s and doctoral studies.
Train, cooperate, keep evolving
Train
High-level scientific and technical engineers, able to work in teams and internationally, immediately valuable to companies and laboratories alike.
Cooperate
A permanent workspace between Vietnamese and French institutions: curricula, teaching, assessment, research.
Keep evolving
New options, revised curricula, more internships and mobility, to remain on a par with the best programmes in Southeast Asia.
Serving Vietnam's development
The programme trains engineers for the key sectors of Vietnam’s development: construction and infrastructure, energy, industry, electronics and digital. It is part of the strategic partnership between France and Vietnam and supports the technological priorities of both countries.
The scale of a Franco-Vietnamese programme.
Present on four campuses and backed by nine French institutions. Detailed figures for the year are published in the news section.
students enrolled
engineers graduated since the first class
of students admitted to the four universities join PFIEV
Vietnamese universities and French institutions
specialisations, with more than 15 specialisation options
300 ECTS credits
working languages: Vietnamese, French, English
of Franco-Vietnamese cooperation
A degree recognised far beyond Vietnam.
Accreditations, labels and recognition: what they mean, and above all what they enable you to do.
CTI (France)
The PFIEV degree is recognised by the French State on the recommendation of the Commission des titres d’ingénieur (CTI) and confers the master’s degree.
Your studies are understood in Europe and around the world: positions of responsibility, master’s or doctoral studies.
EUR-ACE
European label certifying that the programme delivers the skills expected of an engineer.
Direct recognition by employers and universities in Europe and worldwide.
HCERES
The four Vietnamese institutions running PFIEV are assessed against European standards.
The quality of the training is verified by an independent French authority.
Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET)
The degree is awarded by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and confers the master’s degree.
A national degree, fully valued in Vietnam.
The consortium of PFIEV’s French institutions holds the Erasmus+ accreditation for higher education mobility. This accreditation recognises the consortium’s governance and quality assurance, and shapes mobility for the years ahead.
Nearly thirty years of Franco-Vietnamese cooperation.
PFIEV did not come from a one-off agreement. It extends a scientific cooperation that began in the 1980s and became, in 1997, a Franco-Vietnamese programme.
1983
Grenoble Institute of Technology launches a doctoral training programme for graduates of Vietnam’s polytechnic institutes. Other French schools follow with their own cooperation.
1997
Signature of the memorandum of understanding between the French and Vietnamese governments: existing cooperation converges into a single Franco-Vietnamese programme, PFIEV.
1999
First class welcomed and official launch of the programme in Da Nang, in the presence of authorities from both countries.
2007
The programme is fully run by the Vietnamese institutions. France continues its commitment through a support consortium, backed by the French Ministry of Higher Education and the Embassy of France.
2014
Launch of the “final-year projects in France” scheme: every year, fifth-year students carry out their final-year project in a laboratory of a French institution.
2015
The degree is recognised at master’s level by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, opening the way to doctoral studies.
2019
PFIEV celebrates its twentieth anniversary in Hanoi, in the presence of authorities from both countries.
2024
The France–Vietnam comprehensive strategic partnership puts engineering education and technology back at the heart of bilateral relations.
2026
The French consortium obtains Erasmus+ accreditation and launches the modernisation of the programme and its visibility.