Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University

Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University

Ho Chi Minh City University of Education (Đại học Sư phạm Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a university specializing in tertiary-level training of teachers and lecturers located in District 5. The university was founded as the Saigon National Pedagogical University in 1957 and reestablished by prime ministerial decree in 1976. In 1995, the university was incorporated in Ho Chi Minh City National University, but it was split to become an autonomous university with the current name in 1999. This university is presently one of 14 leading universities in Vietnam and also one of the two largest pedagogical universities in Vietnam, playing a leading roles in teacher and lecturer training.

Between 1976 and 2006, the university educated 65,945 graduates, of which 1,000 were postgraduates. The university also offered training for 33,800 teachers and has education cooperations with over 50 universities worldwide.