Hanoi – world renowned figure in higher education visits Vietnam
The newly appointed President of the British University Vietnam is Sir Graeme Davies, BEng, PhD, MA, ScD, FREng, FRSE, who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. The Vice-Chancellor is the principal officer of the University and is responsible for all the organization and business operation of the University. As the President, Sir Graeme will help the new University in Vietnam to set quality standards and strategic direction and will serve to act as an ambassador for the University at the highest level.
The visit to Vietnam of Sir Graeme Davies reaffirms the standing of the project in spite of the impacts of the global and regional economic crisis. Despite this economic downturn the university will open as planned. With the recent arrival in Hanoi of the Director, Tom Walsh FRGS, the University is expected to open by the end of this year.
The University has identified the location for its city campus which is scheduled to open in Hanoi this November. In 2009, the University will offer three programmes: B.A. Accounting and Finance, B.A. of International Business Management and B.Sc. of Banking and Finance. The tuition fee ranges from 19,000-21,000 USD depending on the course. There is no entrance exam required. All applicants must meet the minimum English and academic requirements (in general 6.0 IELTS or equivalent and GPA 6.5) of the respective degree programme. There will be a number of scholarships for talented students, which will be widely announced together with the detailed application information in July 2009. For more information, please register at the University website: www.britishuniversity.edu.vn
Sir Graeme Davies: Profile
Sir Graeme was born and brought up in New Zealand and graduated BE, PhD from the University of Auckland and MA, ScD from St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. After academic posts at the Universities of Auckland and Cambridge and visiting professorships in Brazil, Israel, Argentina and China, he became Professor of Metallurgy at Sheffield University in 1978. From 1986-91 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool. He was chief executive of both the Universities Funding Council and the Polytechnics & Colleges Funding Council. He became Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England in 1992. From 1995-2003 he was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.
