When receiving Mr. Jeffrey Goss, Vice President of the US-based Arizona State University on Tuesday, Da Nang People's Committee Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh, informed that Da Nang had 37 establishments for training human resources crucial for information technology (IT) industry.

Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Ho Ky Minh (right) presenting a souvenir to Mr. Jeffrey Goss, Vice President of the Arizona State University based in the U.S. Photo: M.Q

He added that the total enrollment quota for IT major in the city is about 5,700 students. Currently, Da Nang-based universities have close cooperation with reputable international partners from the U.S., South Korea, and Taiwan (China) in an effort to improve training quality and quantity according to international standards in the fields of semiconductor and artificial intelligence.

Vice Chairman Minh proposed that the two sides strengthen cooperation in training and developing semiconductor and AI human resources, specifically exchanging lecturers and researchers to strengthen the capacity of university lecturers; as well as improving training programmes related to the semiconductor industry.

He asked for support from the Arizona State University to share online learning resources about semiconductor human resources training programmes with educational facilities in Da Nang.

For his part, Mr. Jeffrey Goss said that the Arizona State University (ASU) was founded in 1885 in Arizona. It is currently the largest comprehensive public research university in the U.S. with more than 140,000 students and the annual research spending of $671 million.

ASU is also the largest engineering school in the U.S. with extensive research capabilities and programmes in semiconductor manufacturing, and assembly, test, and packaging (ATP), and IC design.

ASU hopes that universities in the city will have specific exchanges in the near future to share teaching experiences and criteria for selecting lecturers to study at the University of Arizona.

Reporting by M.QUE - Translating by M.DUNG, V.DUNG