Facility construction at thai nguyen university of technology

16:49 - 22/05/2015

FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

(Period from 2010 to 2015 and a vision to 2020)

(Cited from TNUT’s Development Schemes period 2010- 2015

and the vision to 2020)

I. Issue approach

Thai NguyenUniversity of Technology (TNUT)was foundedin 1965 and constructed in the area of 50 hectares, located in Tich Luong ward, Thai Nguyen city- the economic – cultural - social center of Thai Nguyen province and the northern mountainous regions in Vietnam. The university is located on the roadside of the national road No.3, the connecting route between Ha Noi-the capital city and the Northern provinces. 

After 50 years of construction and development, duringthe difficult period of the country, TNUT was not properly invested. When the country began to open up for the integration and development, TNUT was notconsidered in the planning of Thai Nguyen Universityover a period of more than 10 years. Therefore, the lack of investment was inevitable, affecting to the role, position and development of TNUT; however, with the internal effort, calling for capital sources,the labor of each generation: staff, lecturers and students,the savingof allfunding, especially tuition, etc.TNUT has built 8.700 m2 for classrooms, 9.934 m2 for office-buildings, 3.855 m2 for laboratory with modern equipment, 5389 m2for dormitories, 1.676 m2 for libraries, 1.200 m2 for cafeteria, 198 m2 for clinic, 8.000 m2 for court of physical education. 

However, compared to the growth of the number of students each year, in addition, to the need of improving the quality of teaching and research, TNUT’s above-mentioned infrastructure do not meet the demand, the lecture halls are usuallyoverloaded, and somewere seriously degraded. With the scale of training by 2015 is more than 10,000 students and the number of full-time students will increase to12.000 in 2020, the investment to develop the infrastructure is urgently needed. On the other hand, to improve the training quality, and to innovate the teaching methods, it is necessary to have specialized lecture halls equipped with appropriate training equipment, especially for majors with specific requirements. Therefore, the existing substantialfacilitiesof TNUT do not meetthose requirements.

II. Investment Objectives.

2.1. Overall investment objectives.

Focuson building the technical facilities of TNUT towards standardization and modernization, to be equal to those of the advanced countries in the region. 

2.2 The specific investment objectives.

Period of 2010 - 2

  Complete basic facility in response to the training scale of 10,000 students and 450 faculty lecturers.

·     Ensure thetechnical facilityin order to improve the quality of existing training majors.

·     Ensure technicalfacilityforimplementing advanced programs and international cooperation training programs.

·    Ensure technical facility for PhD training, scientificresearch and technology transfer.

·        Renovate and accomplish parts of the system of infrastructure and public facility in the area of the university as planned.

·        In 2015, technical facility of TNUT will reachthe level of the top universities in Vietnam.

     Period of 2016-2020.

 

·  From 2016 to 2020, complete technical facility to meet the training scale of 12,000 students and 600 faculty lecturers.

·   In 2020, technical facility of TNUT will be ona par with those of prestigious universities in Southeast Asia to meet the demand of many foreign students and develop educational services.

·    Complete the system of infrastructure and public utility on the campus as planned.

III. The basis of determining the scale of investment.

3.1. The construction of technical facility based on formation ofnew trainingunits,facilitating lecturers for teaching and doing research.

·        Form new units.

-          The number of divisions in 2020:  35 divisions

-          The scale of the expected faculties in 2020: 10 faculties

-          The scale of the expected centersin 2020:  5 centers.

-          The scale of the expected research institutes in 2015: 1 research institutes.

·        Scale of teaching staff.

-          The scale of the expected teaching staff in 2015: 500 lecturers. 

-          The scale of the expected teaching staff in 2020: 600 lecturers. 

The formation and development of the university’s organization, in addition withthe supplement of staff (the number ofstaff would be 800 people, including 600 teaching staff in 2020) will serve as a basis for the formation of the content in building the university’sfacility.

3.2.  The construction of facility based on the training scale.

-          The scale of the expected students in 2015: 10.000 students. 

-          The scale of the expected students in 2020: 12.000 students. 

The plan for expanding the training scale of TNUT is an important basis to determinethe content of building infrastructure to meet the learning activities of students.

3.3 The construction of facility based on the country’s criteria of.

Decree No. 12/2009/ND-CP on Freburary 20th2009 of the Government on Construction InvestmentManagement.

Decision No. 47/2001/QD-TTg on April 4th, 2001 of Prime Minister, has specified the basic construction standards ofuniversities: The minimum area for workspace, lecture halls, laboratory is 06m­­2 / 01 student.

Decision No 155/2005 / QD-TTg onJune23rd, 2005, the Prime Minister has approved the scheme of living standard for students.

Decision No. 14/2008 / QD-BXD on October 30th, 2008, the Ministry of Construction on establishingdesign standard for dormitory.

Vietnam ISO 3981-1985 standards of Ministry of Construction design standard of universities.

Circular No. 04/2010 / TT-BXD on May 26th, 2010 of Ministry of Construction on guidelines establishment and management of construction costs.

Capital construction unit price attached to Decision No. 2279 / QD-UB October 16th, 2016 of the People's Committee of Thai Nguyen province.

Unit price XDCT - Decision No. 65/2011 / QD-UB October 16th, 2006 of the People's Committee of Thai Nguyen province.

Decision No. 2904 / QD-UBND on December 25th, 2006 of the People's Committee of Thai Nguyen province on approving plans of detailed construction of Thai Nguyen University of Technology –Thai Nguyen University.

Based on the actual price at the time of the projects in level IIor level III is from 4,500,000 to 5,000,000 VND/m2 forbuilding floor.

3.4 The current situation and the basis for determining the scale of investment above show the critical need to invest the following basic categoriesuntil 2020:

Dormitory (m2)

Year

Number of students

Standard

4,0m2/student/0.6

x 60%

Student

x

Standard

 

Existing (m2)

Need

(m2)

2015

10.000

4,00

40.000

19.000

21.000

2020

12.000

4,00

48.000

 

8.000

Total

 

 

 

 

29.000

 

 Laboratory (m2)

Year

Number of students

Existing (m2)

Need

(m2)

2015

10.000

4.931

 

2020

12.000

 

2000

Total

 

 

2000

 

Halls (seats)

Year

Number of students

Existing (seats)

Need

(m2)

2015

10.000

300

 

2020

12.000

 

1000

 

 

Research library (m2)

Year

Number of students

Standard

1.8m2/reader/0.6

x 30%

Student

x

Standard

 

Existing

Need

(m2)

2015

10.000

0,54

5.400

3,476

 

2020

12.000

0.54

6.480

 

3.000

Other service area (room for borrowing books, bookstore, computer room….)

2.000

Total

 

 

 

 

5.000

 

IV. Investment plan

4.1. The plan of basic constructionand the detailed equipment in the period of 2010 to2015.

No.

Content

Current situation in 2010

plan from 2010 to 2015

Estimated cost

( billion VND)

1

capital construction

 

 

 

 

Halls (seats)

 

1.000

35,0

           

4.2. The plan of basic construction and detailed equipment in the periodof 2016 to 2020.

No.

Contents

Current situation

Plan from 2016 to 2020

Estimated cost

( billion VND)

1

Capital construction

 

 

 

 

+  Dormitory (m2).

19.000

16.000

80

 

+  Laboratory (m2).

4.931

2.000

12

 

+  Library  (m2).

3.476

5.000

38

2

Clearance  (hectares)

0

2.5

12.5

Total

 

 

 

142,5

 

3

Procurement of equipment

 

 

Equipment

 

 

Laboratory equipment

23

 

Total

23

 

                                                  Total = 200,5 billion VNĐ.

V. Solutions.

Innovatethe method of fund management and allocation to ensure the planning and estimating budget according to the mission requirements,with particular emphasis on the plan approved in specific majors, the priorobjectives, and the breakthrough solutions for education quality and scientific research.

Implement solutions to increase the supplement revenues: Building the policy of tuition, scholarship based on the feature and quality of the training programs (full-time training program, part-time training program, high-quality training program, international training program, etc.

Accelerate the training cooperation (both domestic and international).

Strengthen research activities, and scientific and technical services; develop limited company within the university.

Develop and implement projects, scientific and technical missions with national and international levels;

Accelerate the mobilization of funding from domestic and international organizations and individuals.

Consider the establishment of funds to support training and research activities of students and lecturers.

Mobilize all resources from the national budget, funding, grants, funding of corporations.