The university is located in Danang city where is the heart of traditional fondness for learning, creativity and resilience. The university’s founder named it as Dong A (meaning “East Asia”) with the ambition to make it a regional university and has been symbolized by the image of Sakura.
Coming from a poor mountainous village in Tam Ky district, or Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province today where she overcame all difficulties and challenges in her life and made a great effort in her education so that she eventually graduated from the University of Hue (or Hue University of Sciences today) with an excellent degree and had the privilege to be a lecturer at the university. She also got an excellent MA degree in the field of Educational Management and exceptionally promoted to Research student without taking any entrance examination.
The school was founded with the idea of contributing to the development of companies and provide her own business and industry community with skilled employees. It was established on January 28th, 2002 with the name, Private Professional High School Of Industrial Arts. The school’s motto at that time was “students’ success is teachers’ happiness, industry success is the school’s happiness”. Over time, the Board of Management made a decision to transfer the school’s activities into serving the public and helped it develop further so that it can operate in accordance with the founder’s expectations. Eventually, the school was enhanced and expanded in all aspects ranging from training programs and educational activities to school facilities under the name of Dong A University.
For nearly three years since the establishment date of the university and for ten years since it was a trade school, the Board of Management has had a elaborate preparation for the growth of the university in the next hundred year.
Currently, the university has its own campus based in Danang at two locations – one at the city center is the largest and most beautiful in comparison with many other public universities; another one is in Hoa Hai, 5 kilometers from the city center to the south, with 135.000 square meter in area. In addition to that, the university has prepared for its development strategies in Quang Nam province with 91.600 square meter in area and in Dak Lak province with 100.000 square meter,… At the same time, the university is making a significant effort to enhance the quality of teaching staff and improve the school facilities in order to facilitate students in study. The attempt is to create an advanced educational environment for students and hope to bring them a successful career and a bright future as well.
The university would like to send a message to the generations of students that studying and working together to create happiness for yourselves and wellbeing for the society is the greatest and the truest happiness that can be left for the next generation.
The future Dong A University will belong with many generations of students, teachers and the entire community, especially with the offsprings whose parents joined hands to build and develop the university throughout its history. The founder will be the past and the eminent generation will inherit and do their best to develop the university.
Regardless of difficulties and obstacles ahead, we certainly believe that Dong A University will find its way to success and happiness after some time.
