Proportion of students with work placements at UD in 2025
FOREWORD
The University of Danang (UD) is strongly committed to implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report focuses on SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth. It presents UD's policy framework, implementation measures and results in 2025 on paying a living wage, recognising trade unions and labour rights, preventing discrimination and forced labour, ensuring gender pay equity, providing appeal mechanisms, investing in employees, offering student work placements, and maintaining secure employment contracts.
Indicator 8.4.1: Proportion of students with work placements
At UD, the work placement is a compulsory course in the training programme. It enables students to apply their knowledge to professional practice, improves the quality of training and gives students early access to the labour market. Students undertake placements at agencies and enterprises outside UD for one semester (3 to 4 months), including unpaid placements.
Table. Number of students with work placements of more than one month in 2025
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No.
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Unit
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Students with work placements > 1 month
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1
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University of Science and Technology
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2,611
|
|
2
|
University of Economics
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3,486
|
|
3
|
University of Science and Education
|
2,764
|
|
4
|
University of Foreign Language Studies
|
1,571
|
|
5
|
University of Technology and Education
|
2,053
|
|
6
|
Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology
|
3,049
|
|
7
|
UD Campus in Kon Tum
|
247
|
|
8
|
VN-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education
|
172
|
|
9
|
School of Medicine and Pharmacy
|
861
|
|
|
Total
|
16,814
|
Out of a total of 75,317 students (FTE), the proportion of UD students with work placements of more than one month in 2025 was 22.32%.
Figure. Students with work placements of more than one month by unit (2025)
CONCLUSION
The University of Danang has successfully fulfilled the requirements of Sustainable Development Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth. UD has established a comprehensive, coherent and publicly available system of employment policies that is regularly issued, reviewed and updated in line with the law. Through these policies, UD ensures stable incomes for its employees, a fair, equal and non-discriminatory working environment, and the right to join representative organisations. Investment in staff, linking training with professional practice, and maintaining stable, long-term employment relationships are also notable achievements.
Going forward, UD will continue to review and improve its policies and to strengthen transparency and public disclosure of information. In doing so, UD affirms its role both as a leading higher education institution and as a responsible employer, contributing actively to the sustainable socio-economic development of the region and the country.