Can Tho University (CTU), an important state higher education institution in the Mekong Delta (MD), is the cultural, scientific and technical center of the MD and Vietnam. Since its founding in 1966, CTU has been
improving and developing itself. It has an enrollment of about 54.000 undergraduate students; 3.000 students
have been following Master programs; and around 300 students are Ph.D candidates. CTU has got over 2.000
staff members including nearly 1.200 teaching staff and 800 supporting staff. From a university with a few fields
of study at the beginning, it has developed into a multidisciplinary university. Currently, it has nearly 100 undergraduates, 36 Master and 15 Doctoral training programs. Every year CTU receives students on internship programs from the U.S, Belgium, Japan and so on, or under agreements between their universities and CTU.
