Scholarships and Job Opportunities
SCHOLARSHIP
University of Economics – the University of Da Nang (UE-UD) regularly awards Academic incentive scholarship for students of the Faculty of Finance who achieved excellent results in both academic and practical activities in each semester. This is the automatic scholarship, selected by the Faculty and the University based on the student’s grade point average (GPA) as well as the training score.
Besides, students of the Faculty of Finance also have the chance to access many different types of scholarship offered by outside organizations and units partnering with the Faculty and the University.
One annual scholarship offering for students majoring in Banking and Finance, UE-UD, which can be popular is the Scholarship of the State Bank of Vietnam. Aiming to encourage the work to educate a high-quality human resource for Banking section, every year, the State Bank of Vietnam offers a number of scholarships to students in Banking and Finance gaining excellent academic and practical results which is worth of 5 million VND each.
Sacombank Bank, the Da Nang Branch also gives over many of the “Sacombank - Nurturing dreams” scholarships to formal students of UE-UD. Particularly, the Faculty of Finance usually gets the priority to introduce students to the University for the scholarship selection. Each scholarship the student gains is worth VND 3 million and a backpack from Sacombank.
Towards all sophomores and juniors who desire to make steps to the transitional programs and attain degrees at international institutions as well as graduates pursuing master courses in different fields, UE-UD and the Faculty of Finance has always been willing to provide information of scholarships at prestigious universities such as: Hull University, University of Sunderland (UK), Saxion University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), etc.
Information of scholarship opportunities for students in the Faculty of Finance is frequently updated here.
http://due.udn.vn/vi-vn/khoa/tai-chinh/ds/cid/1755
In addition, students the the Faculty also have the chance to participate in such common scholarship programs of the University such as “Dong Hanh Scholarship”, “Light your hope” (Thap sang niem tin) – PetroVietnam Oil Corporation, “Giving Strength to Students” (Tiep suc den truong) – Youth newspaper, etc.
More details of the UE-UD’s scholarship programs are updated here.
http://due.udn.vn/vi-vn/dichvuhotro/dichvuhotrods/cid/337
JOB
OPPORTUNITY
As it can be seen, with the
pretty wide range of careers and regular demands of the labour market for
high-quality human resources in Finance, the job opportunities for students
majoring in Corporate Finance and Financial Management are widen. Especially,
high- quality program’s students have such possibilities to approach
multinational companies, foreign organizations working in both domestic and
abroad base.
Besides, the Faculty of
Finance, in collaboration with the Student Service and Enterprise Relationship
Center, Department of Student Affairs, University of Economics – the University
of Da Nang, regularly updates recruitment information related to the Financial
field to the Faculty students, ensuring the timeliness for third-year and
final-year students to get the best job opportunities.
Especially, the Faculty
of Finance also pays great attention to the internship of the final-year
students, always update information as well as support students with the annual
internship programs of prestigious units and organizations. Typically, the Potential Trainee program of Sacombank aims at final-year students
in Banking and Finance, Economics, Business Administration and Commerce; SHB's Talent Intern Program; Techcombank Internship program ...
Recruitment
information for students majoring in Corporate Finance and Financial Management
with details here.
http://due.udn.vn/vi-vn/khoa/tai-chinh/ds/cid/1757
Also
in an effort to assist students to quickly access the suitable and well-qualified
recruitment resource, the University of Economics – the University of Da Nang
cooperates with the Department of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs to
organize and hold the Student Career Day.
Typically, the 2016 Student Career Day had hosted the attendance of 130
enterprises with a total of 3,186 recruiting positions, of which 1,403 requiring
University and College level (accounting for 44.04%). The recruitment
occupations were diverse, in which many positions were suitable for students in
the two majors of Corporate Finance and Financial Management in particular,
such as financial consultants, credit specialists, accountants, ... At the end
of the 2016 Career Day, there were 466 students of the University of Economics recruited.
Notably, students of the
Faculty of Finance can often access to PR opportunities for their own ideas and
their scientific groups through competitions such as Startup Ideas (Startup Runway), Potential CPA contest, Dynamic
- Students of Future Entrepreneurs, the contest "Potential financial planners", etc. These are such opportunities
for students in the Faculty to interact with companies and external
environments, orienting the career path later. Here are some achievements that
some students of the Faculty of Finance have achieved:
1. Participated in the Final Round of the Startup Runway
contest 2016:
Student group with the idea HEALTHY BOX MEALS:
Ngô Thị Minh Thư (39K16-CLC)
Lê Huy (39K16-CLC)
Nguyễn Thị Tường Vân (39K16-CLC)
Danang Starup Runway
2016 – Startup Ideas Contest is organized by the University of Economics, VN -
UK Research and Training Institute of the University of Da Nang, the Young
Entrepreneur Association of Da Nang City with the support of the Embassy of
Ireland and the British Council in Vietnam, Cork - Ireland Institute of
Technology. The contest attracted the attention and responses of thousands of
young people, teachers, businessmen, and many individuals as well as
organizations interested in starting a business ... The scope of interest
expanded and spreaded out of Da Nang. The success of the contest reflects the
aspirations and dreams of career of the younger generation, moreover, creating
jobs, earning incomes to contribute more to the community and society of the
young wise community.
2. Consolation Prize of the Potential CPA Contest 2015
Student: Trương Hoàng Long
(38K16-CLC)
Potential CPA is a
traditional academic contest organized by the Ho Chi Minh University of
Economics. The contest aims to bring a wholesome and useful playground for
students who love Accounting - Auditing - Finance, enabling them to have the
opportunity to exchange, learn and improve their knowledge specialized in
Accounting - Auditing, Finance, English and other economic knowledge. Not only
that, Potential CPA also helps students become familiar with Australian CPA
certificate, update information on career development trends to be able to clearly
get their personal career path and at the same time provide enterprises
dynamic, creative and professional human resources.
3. Third Prize in Dynamic - Students of Future Entrepreneurs 2015
Student: Đặng Ngọc Hương
(37K15.1)
The Dynamic - Students
of Future Entrepreneurs Contest was created in 1996 and was successfully
maintained through 12 seasons with the participation of more than 30,000
students from universities across the country. Up till now, Dynamic has become
an indispensable playground for students, helping them complete their knowledge
before you really integrate into society.
4. Third Prize in the Final Round of "Potential financial
planners” Contest 2013 held by HSBC.
Group member:
- Tôn Thất Nhật Tân (35k16.1)
- Nguyễn Thị Kim Hiền (35k16.1)
- Huỳnh Công Danh (35k16.2)
The "Potential
financial planners” Contest is a playground for students to apply financial
knowledge, socio-economic knowledge and problem-solving skills in planning a
specific individual financial situation. The program aims to orient career path
and share financial knowledge, helping young people, especially students, make
the right financial decisions after graduation and equip them with financial
planning capabilities.
According to the recruitment survey conducted in early 2016, the Faculty of Finance is one of the leading faculty in the whole university in terms of the percentage of students having jobs. In particular, 20.3% of students of the Faculty obtain jobs even when they have not received a diploma. Students of the Faculty of Finance have been highly appreciated for their professional skills and soft skills in the work of agencies, units and enterprises in Da Nang city, Quang Nam province and neighboring provinces. For example, Department of Industry and Trade, Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Finance, VCCI, Commercial Banks in Da Nang, Automobile Truong Hai Company, Da Nang Customs Department, Seaprodex, Da Nang Big C Supermarket, Da Nang Tien Sa Port, Hoa Tho Textile and Garment Company, Da Nang Rubber Company, Da Nang Plastic Company, etc. This is a good signal when it not only shows the social recognition with the professional capacity of students trained at the Faculty of Finance in particular and the University of Economics in general but also a testament to confidence, dynamism, and actively grasp the opportunities of students of the Faculty of Finance.
Along with today’s globalization trend, Vietnam is in the process of major changes, the process of international integration is becoming more and more extensive, such as joining the ASEAN economic community, TPP, or signing other bilateral trade agreements. That process makes the competition situation in the market become increasingly cutthroat. Therefore, well-qualified human resource becomes an indispensable need of businesses, units and economies, in which one of the important requirements for high quality human resources is the ability to self-study and adapt to the changes so as to be able to make decisions in a volatile environment. Although students from the Faculty of Finance are known as students with good academic achievements and outstanding in union activities, however they should not be satisfied with what they have but must be clearly aware that studying in university is just the beginning of the whole process of learning, continuous and tireless training in work, of the challenging life in the future.