College of  Industrial Techniques

Introduction

Introduction

Industrial Technical College, under the Ministry of Industry and Trade

Vietnamese name: Industrial Technical College
English name: College of Industrial Techniques (CIT)

Head Office: No. 202 Tran Nguyen Han Street, Bac Giang City, Bac Giang Province.
Campus 2: Tan Dinh Commune, Lang Giang District, Bac Giang Province.

Telephone: 02403 854513, 02403 856210   Fax: 02403 854513

Website: https://bcit.edu.vn   Email: contact@bcit.edu.vn

Vision, mission, and development objectives:

Vision:
To become a reputable, high-quality higher education institution providing multi-level, multi-disciplinary training that meets the requirements of national development and integration; to move towards regional and international standards in education and training; to become a center for training cooperation and technology transfer, a starting point for the careers of Vietnamese students, and a place for international students to study and exchange.

Mission:
To train high-quality human resources for the industrial and commercial sectors with a focus on technological practice, capable of applied research, independent work, and creativity in enterprises both inside and outside the country.

Objectives:
To develop in a stable and sustainable manner while gradually improving quality. To train management officers, bachelors, technicians, and skilled workers who possess good moral character, good health and aptitude, solid professional knowledge, high practical skills, industrial work style and labor discipline, and the ability to adapt to an internationally integrated environment. To meet the criteria for serving the country’s industrial and commercial development and to be capable of participating in applied research programs that support economic development at both regional and global levels.

  • To diversify training disciplines and occupations, creating favorable conditions for learners to upgrade their qualifications and contributing to the training of core human resources for industry, commerce, and services.

  • To innovate management mechanisms, curricula, training content, training modalities, and teaching methods; to improve faculty qualifications; to gradually modernize facilities; and to promote international cooperation in training so as to create a collaborative, dynamic, and creative learning environment that helps learners develop comprehensively in both personality and professional competence.

  • To implement training according to social needs and targeted training programs; to strengthen the linkage between training and employment; and to closely associate training with actual production.

  • To enhance scientific research and technology transfer with high applicability for domestic industry and regional integration programs.

History of the College’s development phases:

Since its establishment, the College has undergone 5 name changes:

  • 1966–1982: Technical Workers School No. II

  • 1982–1997: Mechanical and Chemical Workers School

  • 1997–2004: Vocational Training School for Mechanical – Electrical – Chemical Industries

  • 2004–2008: Industrial Technical Secondary School

  • 2008–2009: Industrial Technical Intermediate School

  • From 2009 to present: Industrial Technical College

At the time of its establishment, the College had 20 officers and teachers who simultaneously performed teaching, management, and facility construction for 6 classes with 200 students. Over more than 47 years of construction, development, and maturation, the College has gone through eras closely linked with the revolutionary stages of the nation.

Phase 1 (1966–1975)

This was a difficult period for the entire country, when the resistance war against the US for national salvation entered a decisive stage. The College had to relocate from Bac Giang town to an evacuation site in the rural area of Dong Vuong Commune, Yen The District. There, officers, teachers, and students of the College simultaneously built facilities and carried out training tasks amid countless difficulties and challenges.

Although facilities and equipment were extremely poor, classrooms, workshops, and offices were mostly thatched houses with mud walls, and the accommodation of teachers and students depended largely on local residents, under the direction of the former Ministry of Heavy Industry and through the efforts of teachers and students, the College quickly stabilized and simultaneously built facilities while fulfilling its training tasks.

During this period, the College trained thousands of skilled workers in forging, pattern-making, casting, sheet metal, welding, fitting, electrical work, turning, milling, and planing. After graduation, students worked in factories, enterprises, and construction sites serving the cause of national industrialization and modernization. Many students enlisted and went to harsh battlefields, unafraid of hardship and sacrifice, with the spirit of “Everything for defeating the American invaders.”

Phase 2 (1976–1985)

This phase marks the efforts and striving of teachers, students, officers, and staff of the College, creating a clear transformation in training activities. When the College moved back to Bac Giang town, officers, teachers, staff, and students quickly focused on rebuilding workshops, classrooms, equipment, and facilities for teaching and learning.

The College became one of the exemplary institutions in the national vocational training sector by successfully implementing the principle of “linking training with production.” It was selected by the General Department of Vocational Training as a typical unit nationwide. The College shifted from training level 2/7 skilled workers to level 3/7 skilled workers.

The College’s outstanding achievements in training and institutional development were recognized by the Party and the State with distinctions such as the Third-Class Labor Order; the Party Committee was awarded the title “Clean and Strong Party Committee” for many consecutive years; the Youth Union was awarded a rotating flag bearing the portrait of the great President Ho Chi Minh.

However, during this period, the national economy fell into serious recession, greatly affecting the College’s training activities. In 1981 and 1982, the College received no enrollment quotas. Only one cohort (Course 15) with more than 200 students remained. Hundreds of officers, teachers, and staff became redundant; four vocational departments had to be dissolved and merged into a single production workshop. Some teachers, staff, doctors, and nurses had to change professions to make a living. Certain programs such as forging, sheet metal, casting, and pattern-making were dissolved.

Phase 3 (1986–2000)

This was a development phase for the College. Implementing the Party’s comprehensive renovation policy and deeply aware of the importance of educational reform, the College articulated this in Party Congress resolutions from the 11th to the 20th terms, as well as in staff congress resolutions from 1986 to 2000. The overall objectives adopted were:

  • To diversify training types and implement the principle of training according to social needs;

  • To improve training objectives, content, curricula, and teaching methods to meet practical requirements and align with the renovation context;

  • To streamline staffing and build a strong workforce;

  • To care for the material and spiritual life of officers, teachers, staff, and students.

Thanks to the College’s own efforts and the support and direction of higher authorities, these objectives achieved notable results:

  • Regarding infrastructure: almost all lecture halls, laboratories, offices, and staff and student housing were newly built in solid or semi-solid structures, spacious and clean.

  • Regarding equipment and supplies: training equipment and materials were replaced with more modern ones, and the living and working conditions of teachers, staff, and students improved significantly compared to previous years.

  • Regarding human resources: personnel directly involved in training were strengthened, and teachers received regular professional development.

  • Regarding training programs: objectives, content, and methods were renewed; target groups and training formats were diversified; and training scale was expanded. In addition to on-campus training, the College organized joint training with many units such as Apatit Lao Cai Company, Hanoi Fused Phosphate Fertilizer Company, Lam Thao Superphosphate and Chemicals Company, Ha Bac Nitrogenous Fertilizer and Chemicals Company, etc.

  • Together with the core mission of serving teaching and learning, welfare activities were also a focus. Staff housing was renovated and upgraded. Cultural and sports activities were maintained, contributing to a joyful and healthy atmosphere at the College.

Phase 4 (2001–present)

This is the phase in which the College has made strong breakthroughs. Under the direction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Education and Training, and related agencies, and with the efforts of all staff, teachers, and students, in 2000 the College was transferred from the Vietnam National Chemical Corporation to directly belong to the Ministry of Industry (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade). In 2004, the College was upgraded from the Vocational Training School for Mechanical – Electrical – Chemical Industries to the Industrial Technical Secondary School. On July 28, 2009, the Minister of Education and Training issued Decision No. 5499/QD-BGDDT establishing the Industrial Technical College.

The decision to establish the College at the college level elevated the institution to a new position, affirming an important and breakthrough step into a new development period. The College strongly expanded training scale and formats. The number of students increased from over 1,000 to nearly 4,000. Many new majors were opened; to date, there are more than 40 majors at various training levels. The College intensified professional development for staff and lecturers: from a starting point of only one lecturer holding a master’s degree, there are now over 70 lecturers with master’s degrees or higher, accounting for 60% of the total number of lecturers.

In this phase, the College focused on investing in modern facilities and equipment for teaching, learning, and research such as CAD/CAM/CNC classrooms, language and computer labs, physics and chemistry laboratories, metal cutting machines, mechanical machining centers, semi-automatic welding machines, welding robots, electrical and electronics practice equipment, as well as building two four-story lecture halls, a five-story workshop, and an eight-story multi-purpose building.

To quickly meet training requirements, the College emphasized renewing and improving training quality and management, strengthening cooperation with specialized training institutions domestically and internationally, such as articulation programs from college to university with the National Economics University, Hanoi University of Industry; and consulting and introducing students to study and intern in Japan. The College also expanded partnerships with domestic and foreign companies and enterprises such as Sao Vang Rubber Company (Hanoi), Thang Long Bridge Joint Stock Company No. 5, Goshi Thang Long Company, Canon Bac Ninh Company, Tabuchi, Catolec, Li Fan Vietnam Motorcycle Manufacturing Joint Venture Company, etc. These are sites that receive students for internships, skill enhancement, and employment after graduation.

Achievements:

With the collective efforts of the College, during its development the institution has been awarded many noble titles and distinctions by the Party, the State, and various authorities, including:

  • 01 Second-Class Independence Order (2011);

  • 01 Third-Class Independence Order (2001);

  • 01 First-Class Labor Order (1996);

  • 01 Second-Class Labor Order (1981);

  • 01 Third-Class Labor Order (1976);

  • Many individuals and collectives have been awarded Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister and by the Minister of Industry and Trade. The College has received Emulation Flags and Certificates of Merit from the General Department of Chemicals, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Education and Training, and the People’s Committee of Bac Giang Province for outstanding achievements in training, fostering, and mass movements for national security and cultural activities.

  • The Party Committee of the College has for many years been recognized as a “Clean and Strong Party Committee”; the Trade Union and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the College have consistently achieved strong performance and received many commendations from higher-level organizations in recognition of their outstanding achievements.