An Introduction to theBachelor of Business Administration (FPT-BBA)

Training time: 4 years (A preparatory English course for students, who are beginners in English, is available). In the first two years, students will focus on learning to improve the foundation knowledge, base knowledge and parts of major. The 3^rdyear students will spend most of their time on practicing and working in the Enterprises. In the 4^thschool year, they will focus on learning in class to complete the remaining credits in intensive training programs and work on graduation thesis.

Total amount of knowledge: 131 credits

Major subjects are designed based on the standard AACSB of the top-leading 12 American Universities and frameworks of 4 famous American Universities (The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, MIT Sloan School of Management, the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley and Drury University), which were ranked in Top 3 of the best 100 programs for training Bachelor of Business Administration in 2008, voted by US News magazine. 

Training program at the FPT University is based on five blocks as follows:

Foreign Language

Foreign language is a prerequisite for success in the international environment of globalization. Thus, FU determines to include the foreign languages in all of their training programs. The objective of this action is to equip students with language skills so that they can self-study in English and graduate with the level of 600 TOEFL PBT. In addition, the program also provides courses in other common languages as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

Socialknowledge

Political, social knowledge is necessary for all citizens. FU students, in addition to knowledge about society, politics, culture and history of Vietnam, also are equipped with knowledge of the development trends of society, or current issues like the economic intelligence, globalization. The knowledge is an essential factor to prepare, adapt and succeed in the era of the E-Economy and globalization.

Personal development

FU believes that everyone has his own qualifications and should be given a good environment to promote his best qualities. As well as developing the knowledge and skills, student who wants to be successful must also have the soft skills to make their working and learning more effective. More than that, communication skills and social behavior, especially the discipline and professionalism is indispensable to work in an international environment. Another very important quality is the leadership or the ability of managing an Enterprise. In FU, the qualifications and skills will be developed not only through core subjects, but also by working in the atmosphere of a dynamic, creative and friendly environment. The students will have the opportunity to observe, communicate or even work with their seniors who have been successful in FPT Corporation and other Enterprises that are leading in the field of IT, Telecommunications and Finance – Banking.

Professional Education

Professional knowledge includes the basic modules of discipline and specialty to provide students with knowledge and skills needed initially. Discipline provides the basic knowledge and methodology. Core subjects equip students with intensively specialized knowledge, carefully designed for each field of narrowed sectors such as finance, marketing, personnel administration and management. The mastery of specialized training will help students has the vision of future career more clearly after graduated. 

Industrial practice

FU students will have many different forms of practice in enterprises for sharpening their skills as well as the access to the real factors of economic, enterprises; apply the learned knowledge to analyze and solve problems in the business or the economy generally. More than that, students will have a weekly discussion to exchange ideas and learn from experts. From the school year of 3, students will have the opportunity to take part in industrial practice program OJT (On-the-job-training) in TienPhong bank and many other financial enterprises, receive the wages according to the actual contributions. This program will provide students with invaluable practical experience and a better understanding of their work later. Thus, at the time of graduating, students will have at least 1 year experience beforehand and this is an undeniable competitive advantage of FU students.

The highlights of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program in FPT-University (FU)