Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) was established in 1956, the first national university of technology in Vietnam. Since then, it has been an institution for the training of engineers and scientific researchers for almost all sectors of the economy and continuously making considerable contributions to the industrialization and modernization process of the country.

At present, the teaching staff of the university is about 1,500 (out of total 1,800 university employees). Among them, there are 240 professors and associate professors, 450 Dr.Sc. and Ph.D.

In its capacity as the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation, the DAAD, with considerable public funds at its disposal, simultaneously fulfils responsibilities in foreign cultural and academic policy, development co-operation policy and national higher education policy.

The programmes for developing and transformation countries focus primarily on providing continuing education and training for young academic staff and for important experts and executives (staff development) as well as on supporting the construction of appropriate structures (institution building). This is why the instruments, above all, involve various study programmes in Germany and in the home country or respectively the home region (sur-place and "third country" scholarships). The DAAD receives substantial funds for its programmes from the BMZ, although in some cases Federal Foreign Office (scholarship) programmes also take effect here.
The DAAD supports SEPT with scholarships for applicants from developing countries for our Masters program.