PTIT Recruits 200 University enrollments targets for Game 2024

The Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) officially announced the University program for Game Design and Development at the undergraduate level and signed a cooperation agreement with 6 enterprises in the game industry.

From May 11th to May 12th, 2024, the Vietnam Gameverse 2024 event with the theme “Beyond the Game” took place at Phu Tho Indoor Stadium, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, expected to attract 40,000 participants. The undergraduate program for game design and development was officially announced by PTIT today, May 11th, 2024.

Delegates pressed the button to launch the university-level game design and development program and announced cooperation with enterprises.

Recruiting 200 quotas for the university-level game design and development program in 2024.

This is one of the pieces of information presented by PTIT at the announcement ceremony of the University program for Game Design and Development within the framework of the Gameverse Vietnam 2024 event. With 200 enrollment quotas, the institute aims to train a professional game workforce with the ability to design scenarios and develop games on a diverse scale.

It is known that since 2010, the Institute has offered courses related to the game industry such as Game Scenario Design, Game Programming, within the Multimedia Technology field, with many generations of students graduating to work in the game industry. This serves as the foundation for building a specialized game training program at the university.

The game design and development program is built according to international standards CDIO, based on careful surveys of recruitment requirements from enterprises (DN), while also referencing training programs from leading universities specializing in game development worldwide such as New York University, University of Southern California, and Digipen Institute of Technology.

In this program, students are equipped with in-depth knowledge of game design, game development, as well as interdisciplinary knowledge such as mathematics, culture, psychology, economics, law, and marketing. Graduates can build games that not only attract players and generate revenue but also ensure ethical standards and especially compliance with the law.

Furthermore, learners can also innovate game applications in other areas such as education, commerce, communication, contributing to the socio-economic development of the country as well as promoting Vietnamese culture to the international community.

Dr. Cao Minh Thang discusses high-level game workforce training.

At the Vietnam Gameverse 2024 event, Dr. Cao Minh Thang, Deputy Director of the Institute of Information Technology and Communication Technology (CDIT), PTIT, who led the development of the Game Design and Development program, will present a lecture on “Training high-level workforce for the Vietnamese game industry”.

The lecture will delve deeper into topics such as demand and training of game industry workforce in Vietnam, the PTIT game design and development training program, providing positive signals for training and managing human resources for producing and distributing Vietnamese electronic games.

Signing MoU with prominent game companies/studios

Notably, at the event, PTIT signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with prominent Game Companies/Studios such as VTC Games, Hiker Games, TopeBox, GameGeek, Negaxy Group… opening up a new direction in the development strategy for both PTIT and its partner enterprises.

Through collaboration with enterprises (DN), PTIT provides students specializing in game development with opportunities to study and engage in practical work at reputable game units and companies. This activity demonstrates PTIT’s determination as a pioneering university in shaping the future for its learners while also contributing to enhancing the position of Vietnam’s game industry.

According to Associate Professor. Dr. Dang Hoai Bac, Director of PTIT, the institute’s network of partners in training and supplying human resources for the game industry will continue to expand to include more international partners in order to supply game human resources and products to the international market.

With existing capabilities and ambitions to develop high-quality human resources for Vietnam’s game industry in the future, strategic cooperation between PTIT and game companies/studios is expected to create significant value for the Vietnamese game market.

On the sidelines of the important events of Gameverse 2024, PTIT also had a booth to showcase game products – a destination for visitors to explore further information about PTIT’s Game Design and Development program; explore educational games on VR glasses, simulate medical training with SimVN model, discover Dreamzone products – supporting children with disabilities from CDiT – a product that made it into the top 15 of Gamehub – a program seeking and investing in potential projects and game products.

It is expected that PTIT’s participation will contribute to the success of Gameverse 2024 and contribute to the development of the Vietnamese game community and industry in the near future.