Baria-Vungtau University

What Baria-Vungtau University does

Baria-Vungtau University (BVU) is a private, multi-disciplinary higher education institution established in 2006 in Vung Tau, Vietnam, operating as part of the Nguyen Hoang Education Group. The university's Institute of Graduate Studies & Human Resource Development, founded in 2018, is its primary operating unit for postgraduate education and offers six master's programs (MBA, Information Technology, TESOL, Oriental Studies, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Chemical Engineering) and one doctoral program (Doctor of Business Administration, launched in 2022 following MOET approval). Programs are delivered on weekends (Saturday and Sunday afternoons) to accommodate working professionals, with tuition priced at 1,000,000 VND per credit for master's (60 credits) and 2,000,000 VND per credit for doctoral (90 credits). The university also operates an undergraduate portfolio with 60+ bachelor's programs and reports 22,000+ lifetime graduates. BVU has 80+ graduate faculty including 20 Professors/Associate Professors and 60 PhDs, and reports 95% student satisfaction and over 95% graduate employment rates.

The university's revenue model is credit-based tuition, with supplementary fees for admission processing, exams, and prerequisite knowledge courses. A tiered pricing discount of up to 40% applies to civil servants, public employees, high school teachers, and alumni. The go-to-market is direct enrollment via the institutional website, Zalo messaging, and a hotline, supplemented by outreach through 350+ enterprise partnerships and media coverage. BVU's distribution is anchored in regional Vietnam, specifically the Ba Ria-Vung Tau province and the broader southeastern/Ho Chi Minh City corridor, with international positioning via the QS Stars 4-star certification (2021). The institution is constructing a new 8.7-hectare main campus and is pursuing academic partnerships (e.g., Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) to support doctoral-level research. There is no technology platform or product outside of the curriculum itself; BVU is fundamentally a service-delivery education business.

Name

Baria-Vungtau University

Legal name

Trường Đại học Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu (Baria-Vungtau University)

Website

https://sdh.bvu.edu.vn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Baria-Vungtau University is a Vietnamese private university operating a graduate studies institute that offers weekend master's and doctoral programs to working professionals, civil servants, and recent graduates across business, IT, education, and logistics disciplines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Management Research Institutes & Doctoral (PhD/DBA) Programs (EDAHAHAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Graduate Schools of Education (M.Ed., Ed.D., Ph.D.) (EDAHAFAB)

Keywords

• Graduate education
• Master's degree programs
• Doctoral programs
• Higher education
• Professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Vung Tau

HQ country

Vietnam

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Graduate education tuition and fees: Revenue generated from tuition fees for master's and doctoral programs. Tuition charged per credit: 1,000,000 VND per credit for master's (60 credits total) and 2,000,000 VND per credit for doctoral programs (90 credits total). Additional fees include admission processing fees, exam fees, and supplementary knowledge course fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Baria-Vungtau University, through its Institute of Graduate Studies & Human Resource Development, offers postgraduate higher education programs including six master's degrees (MBA, MIT, MTESOL, MOS, MLOG, MCT) and one doctoral degree (DBA in Business Administration). Programs are delivered on weekends for working professionals and are taught by a faculty team of 80+ including 20 professors/associate professors and 60 PhDs, with tuition charged per credit and discounts of up to 40% for civil servants, public employees, high school teachers, and alumni.

Product overview

Baria-Vungtau University (BVU) is an educational institution offering postgraduate degree programs including 5 master's programs (MBA, Information Technology, TESOL, Oriental Studies, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Chemical Engineering) and 1 doctoral program (DBA in Business Administration). The university operates under the Nguyen Hoang Education Group and was established in 2005, with its Institute of Postgraduate Training & Human Resource Development providing continuing education and professional development programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MBA: Master of Business Administration program
• MIT
• MTESOL
• MOS
• MLOG
• MCT
• DBA

Products and services

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) Master's program in Business Administration designed to form teams of managers, leaders, consulting experts and lecturers with deep expertise, solid professional skills and strategic thinking, meeting enterprise and economy demands in digital transformation and international integration. Targeted at working professionals seeking managerial credentials, delivered on weekends.
• Master of Information Technology (MIT) Master's program in Information Technology designed to train high-quality human resources with updated scientific and technological knowledge, deep professional expertise in IT, and ability to apply knowledge to research and practice. Targeted at IT professionals and recent graduates.
• Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) Master's program in Theory and Methods of Teaching English, training teachers, lecturers, researchers and language education specialists with deep knowledge, modern pedagogical skills and scientific research thinking in English language teaching. Targeted at English teachers and education professionals.
• Master of Oriental Studies (MOS) Master's program in Oriental Studies providing professional competence and academic foreign language skills for advanced study, research and professional activities in politics, economy, society, culture and international relations. Targeted at researchers and professionals in Asian studies and international affairs.
• Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MLOG) Master's program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management training professionals skilled in operations management, supply chain management, purchasing, inventory, distribution and customer service to contribute to sustainable economic development. Targeted at logistics and port industry professionals in southeastern Vietnam.
• Master of Chemical Engineering (MCT) Master's program in Chemical Engineering covering advanced topics including thermodynamics, phase diagrams, transport phenomena, modeling, simulation and optimization in chemical technology. Targeted at chemical engineering professionals seeking advanced credentials.
• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Doctoral program in Business Administration designed to form senior researchers, lecturers and executives with professional ethics, scientific objectivity, deep expertise, scientific thinking and independent research capabilities for strategic management decisions. Targeted at senior executives and academic researchers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% student satisfaction rate with program quality, faculty, and facilities
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Viện Hàn Lâm Khoa Học Xã Hội Việt Nam)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022BVU welcomed and worked with the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences regarding cooperation in master's, doctoral training, and scientific research. This partnership supports advanced academic programs and joint research initiatives.
• Gia Cat Real Estate Investment and Trading JSCminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 April 2021Co-sponsored the 'Awakening Aspirations and Career Orientation' talk show event. Provided 05 scholarships of 1,000,000 VND each for underprivileged students with outstanding academic achievements.
• Viettel Ba Ria - Vung TauminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 April 2021Co-sponsored the 'Awakening Aspirations and Career Orientation' talk show event.
• Sydney Education GroupminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 April 2021Co-sponsored the 'Awakening Aspirations and Career Orientation' talk show event. Provided 20 online English learning vouchers worth 500,000 VND each.
• 15 enterprise partners (collective)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 January 2021On January 24, 2021, BVU signed cooperation agreements with 15 enterprise partners for training and human resource supply. Total partnerships reached 350+ with domestic and international organizations. 8 of the 15 signing companies also provided scholarships worth nearly 2 billion VND for international-standard bachelor's programs in Business Administration, Hotel Management, and Logistics & Supply Chain Management.
• Australian Business and Technology InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 January 2021Provided a sponsorship package worth 1 billion VND to BVU at the partnership signing ceremony on January 24, 2021.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• British University Vietnam (BUV): BUV is an international branch campus in HCMC offering British-degree undergraduate and postgraduate programs. While it targets a more international segment, it competes with BVU's MTESOL and MBA programs for working professionals willing to pay a premium for global credentials.
• RMIT University Vietnam: RMIT Vietnam is an international branch campus in HCMC offering MBA, master's, and doctoral programs with globally recognized credentials. While priced at a premium, RMIT overlaps with BVU's target segment of mid-career professionals seeking internationally portable postgraduate qualifications.

Direct peers

• FPT University: FPT University is a leading private Vietnamese university with graduate programs in IT, business, and engineering, including weekend/online formats for working professionals. It overlaps directly with BVU's MIT, MBA, and MOET-accredited credentials and competes for the same postgraduate applicant pool.
• Hoa Sen University: Hoa Sen is a private Vietnamese university in HCMC offering undergraduate and graduate programs across business, IT, and languages. It competes directly with BVU for the same working-professional postgraduate segment in southern Vietnam, with comparable tuition positioning and similar enterprise partnership-driven recruitment model.
• Ton Duc Thang University: Ton Duc Thang is a private Vietnamese university in HCMC offering graduate programs in business, IT, and engineering. It is publicly traded and competes directly with BVU in the working-professional postgraduate market with comparable tuition and similar enterprise-driven recruitment channels.

Others

• Nguyen Hoang Education Group (sister institutions): The Nguyen Hoang Group operates multiple private universities in Vietnam (including BVU itself) under a shared governance and brand umbrella. Sister schools provide internal benchmarks, faculty sharing, and student transfer pathways that shape BVU's strategic options and competitive positioning.

Broad incumbents

• University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH): UEH is a major public university in HCMC with one of Vietnam's largest MBA and doctoral programs in business administration. As a public institution it has stronger brand recognition and lower tuition than BVU, making it the dominant incumbent against which BVU's MBA and DBA compete.
• Ho Chi Minh City Open University: HCMC Open University is a public institution specializing in distance, online, and weekend learning formats for working adults. Its flexible-delivery model directly parallels BVU's weekend working-professional approach, making it one of the closest functional competitors for the same persona.
• Foreign Trade University (HCMC campus): FTU's HCMC campus offers MBA and master's programs in business, trade, and international economics. As a public, nationally branded university, it competes with BVU for the same working-professional postgraduate cohort in southern Vietnam and sets the pricing benchmark for the MBA category.
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT - Bach Khoa): HCMUT is Vietnam's leading public engineering university with graduate programs in IT, chemical engineering, and applied sciences. As the dominant public incumbent, it competes with BVU's MIT and MCT programs for STEM-focused master's applicants in southern Vietnam.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

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Key risks6 records

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Customer concentration

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