The Graduation ceremony of the Advanced program in International Business Management K50 (Course 2) took place in a solemn atmosphere on Friday afternoon (21th August, 2015) at the hall of the 3rd floor of the VJCC building. There were 24 students of FTU-K50 were awarded diplomas of the Foreign Trade University as well as the partner's certificate of the California State University, Fullerton, United States.

The ceremony was attended by closely business partners of Advanced Program in Business Administration as Ms. Dang Thi Mai Trang - Representative of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in VN, Mr. Le Mac Linh - Deputy Director of PepsiCo Suntory Vietnam, Mr. Lee Jong Kook - General Director of Lotte Center Hanoi, Ms. Nguyen Huyen Chi - Head of Human Resources and Change Management at General Motor Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Anh Duc - Northern Sales Director of FPT Telecom, Ms. Phan Hong Nhung - Deputy Head of Workforce Planning & Human Resource Development of Vingroup, Ms. Pham Le Nguyen - President cum CEO of 5Desire,...

Moreover, the ceremony was honored with the presence of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Anh Tuan - President of Foreign Trade University, Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Chau - Former President of Foreign Trade University, the Administrators and teachers of FTU.

Over 5 years of implementation, the Advanced Program in in International Business Management of FTU has achieved remarkable achievement. Up to 2015, there were 47 lecturers from the California State University, Fullerton and 7 foreign lecturers from Switzerland, Ireland, Singapore were participated in teaching subjects of the program at FTU. In order to enhance the quality of teaching, the program has been made five short-training on teaching method and scientific research to a total of 26 FTU's faculty members at the California State University, Fullerton in 5 weeks. Regarding international cooperation, in addition to achieving the cooperation agreement with CSUF which is the partner of the program, from 2012, FTU had signed an agreement allowing transfer subjects to the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) so that students can get a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and have the opportunity to study Master in Business Administration (MBA) in the United States without a transition period. Subsequently, FTU also signed transfer subjects agreements with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), the Griffith University (Australia), the Minot State University (USA), open up many opportunities and choices for the students of the Advanced Program in International Business Management to obtain from famous foreign universities according to the 3 + 1 program with the most economical cost.

By far, the program has been enrolled 5 courses with a total of 350 outstanding students which were selected among the students passed an examination on FTU. In addition, the program also has the participation of international students from Germany, France, Japan, China ... with the number is constantly increasing over the years. The Advanced Program in International Business Management also focuses on promoting cooperation with other organizations and businesses to bring the best opportunities for students in the learning process and the career-oriented development, gets a chance to practice and work after graduation. In particular, the FTU students - course K50 have been participated in actual investigation at General Motor Vietnam company, Pepsico factory in Bac Ninh, Canon factory, factory of Ha Yen Join Stock company,.... Simultaneously, students of the Advanced Program in International Business Management also received many scholarships from private donors and businesses as ACCA Vietnam, ICAEW, FPT Telecom, Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Summit Educations, CNR IELTS, Business - Mr. Tam Nguyen, Business - Mr Le Van Tuat, ...

There were 24 students of Advanced Program in International Business Management graduated this term, with 14 excellent students (58%), 9 students achieved very good grade (38%) and only one student achieved good grade (4%). Especially the student Mr. Truong Huy Hoang, with a GPA score of 3.96, has become a valedictorian of the course K50, FTU. Besides, the students also participated actively in extracurricular activities and achieved excellent results as Mr. Truong Huy Hoang - First Prize of Scientific Research Competition for student in 2014, Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Tho got the Second Prize and Mr. Nguyen Bao Tuan achieved the Third Prize of Kawai Business Start-up competition in 2014,...
The ceremony ended with the song "Goodbye" performed emotionally by a singing group. The Advanced Program in International Business Management K50 is the second excellent course, that has left many achievements to be proud of, the memorable memories, and especially, the teacher and student emotional as well as friendship are respectability.

From 31^st August to 08^th September 2015, Faculty of International Education were happy to host 20 students and staff members from University of Bedfordshire (United Kingdom) to attend the International Exchange week at Foreign Trade University.
With the aim to strengthen ties between two universities after 9 years of cooperation, the International Exchange Week brought about the opportunities for lecturers and students in both universities to meet up and exchange knowledge, discuss about several issues including history, culture and economic situations through various seminars and workshops at FTU. During the trip, students from University of Bedfordshire also got chances to visit enterprises in Vietnam as well as some famous tourism destination including Ha Long Bay (one of the World’s Wonders) and Sapa.

Throughout the week, students from Faculty of International Education, Foreign Trade University also had the opportunities to communicate and present to foreign students about our country, people and Vietnamese Education. This is the basic ground to develop further friendship between the students from both universities.

The international Exchange Week had brought about the memorable experience to students from University of Bedfordshire as well as great memory and friendship across the globe.