Formally kicked off from October 2017, the 3-year project ESSENCE is co-funded by the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union aiming at capacity building in selected HEIs in Vietnam and Russia with close professional cooperation and supports of European partners. 

The overall aim of the ESSENCE project is to modernise the master level curriculum in smart energy systems (SES) at Russian and Vietnamese universities in close cooperation with the industry and in accordance with the European Qualification Framework (EQF). Within the framework of the project, a core curriculum will be developed to be embedded into existing master programmes and implemented during the third year of the project life (academic year 2019/2020). The ESSENCE project description is available at the following address: Project Card.

Partners from Europe:

(1) Riga Technical University (RTU) –Latvia
(2) Institute Polytechnique de Grenoble (Grenoble INP) (France)
(3) Technical University of Kosice (TUKE) (Slovakia)
(4) Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) (Russia)
(5) Irkutsk National Research Technical University (INRTU) (Russia)
(6) Ural Federal University (UrFU) (Russia)
(7) Kazan State Power Engineering University (KSPEU) (Russia)
(8) North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) (Russia)

Partners from Vietnam:

(9) Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG) (Vietnam)
(10) Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) (Vietnam)

HCMUTE together with nine partners from five countries (Latvia, France, Slovakia, Russia and Vietnam) is participating in the ESSENCE project. Having been selected as the Vietnam Regional Coordinator for the project, HCMUTE has a great chance to not only follow up well with but also contribute to the smooth implementation of the project. Furthermore, international academic cooperation between the university and other partners thanking to this meaningful project is strongly expected.