UWA Academic Workshops in Vietnam
Saturday 28 October
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- In-person
Event details
Location
- Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- Vietnam
Date and time
- Please refer to each event for specific times.
Event type
- In-person
Audience
- International students
Registration
- Registration is essential

Business Analytics & Computer Science. More than technology - it's the future.
Join us for UWA’s Academic Workshops in Vietnam to discover how you can study at a world top 100 university in Perth, Western Australia (QS 2024).
Hear from two leading academics about Computer Science and Business Analytics and have the opportunity to engage with and ask questions to our subject matter experts. You will also learn about the generous scholarships on offer for Vietnamese students, post-study work opportunities, UWA campus life, and entry requirements, plus what it’s like to live, work and study in Perth, Australia’s most affordable capital city (Deloitte Access Economics, 2022) and 12th most liveable cities in the world (Economist Intelligence Unit 2023).
Attend a workshop near you
Register to attend one of the two events happening in Vietnam to access all the information you need to know.
Hanoi
- Wednesday 25 October 2023
- 5:45pm – 8:15pm
- Hotel de l'Opera Hanoi MGallery - Salon Rameau & Rossini, 1st Floor, 29 Trang Tien St., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
- Saturday 28 October 2023
- 2:00pm – 4:30pm
- Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel - Ballroom Apollo 2 & 3, 2nd Floor, 17 Ton Duc Thang St., Ben Nghe, Dist. 1, HCMC, Vietnam
Information sessions times
Register to attend the sessions that interest you the most!
Hanoi
- 5:45 - 6:00pm | Event commences
- 6:00 - 6:15pm | Living, working and studying in Perth Session
Presented in English and Vietnamese. - 6:15 - 6:50pm | The changing landscape of Computer Science
Presented in English only by Professor Amitava Datta. - 6:50 - 7:25pm | Introduction to Business Data Analytics and Storytelling
Presented in English only by Associate Professor Michael Palmer. - 7:25 - 7:50pm | About UWA and scholarships for Vietnamese students in 2024
Find out about how you can get up to $48,000* over four years with our Global Excellence Scholarship or $5,000* per year with our International Student Award for Vietnamese students. Presented in English and Vietnamese. - 7:50 - 8:15pm | Q&A session
Ho Chi Minh City
- 2:00 - 2:20pm | Event commences
- 2:20- 2:35pm| Living, working and studying in Perth Session
Presented in English and Vietnamese. - 2:35 - 3:10pm | Introduction to Business Data Analytics and Storytelling
Presented in English only by Associate Professor Michael Palmer. - 3:10 - 3:45pm | The changing landscape of Computer Science
Presented in English only by Professor Amitava Datta. - 3:45 - 4:10pm | About UWA and scholarships for Vietnamese students in 2024
Find out about how you can get up to $48,000* over four years with our Global Excellence Scholarship or $5,000* per year with our International Student Award for Vietnamese students. Presented in English and Vietnamese. - 4:10 - 4:30pm | Q&A session
Our speakers
Meet some of our award-winning and passionate academics who will be attending to introduce you to all things UWA and Perth.
- Professor Amitava Datta
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Prof. Datta did his MSc in Physics from IIT Kanpur and MTech and PhD in Computer Science from IIT Madras. He did his postdoctoral research at Max Planck Institute for Computer Science and University of Freiburg, both in Germany. He is currently a professor in the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Western Australia. He was also a visiting professor at the Institute for Computer Science, University of Freiburg between 2001-2010. Prof. Datta's research interests are in data mining, parallel and distributed computing, bioinformatics and quantum computing and information. He has published over 150 papers in these areas in reputed international journals and conference proceedings.
- Associate Professor Michael Palmer
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Dr. Michael Palmer is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Western Australia. He is an award-winning teacher and the author of over 20 academic journal articles and handbook chapters. He received a teaching excellence award in the category of post-graduate teaching at the UWA Business School for his teaching into the Masters in Business Analytics and Masters in Economics programs. His research has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Western Australian Department of Health and the World Health Organisation. He received his PhD from the Australian National University and has lived and worked in Vietnam for a period of 5 years including positions at RMIT Vietnam in Hanoi and the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City.
Why register for Vietnam UWA Academic Workshops?
Here’s 8 reasons to study at UWA in Perth:
5-star rating for teaching quality (Good Universities Guide 2021)
UWA is in the same time zone as 60% of the world’s population (+/- 2 hours)
in the world (QS World University Ranking 2023)
4,500+ industry partnerships offering you a head start in your career
Group of Eight member (Australia's best research-intensive universities)
Study in one of the world's most liveable cities (Economist Intelligence Unit)
9 subjects ranked in the world’s top 50 (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023)
Make connections with more than 160 clubs and societies
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