The annual Enterprise & Alumni Conference of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications takes place every June.

On the afternoon of 21 June, the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications successfully organised the 2025 Enterprise & Alumni Conference, themed “Developing the Training Programme of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications.” The event welcomed faculty leadership, lecturers, and generations of alumni currently working in diverse professional sectors.

This year’s conference served as an opportunity to review and share highlights from the Faculty’s activities between June 2024 and June 2025. The event also created a dialogue platform between the university and its graduates, capturing practical feedback on the effectiveness of the academic curriculum, along with constructive proposals for improvement to better meet labour market demands. Currently, the Faculty collaborates regularly with over 20 partners on activities related to career orientation, technology updates, skill development, and more.

In a warm and open atmosphere, many alumni shared personal yet meaningful reflections on the transition from university to the professional environment. Several alumni highlighted the strong foundation in technical knowledge and soft skills as critical support during their early months at work. Alongside those advantages, language barriers – especially English proficiency – were candidly acknowledged as common challenges.

Alumni from various generations shared experiences from different enterprises and contributed valuable suggestions for the Faculty’s development.

In addition to the main professional discussions, the Faculty introduced and conducted a survey focused on learner competencies and workforce demand in the postgraduate microchip design sector. This initiative represented a proactive step toward evaluating curriculum relevance and laying the groundwork for launching a new advanced academic programme.

The survey addressed practical areas such as: employer demand for Master’s and Doctoral-level personnel in microchip design; technical and soft skills expected of graduates; and specific fields currently facing talent shortages, including front-end design, FPGA, IC layout, design verification, and packaging. The survey also collected employer assessments of graduates’ competencies, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and proposals for programme enhancement.

With a long-term vision, the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, HCMUS hopes that data gathered through the survey will serve as a critical foundation for shaping a comprehensive and in-depth training programme in microchip design. At the same time, the initiative aims to strengthen collaboration between academia and industry in this promising field.

Additional moments from the Enterprise & Alumni Conference.

OIC _ Translated by PMN