Faculty of Automotive Technology organizes an online thesis defense for K12 students

On June 18, 2021, the Faculty of Automotive Technology (FAT) organized an online thesis defense for K12 students.

The defense had a total of 327 students evaluated at 10 defense committees.
According to Dr. Nguyen Anh Ngoc - Dean of the Faculty of Automotive Technology: this is the first time that the defense has been held online, but both FAT lecturers and students have prepared well.

At the defense, students present work and fields questions; the lecturers on the dissertation committee then confer privately, and render their verdict to the students.
With the pandemic limiting activity on the HaUI campus, moving dissertation defenses online has been a necessary adjustment. FAT students who defended dissertations this summer say they have had a variety of reactions to the change: They appreciated that family members could suddenly watch their defenses online, and some felt more relaxed in the format. But students also felt it was more challenging to engage with their audiences online.
And, inevitably, social distancing meant students could not gather in person with advisors and friends to rejoice, as per the usual HaUI tradition.