The Faculty of Transportation Engineering (formerly the Faculty of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) was established in 2011. It includes three departments: the Naval Architecture Department, the Marine Engineering Department and the Automotive Engineering Department. The Faculty is responsible for training and researching in the area of Naval Architecture (such as Ship Design, Ship Building, Marine Engineering and Equipment) and Automotive Engineering, with a focus on Fishing Vessels.

The Faculty also takes a part in graduate studies (master’s and doctorates) in the field of Naval Architecture (since 1990) and Automotive Engineering (since 2010). Currently, the Faculty has over 1,000 students and over 40 experienced faculty members, of whom 80% have completed postgraduate education, including 5 Associate Professors and 5 PhDs. 

The Naval Architecture department was established in 1998. It was formerly known as the Boat Division (from 1998 to 2006). In 2006, it was renamed the Department of Shipbuilding (until 2011). It has carried the current name since May 9, 2011. The staff has grown from merely five faculty members to a group of fifteen highly qualified faculty members, including two Associate Professors - PhDs, three PhDs, three research PhDs, one master and six engineers who graduated from Korea and Norway. Currently, the Department offers programs in Naval Architecture at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

In addition to academic instruction, the Naval Architecture Department conducts scientific research. The Department has carried out a series of contracts for the Branch of Maritime Resource Protection in the local areas including: designing the traditional pattern of fishing vessel for provinces, surveying the pattern of fishing vessels for central provinces, designing high-speed canoes to travel by FRP, designing cruise ships and handing ship oil spills, reinforcing coracle stability, testing the quality of ships for thickness of the shell and the quality of the weld seam, and simulating and testing the impact of the load to the ship structure. 

The forerunner of the Department of Marine Engineering, Nha Trang University was the Mechanical Engineering fisheries Department, which was founded in 1966 at the University of Fisheries. The Department was the first building as part of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the university. The Marine Engineering Department has spent 47 years growing and developing its staff. Today, the faculty consists of individuals who have Bachelors degrees, Masters degrees, and Doctorates. Nha Trang University strives to develop a multi-sectoral, multi-level learning environment. 

The Marine Engineering Department is responsible for training over 200 college and university level students per year. The Department also instructs vocational and technical workers and conducts training and retraining classes for fishery ship chief engineers and mechanical crews. We also provide opportunities for professionals to participate in postgraduate training in specialized ship equipment. The Marine Engineering Department have continued to take proactive steps to create a more competitive program by upgrading facilities, improving training, conducting scientific research and applying advance scientific research to production. 

The Automotive Engineering Department was established in 2006. It was separated from the Marine Engineering Department – Mechanical Engineering Faculty. The Department takes responsibility for training learners to work in the automotive industry. The Automotive engineering department is responsible for training and researching in different areas within the industry, with a specific focus on fishing vessels. 

- Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. These programs are offered to students with bachelor degrees with relevant backgrounds from other universities, technical institutes or colleges such as Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering; Machinery Engineering; Shipbuilding Technology and Marine Engineering.

- Transportation Engineering. These programs are offered to students with bachelor degrees with relevant backgrounds from other universities, technical institutes or colleges such as Automotive Engineering, Internal Combustion Engine,Shipping Engineering and Machinery Technology.              

- Designing and building the specialized ships such as Underwater Vehicle, Hovercraft, Human Powered Hydrofoil, Catamaran etc. 

- Designing the fishing vessel, high-speed craft, planing boats, etc. by new materials (composite, PPC, etc.).

- Using new materials (composite, PPC, etc.) in designing and building Catamaran for Marine Tourism. 

- Computing the strength of propeller blades by FEM. 

- Copying propeller blades by REM. 

- Manufacturing the propeller with a versatile mold by CNC miller. 

- Programming to design and draw 3D seri B

– Wagenninger propeller.

- Project Leader of the production test: Complete fabrication process technologies basket boats with composite materials capable of self-propelled and non-self-serving squid fishing offshore, MSc. Pham Thanh Nhut (1/2007 -  1/2009).  

  - Research design and testing fabrication of lobster cages with non-metallic materials for fishermen Song Cau district - Phu Yen, MSc. Pham Thanh Nhut (3/2006 - 3/2007).

- Study the change of physical properties of FRP materials TiO2 and MgO additive exposure to diesel fuel (TR99-33-05), MSc. Huynh Van Nhu. 

- Training & Research in cooperation with many famous companies in Vietnam such as: PTSC (Petroleum Technical Services Corporation), Vinalines, Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard (Korean), Oshima Shipbuilding (Japan), STX (Norway) etc. 

-  Training & Research in cooperation with many University such as: Ulsan University (Korean), Department of Marine Technology in Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Australian Maritime College (AMC) etc.  
 

Visiting address: The Faculty of Transportation Engineering building, Nha Trang Campus, 02 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam 

Mailing address: Faculty of Transportation Engineering, Nha Trang University, 02 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam