From the 16th to 20th, october, 2009 took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, two seminars: Which university for the 21th century?, organized by TriViet International University Project and Developing higher education: lessons from experience, organized by Hoa Sen University.

Almedio, thanks to the support of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation, sistematized both.

This document includes summaries of plenary sessions and workshops of the two seminars, the overall synthesis which led to the identification of 9 strategic axes, the maps of these 9 lines achieved through software desmodo to see how different working sessions could contribute to these axes. 

The nine axes identified from the sessions that led to the maps are:

A. The university of the 21st century will be determined by its ability to interact with a complex and changing world.
B. The university of the 21st century must learn from the experiences of others in order to build their own model of the university, drawing on the richness of its cultural traditions as a way in which to develop their ability to respond to global challenges.
C. New information technologies, e-learning, regional cooperation and new global competencies are some of the opportunities for international integration of universities.
D. A democratic university is a university that allows the majority to enter, stay and successfully complete quality studies which are relevant to current challenges.
E. The university of the 21st Century is above all a university responsible to the rest of society.
F. The university of tomorrow will be -Y´glocal¡: it must be able to deliver training appropriate to the needs of a global citizenship, yet be connected with the specificity of the local community.
G. In relation to the contents and research: the university of the future will be multidisciplinary, complementary, and generalist.
H. Governance and autonomy are a double challenge: the university management must involve all actors and that means setting responsibilities, relationships and processes of mutual understanding.
I. The need and the search for financing should not question the autonomy of the university.

The document also contains 7 interviews among key participants and an explanation of the method used.