The College of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CAF), Can Tho University (CTU), was established in 1979. For over 30 years, CAF has been always attempting and developing itself to fulfill its missions of education, research and technical transfer on the areas of aquaculture and fisheries in order to meet the need of manpower and advanced technology for the development of aquaculture and fisheries in Viet Nam, and the Mekong Delta, particularly.
Since established, CAF has over 3,000 alumni. Currently, CAF has 1,700 undergraduates, 150 master and 30 PhD students. CAF currently offers 9 programs for Bachelor degree: Aquaculture; Aquatic Animal Pathology; Aquatic Resources Management; Fisheries Economics; Aquatic Products Processing; Mariculture and Marine Resources Conservation; and Advanced Program in Aquaculture (taught in English and 2 transferred programs from college to bachelor degree (Aquaculture and Aquatic Products Processing). CAF currently offer 2 programs for Master degree (Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management) and 1 programs for doctoral degree (Aquaculture)