The landscape of university - industry collaboration for development and for graduates’ preparedness in the current trend of job market’s needs

This research aims to explore the current landscape of UIC, its nature and then discusses possible solution to foster closer collaboration between businesses and universities. Secondary data from the literature were collected including both English and Vietnamese documents. The researcher employed content analysis as the methodological approach. The main themes have been focused, namely (1) the settings in different countries in different regions of the world, including America, Europe and Asia, (2) workable models or frameworks of UIC in developed countries as exemplars, and (3) possible solutions to identified issues in current landscape of UIC in Vietnam. The research is timely critical in the current agenda, the “era of rising” in Vietnam and in developing countries that share the similar contexts.