Vietnam: What are the regulations on grading college students academically? What are the regulations on rounding undergraduate students' module grades?
How do university students rank their academic performance in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 5, Article 10 of the Regulation on university education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDĐT stipulating the classification of students' academic performance as follows:
On the 4-point scale:
From 3,6 to 4,0: excellent;
From 3,2 to under 3,6: very good;
From 2,5 to under 3,2: good;
From 2,0 to under 2,5: average;
From 1,0 to under 2,0: poor;
Under 1,0: very poor.
On the 10-point scale:
From 9,0 to 10,0: excellent;
From 8,0 to under 9,0: very good;
From 7,0 to under 8,0: good;
From 5,0 to under 7,0: average;
From 4,0 to under 5,0: poor;
Under 4,0: very poor.
Vietnam: What are the regulations on grading college students academically? What are the regulations on rounding undergraduate students' module grades?
Are undergraduate students' module grades rounded in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 9 of the Regulation on university education promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDĐT stipulates as follows:
Article 9. Assessment and calculation of grades of units of study
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3. The grade of a unit of study shall be the total of all component grades multiplied by their corresponding weights, rounded to 1 decimal place and assigned a letter grade as follows, unless otherwise provided for in Point d of this Clause:
a) Level-based pass grades applicable to units of study counted towards the average grade include:
A: from 8,5 to 10,0;
B: from 7,0 to 8,4;
C: from 5,5 to 6,9;
D: from 4,0 to 5,4.
b) Non-level-based pass grade applicable to units of study not counted towards the average grade:
P: at least 5,0.
c) Fail grade:
F: under 4,0.
d) Some special cases of letter grades not counted towards the average grade:
I: incomplete grade due to permitted exam deferment;
X: incomplete grade due to insufficient data;
R: grade of unit of study which the student is exempt from taking and the credit(s) of which is/are recognized (hereinafter referred to as “exempted unit of study”).
According to the above, the module grades of undergraduate students in Vietnam are calculated from the sum of component points multiplied by the corresponding weight.
At the same time, the module point of undergraduate students in Vietnam is rounded to a cross digit.
For example: Students have a module A assessment score of 6.0 points, an exam score at the end of module A of 8.5 points
Then the module A score will be calculated as follows: 50%*6+50%*8.5=7.25 => the student's module score will be rounded to 7.3
What are the requirements for undergraduate students in Vietnam to be considered and recognized for graduation?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 of the Regulation on university education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDĐT stipulates as follows:
Article 14. Graduation recognition and degree awarding
1. Conditions for graduation consideration and recognition:
a) The student has accumulated sufficient units of study and credits and completed other compulsory contents required by the training program in Vietnam and achieved the expected learning outcomes of the training program in Vietnam;
b) The student has average GPA or higher for the whole course;
c) At the time of graduation consideration, the student is not facing a criminal prosecution or suspended from study.
2. Principals shall issue graduation recognition decisions and award degrees to students eligible for graduation within 03 months starting from the time where the students become eligible and have fulfilled all obligations with their training institutions in Vietnam.
3. Degree classification shall be determined based on GPA of the whole course according to regulations in Clause 5 Article 10 of this Regulation, in which, the degree classification of students with excellent and very good GPAs will be lowered by half in any of the following cases:
a) Retaken units of study exceed more than 5% of total credits required for the whole program;
b) The student received a warning or a more severe penalty when they attended the program.
4. For students whose study time has exceeded the maximum permitted limit, if they are not yet eligible for graduation due to incomplete national defense - security or physical education unit of study or failure to meet foreign language or information technology standard, within 03 years after they complete their study, they may fulfill the missing requirements and apply for graduation.
5. Students not graduating may be awarded certificates of units of study accumulated throughout the training program Vietnam of the training institution in Vietnam.
6. Training institution regulations shall provide for the following matters:
a) Procedures for graduation consideration and recognition, graduation consideration timeline in a year;
b) Retention and recognition of accumulated study results of students not graduating;
c) Permission for students whose full-time study time have expired to transfer to the corresponding part-time or remote study (if any) provided by the training institution in Vietnam if they have not exceeded the permitted study time limit for the latter mode of study according to regulations.
According to the above regulations, students are considered and recognized for graduation when they fully meet the following conditions:
- The student has accumulated sufficient units of study and credits and completed other compulsory contents required by the training program and achieved the expected learning outcomes of the training program;
- The student has average GPA or higher for the whole course;
- At the time of graduation consideration, the student is not facing a criminal prosecution or suspended from study.
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