What are the qualifications required for assistant lecturers of undergraduate programs in Vietnam? What are the admission requirements and expected learning outcomes for undergraduate programs?
What are the qualifications required for assistant lecturers of undergraduate programs in Vietnam?
Under Article 10 of Circular 17/2021/TT-BGDDT, regulations concerning the lecturers and support personnel for undergraduate programs are as follows:
Lecturers and support personnel
1. Training program standards must stipulate minimum requirements in terms of quantity, structure, qualifications, capacity and experience of lecturers and support personnel teaching and supporting learners with achieving the expected learning outcomes of training programs.
2. Requirements for lecturers of undergraduate programs and level-7 specialized training programs:
a) Lecturers shall hold a master’s degree or higher; assistant lecturers shall hold a bachelor’s degree or higher;
b) At least 01 full-time lecturer shall have a doctorate in a suitable academic discipline to take charge of formulating and adopting the training program;
c) At least 05 full-time lecturers shall have a doctorate in a suitable specialization to take charge of teaching the training program, with each component of the program in charge by a lecturer with a suitable specialization;
d) There shall be sufficient lecturers to ensure compulsory learner/lecturer ratio.
3. Requirements for lecturers of masters programs:
a) Lecturers shall have a doctorate;
b) At least 05 full-time lecturers shall have a doctorate in a suitable academic discipline, with one professor or associate professor taking charge of formulating and adopting the training program;
c) A full-time lecturer with a suitable specialization shall take charge of teaching each unit of study;
d) There shall be sufficient instructors to ensure that each instructor is in charge of no more than 05 learners.
4. Requirements for lecturers of doctoral programs:
a) Lecturers shall have the title of professor or associate professor; or hold a doctorate with good research capability;
b) Full-time lecturers shall include at least 01 professor (or 02 associate professors) of a suitable academic discipline and 03 lecturers holding a doctorate in a suitable academic discipline;
c) There shall be sufficient instructors to ensure that each professor is in charge of no more than 07 research students, each associate professor is in charge of no more than 05 research students and each doctorate holder is in charge of no more than 03 research students.
5. For discipline-based program standards, their requirements for lecturers shall not be lower than the requirements in Clauses 2, 3 and 4 of this Article; requirements for learner/lecturer ratio; and requirements for supporting personnel (if necessary) shall be appropriate to the characteristics of each field of training, academic discipline group or academic discipline.
To become an assistant lecturer of an undergraduate program, one must hold at least a bachelor's degree.
What are the qualifications required for assistant lecturers of undergraduate programs in Vietnam? What are the admission requirements and expected learning outcomes for undergraduate programs? (Image from the Internet)
What are the admission requirements of undergraduate programs in Vietnam?
According to Article 6 of Circular 17/2021/TT-BGDDT, the admission requirements of undergraduate programs are as follows:
Admission requirements of training programs
1. Admission requirements of a training program must clarify minimum requirements in terms of qualifications, capacity and experience applicable to the education level, academic discipline and training orientation for persons who wish to complete the training program successfully.
2. Admission requirement of undergraduate programs and level-7 specialized training programs: learners must complete high school or equivalent.
3. Admission requirements of masters programs: learners must complete undergraduate study (or equivalent level or higher) in a suitable academic discipline and have level-3 foreign language qualification according to the Vietnamese 6-level framework of reference for foreign languages or equivalent. Admission requirements of research-oriented masters programs: learners must hold a bachelor's degree classified as good or higher or have published scientific papers related to the field of training for which they are applying.
4. Admission requirements of doctoral programs: learners must complete graduate study or a level-7 specialized training program in a suitable academic discipline or hold a bachelor's degree classified as very good (or equivalent or higher degree) in a suitable academic discipline; and have level-4 foreign language qualification according to the Vietnamese 6-level framework of reference for foreign languages (or equivalent or higher qualification); and have research capacity and experience.
The admission requirements of a training program must clarify minimum requirements in terms of qualifications, capacity and experience applicable to the education level, academic discipline and training orientation for persons who wish to complete the training program successfully.
What are the expected learning outcomes for undergraduate programs in Vietnam?
According to Article 5 of Circular 17/2021/TT-BGDDT, the exit standards for an undergraduate program are as follows:
Expected learning outcomes of training programs
Requirements for expected learning outcomes of a training program:
1. Be clear and practical; name academic results concerning general understanding and core capacity at the education level as well as specific requirements of the field of training or academic discipline that learners should achieve after they complete the program.
2. Measure and evaluate according to cognitive learning levels, providing the basis for design, application and improvement of teaching content and methods; assess learners’ performance and award degrees to learners.
3. Be consistent with objectives of the training program, show contributions in a clear manner and include requirements representative of employers and other relevant parties.
4. Specify the education level and ensure expected learning outcomes concerning necessary knowledge, skills, independence, responsibilities and capacity according to regulations for the corresponding level in the Vietnamese Qualifications Framework.
5. Ensure relevance to admission requirements of the higher education level (if any) and, concurrently, facilitate admission to other programs at the same level, especially programs in the same academic discipline group or field of training.
6. Be elaborated in expected learning outcomes of units of study and components of the training program, and adopted in a systematic manner via connections between units of study and components.
7. Be feasible and appropriate to the program load so that the majority of learners, who meet admission requirements, can complete the program in standard time.
Thus, the exit standards for an undergraduate program must be clear and practical; name academic results concerning general understanding and core capacity at the education level as well as specific requirements of the field of training or academic discipline that learners should achieve after they complete the program.
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