May university students with satisfactory study progress in Vietnam advance to the next year?

May university students with satisfactory study progress in Vietnam advance to the next year?

According to Article 3 of the Regulation on Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT:

Methods for training organization

1. Year-based training:

a) Year-based training is a method for training organization where all mandatory units of study of the training program are organized into relatively fixed classes, allowing students of the same class to follow the standard learning plan and a common schedule, except for elective or retaken units of study;

b) Students with satisfactory study progress may advance to the next year according to the standard learning plan and shall retake failed units of study in compliance with regulations of the training program;

c) Students with unsatisfactory study progress shall retake failed units of study together with students of the next cohort in compliance with regulations of the training program.

2. Credit-based training:

a) Credit-based training is a method for training organization where units of study are organized into classes as appropriate to the teaching plan of the training institution, allowing students to accumulate credits of each unit of study and take the training program following their individual learning plans;

b) Students failing a mandatory unit of study shall retake that unit of study or take an equivalent unit of study according to regulations of the training program or a substituting unit of study if the unit of study that they fail is no longer taught;

c) Students failing an elective unit of study shall retake that unit of study or take another elective unit of study according to regulations of the training program.

3. Training institutions shall select and adopt methods for training organization as follows:

a) Adopt credit-based training for all cohorts and modes of study in a consistent manner;

b) Adopt year-based training for all cohorts and modes of study in a consistent manner;

c) Adopt credit-based training for some cohorts or one mode of study; and adopt year-based training for the other cohorts or mode of study.

Thus, students with satisfactory study progress may advance to the next year according to the standard learning plan and shall retake failed units of study in compliance with the regulations of the training program.

Therefore, according to the above regulation, university students with satisfactory study progress in Vietnam may advance to the next year. (For students under year-based training)

May university students with satisfactory study progress in Vietnam advance to the next year? (Image from the Internet)

What are the conditions for university students under credit-based training to simultaneously enroll in two programs?

According to Article 18 of the Regulation on Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT:

Simultaneous enrollment in two programs

1. For credit-based training, students may register for units of study of another training program or academic discipline besides their own according to the situation of their training institutions, but may enjoy official rights pertaining to and apply for graduation from the second program only when they have successfully enrolled in the second program according to regulations in Clause 2 herein.

2. Students may apply for the second program after they have reached second year of the first program. At the time of application, students must meet either of the following conditions and other conditions of their training institutions:

a) Have good GPA or higher and meet admission requirements of the second program in the admission year;

b) Have average GPA and meet admission requirements of the second program in the admission year.

3. While a student is enrolled in two programs simultaneously, if GPA of the first program falls below the average level or the student receives an academic warning, they must stop attending the second program in the following semester; and be removed from list of students enrolled in the second program.

4. Maximum time for a student to attend two programs simultaneously shall be the maximum study time of the first program provided for in Clause 5 Article 2 of this Regulation. While the student enrolls in the second program, results of units of study with equivalent content and academic load of the first program may be recognized.

5. Students may apply for graduation from the second program if they are eligible and have applied for graduation from the first program at least 02 years before applying for graduation from the second program.

6. Training institutions may offer the second program to students only when they meet quality assurance conditions in terms of admission quota and training capacity; concurrently, they shall stipulate procedures and requirements for enrollment and degree awarding for the second program.

Thus, university students under credit-based training may simultaneously enroll in two programs when the training institution permits.

However, they may enjoy official rights pertaining to and apply for graduation from the second program only when they have successfully enrolled in the second program as per the regulations in Clause 2 Article 18 of the Regulation on Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT.

Additionally, at the time of application, students must meet either of the following conditions and other conditions of their training institutions:

- Have good GPA or higher and meet admission requirements of the second program in the admission year;

- Have average GPA and meet admission requirements of the second program in the admission year.

What are the cases where university students in Vietnam may apply for temporary leave and have their study results retained?

According to Clause 1 Article 15 of the Regulation on Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, students may temporarily leave school and have their study results retained in the following cases:

- The student is conscripted;

- The student is selected to represent Vietnam in an international competition by the competent authority;

- The student is ill, is pregnant or has an accident that requires long-term treatment, which is verified by the competent healthcare facility according to regulations of the Ministry of Health;

- The student takes leave for a personal reason but has attended at least 01 semester in the training institution and is not considered for forced leave from school or discipline.