What is the list of 208 universities and pedagogical colleges passing the domestic and international quality accreditation in Vietnam?

What is the list of 208 universities and pedagogical colleges passing the domestic and international quality accreditation in Vietnam?

According to Clause 3, Article 2 of the regulation on higher education accreditation issued together with Circular 12/2017/TT-BGDDT, higher education accreditation refers to the assessment process and recognition of the extent of the conformity of an educational institution to the education quality assessment standards promulgated by the Minister of Education and Training.

As of December 31, 2024, Vietnam has 208 universities and pedagogical colleges passing quality accreditation, of which 196 institutions pass domestic quality accreditation and 12 institutions pass international quality accreditation.

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What is the purpose of the application of standards for assessment of the quality of higher education institutions in Vietnam?

According to Article 3 of the regulation on higher education accreditation issued together with Circular 12/2017/TT-BGDDT, the purpose of the application of standards for assessment of the quality of higher education institutions in Vietnam is:

- Educational institutions shall use the standards for assessment of the quality of educational institutions to evaluate their entire activities in order to continuously improve the quality of education and to address realistic conditions of education quality and the performance of units to the concerned parties.

- Education accrediting organizations shall use the standards for assessment of the quality of educational institutions to assess and grant or deny granting recognition of conformity with education quality standards for educational institutions.

- Other organizations and individuals shall rely on such standards to give their opinions, assess and participate in public consultations on educational institutions in which they are interested.

What arre the 07 levels of quality assessment for higher education institutions in Vietnam?

Under Article 30 of the regulation on higher education accreditation issued together with Circular 12/2017/TT-BGDDT, higher education institutions are assessed on a scale of 7 levels (corresponds to 7 points) as follows:

- Level 1. Absolutely incompliant: Do not perform quality assurance to meet the requirements. Plans, documents, evidence or results are not available. Improvement should be made immediately.

- Level 2. Incompliant, improvements need to be taken: Quality assurance with regards to fields requiring being adapted for the predetermined new criteria is at the planning stage or has failed to meet the stipulated requirement. Have little documents or proofs. Quality assurance activities are not performed regularly or performed poorly.

- Level 3. Not fully compliant. Minor corrective actions should be taken to become compliant: Quality assurance activities have been determined and performed but still need minor improvements to be fully compliant. There are documents but no clear evidence that they are fully implemented. The implementation of quality assurance activities is not yet consistent or has limited results.

- Level 4. Compliant: Quality assurance actitivities are fully performed to meet the stipulated requirements. There are evidences that the performance is fully implemented. The results of quality assurance activities are as expected’

- Level 5. More compliant than expected: The quality assurance performance is more compliant than the expected requirements. There are evidences that the performance is being carried out effectively. The implementation of quality assurance activities shows good results and demonstrates positive improvement trends;

- Level 6. Well compliant as a model of the country: The implementation of quality assurance adapted for meeting the requirements of the criterion is considered the best of the nation. There are evidences that performance is being carried out effectively. The implementation of quality assurance activities shows very good results and demonstrates very positive improvement trends;

- Level 7. Perfectly compliant, reaching the level of the world's leading educational institutions: The performance of quality assurance adapted for meeting the requirements of the criterion is considered excellent, reaching the level of the world's leading educational institutions or considered the model for other educational institutions around the world to follow.

There are evidences that the performance is being carried out in a creative manner. The implementation of quality assurance activities shows excellent results and demonstrates excellent improvement trends;