Vietnam: What are the conditions for consideration for qualification recognition and doctorate awarding to research students?

What are the conditions for consideration for qualification recognition and doctorate awarding to research students in Vietnam?

As stipulated in Clause 1, Article 19 of the regulation on doctoral program admission and doctoral education issued with Circular 18/2021/TT-BGDDT, a research student will be considered for qualification recognition and doctorate awarding when they meet the following requirements:

- The research student’s dissertation has been passed by the dissertation examination committee of the training institution;

- The research student has submitted the final dissertation with their signature, confirmation of the instructor and confirmation of the chairperson of the dissertation examination committee after revision (if any) to the training institution (in physical and electronic forms);

- The research student has submitted the final dissertation with their signature, confirmation of the instructor and confirmation of the training institution in summary and in full to National Library of Vietnam (in physical and electronic forms).

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What are the rights and responsibilities of research students in Vietnam during their training duration?

According to Article 12 of the regulation on doctoral program admission and doctoral education issued with Circular 18/2021/TT-BGDDT, the rights and responsibilities of research students in Vietnam during their training duration are as follows:

- Exercise the rights and fulfill the responsibilities mentioned in Articles 60 and 61 of the Law on Higher Education 2012.

- Formulate and propose detailed study and research plan for each year based on the approved course-wise plan in the research student recognition decision, which shall include a plan for working and reporting to the instructor; follow the plans approved by the instructor and management unit; report on study and research progress and results to the management unit on a biannual basis; propose changes to their study and research to the instructor and management unit.

- Participate in scientific meetings at their management unit as a tenured researchers or lecturer assistant; participate in research projects and duties as assigned by the instructor.

- Comply with regulations of their training institution on academic integrity; ensure that published results are produced from their own research with the support of the instructor; acknowledge and cite all relevant individuals, groups and organizations (if any).

- Exercise other rights and fulfill other responsibilities according to training institution regulations.

When is the quality of doctoral dissertations in Vietnam assessed?

Article 20 of the regulation on doctoral program admission and doctoral education issued with Circular 18/2021/TT-BGDDT provides:

Rules and procedures for selection for inspection and assessment

1. The Ministry of Education and Training shall take charge of inspection of dossiers on training process and assessment of dissertation quality in the following cases:

a) Random inspection and assessment according to requirements of management, inspection and supervision of compliance with this Regulation and relevant regulations;

b) Inspection and assessment of certain cases per reports, complaints or denunciations.

2. Lists of documents subject to inspection and assessment:

a) For training process inspection: admission application and research student recognition decision; dossier on dissertation examination session at training institution; and application for doctorate awarding;

b) For dissertation quality assessment: dissertation; dissertation summary; copies of publications of research results of research student.

3. Inspection and assessment procedures:

a) The Ministry of Education and Training shall announce list of cases requiring training process inspection or dissertation quality assessment based on periodic reports of training institutions in writing;

b) Training institutions shall send 01 dossier for training process inspection or 03 dossiers for dissertation quality assessment to the Ministry of Education and Training;

c) The Ministry of Education and Training shall carry out the inspection or assessment and notify the results to training institutions in writing within 60 working days after receipt of sufficient documents according to regulations in Clause 2 of this Article.

Thus, the quality assessment of doctoral dissertations by the Ministry of Education and Training is conducted in the following cases:

- According to requirements of management, inspection and supervision of compliance with this Regulation and relevant regulations;

- Upon reports, complaints or denunciations.