Vietnam: What are the modes of study in undergraduate education? What are the methods for training organization in undergraduate education?

What are the modes of study in undergraduate education in Vietnam?

Under Article 4 of the Regulations for Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT providing the modes of study in undergraduate education in Vietnam:

Modes of study

1. Full-time mode of study:

a) Teaching activities shall take place in training institutions, and practicals, internships, practical experiences and online teaching may be carried out outside of training institutions;

b) Teaching activities shall take place between 6 AM and 8 PM from Monday to Saturday; activities specific to training programs shall be organized according to regulations of training institutions.

2. Part-time mode of study:

a) Teaching activities shall take place in training institutions or institutions involved in joint training according to regulations on joint training in Article 5 of this Regulation; and practicals, internships, practical experiences and online teaching may be carried out outside of training institutions and institutions involved in joint training;

b) Teaching time may be scheduled flexibly.

3. For academic disciplines needing to be prioritized for socio - economic development for each period, the Ministry of Education and Training shall provide guidelines for the modes of study applied to them.

Thus, there are 2 modes of study in undergraduate education:

- Full-time mode of study;

- Part-time mode of study.

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What are the methods for training organization in undergraduate education in Vietnam?

According to Article 3 of the Regulations for Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, the methods for training organization in undergraduate education include:

- Year-based training:

+ 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;

+ 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;

+ 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.

- Credit-based training:

+ 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;

+ 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;

+ 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.

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

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

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

+ 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.

Which are disciplines in which joint training in undergraduate education in Vietnam is not permitted?

Under Clause 1 of Article 5 of the Regulations for Undergraduate Education issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT:

Joint training

1. Joint training programs shall only be offered in part-time mode of study according to regulations in Clause 22 Article 1 of the Law on Amendment to Law on Higher Education and Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article. Joint training in health-related disciplines that award practitioner certificates is not permitted.

2. Minimum requirements for institutions in charge of joint training:

a) The institution has been accredited by a licensed educational accreditation organization and the accreditation is unexpired according to regulations;

b) The training program of the joint training has been offered for at least 03 consecutive cohorts in full-time mode of study; from the 2024 cohort onwards, the training program must be accredited as per applicable regulations;

c) Full-time lecturers shall teach at least 70% of the content and academic load of the training program;

d) Regulations on joint training have been promulgated and quality assurance conditions of the institution cooperating in the joint training have been appraised;

dd) Training institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Defense or Ministry of Public Security are exempt from Points a and b of this Clause but may cooperate in training only with educational institutions affiliated to the same supervisory ministry and be assigned the joint training by the supervisory ministry in writing.

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Thus, joint training in health-related disciplines that award practitioner certificates is not permitted.