Vietnam: What is GPA? What are the regulations on converting GPA at universities based on the classification of academic performance?

What is GPA?

"What is GPA" is a question that interests university students. GPA stands for Grade Point Average which is an average score indicator used to assess a student's academic performance over a certain period, usually a semester, an academic year, or an entire study program.

Currently, Vietnamese law does not specifically define the concept of "GPA." However, according to common understanding:

GPA reflects an individual's academic ability through the average calculation of scores, often converted into a standardized grading scale (typically a 4.0 or 10.0 scale).

It is a crucial criterion in classifying academic performance, considering scholarships, transferring schools, and applying for undergraduate or postgraduate programs.

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What are the regulations on converting GPA at universities based on the classification of academic performance in Vietnam?

According to clauses 5 and 6, Article 10 of the Undergraduate Education Regulation issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, student academic performance shall be classified based on the semester average grade, academic year average grade or GPA as follows:

a) On the 4-point scale:

From 3,6 to 4,0: excellent;

From 3,2 to under 3,6: very good;

From 2,5 to under 3,2: good;

From 2,0 to under 2,5: average;

From 1,0 to under 2,0: poor;

Under 1,0: very poor.

b) On the 10-point scale:

From 9,0 to 10,0: excellent;

From 8,0 to under 9,0: very good;

From 7,0 to under 8,0: good;

From 5,0 to under 7,0: average;

From 4,0 to under 5,0: poor;

Under 4,0: very poor.

Additionally, study progress shall be determined based on the number of credits accumulated from the beginning of the course (“N”) and the average number of credits of an academic year according to the standard learning plan (“M”) as follows:

- First year: N < M;

- Second year: M ≤ N < 2M;

- Third year: 2M ≤ N < 3M;

- Fourth year: 3M ≤ N < 4M;

- Fifth year: 4M ≤ N < 5M.

What is the GPA resulting in being forced to leave school in Vietnam?

According to Article 11 of the Undergraduate Education Regulation issued together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, it is stipulated as follows:

Handling of credit-based academic performance

1. At the end of each main semester, students will receive an academic warning in any of the following cases:

a) Total number of failed credits in the semester exceeds more than half of the number registered for the semester or total number of failed credits from the beginning of the course is more than 24;

b) Semester average grade is under 0,8 for the first semester of the course or under 1,0 for following semesters;

c) GPA is under 1,2 for first-year students, under 1,4 for second-year students, under 1,6 for third-year students or under 1,8 for the following years.

2. Students will be forced to leave school in any of the following cases:

a) Number of academic warnings or level of academic warning received exceeds the permitted amount/ level according to regulations of the training institution;

b) Study duration exceeds the amount of time mentioned in Clause 5 Article 2 of this Regulation.

3. Training institution regulations shall provide for the following matters:

a) Application of some conditions for academic warning and permitted number of academic warnings or academic warning level, which shall allow for no more than 2 consecutive warnings;

b) Procedures for academic warning and forced leave from school; and announcement of such measures to students;

c) Retention of accumulated study results in case of forced leave from school.

Under the above regulations, students will be forced to leave school in any of the following cases:

- Number of academic warnings or level of academic warning received exceeds the permitted amount/ level according to regulations of the training institution;

- Study duration exceeds the amount of time mentioned in Clause 5 Article 2 of this Regulation.

* At the end of each main semester, students will receive an academic warning in any of the following cases:

- First semester of the course: GPA is under 0.8.

- Subsequent semesters: GPA is under 1.0.

- GPA is:

+ under 1,2 for first-year students,

+ under 1,4 for second-year students,

+ under 1,6 for third-year students or

+ under 1,8 for the following years

- Total number of failed credits in the semester exceeds more than half of the number registered for the semester or the total number of failed credits from the beginning of the course is more than 24.