What is credit registration in university under the law in Vietnam?

What is credit registration in university under the law in Vietnam?

First of all, university credits are units measuring students' study load in higher education institutions. One credit is defined as 15 hours of theoretical lessons; 30 – 45 hours of practice, experiments, or discussions; 45 – 90 hours of internship at a facility; 45 – 60 hours of writing essays, large assignments, or graduation theses.

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Additionally, university training based on credits is stipulated in Article 3 of the Regulations issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT which states that there are two methods of organizing university-level education: annual training and credit-based training.

University credit-based training is defined as follows:

- It is a method of organizing training based on each course, allowing students to accumulate credits for each course and complete the training program according to their individual study plan, in line with the teaching plan of the training institution;

- Students who fail a mandatory course must retake that course or take an equivalent course as specified in the training program, or take a substitute course if the original course is no longer offered;

- Students who fail an elective course must retake that course or may choose to take another elective course in accordance with the training program's regulations.

Also, according to Clause 2, Article 7 of the Regulations issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, students who study based on credits must register for classes of the courses they intend to take during the semester, including: new courses, some courses not yet passed (for retakes) and some courses already passed (for grade improvement, if applicable) based on the list of available courses and the registration conditions of each course.

In reference to the regulations, university credit registration simply means that students studying on the credit system must register for classes of the courses they intend to take during the semester.

What is credit registration in university under the law in Vietnam? (Internet image)

How will students receive academic warning based on their credits in Vietnam?

Based on Clause 1, Article 11 of the Regulations issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT students in Vietnam shall receive academic warning based on credits as follows:

Handling Credit-Based Study Results

1. At the end of each main semester, students are warned based on several conditions, including:

a) The total number of credits failed in the semester exceeds 50% of the registered credits in that semester, or the total accumulated unfinished credits from the beginning exceeds 24;

b) The semester GPA is below 0.8 for the first semester of the course, below 1.0 for subsequent semesters;

c) The cumulative GPA is below 1.2 for first-year students, below 1.4 for second-year students, below 1.6 for third-year students, and below 1.8 for students in the following years.

2. Students are expelled in the following cases:

a) The number of warnings or warning levels exceeds the limit set by the training institution;

b) The study duration exceeds the limit stipulated in Clause 5, Article 2 of these Regulations.

3. The training institution's regulations specify:

a) The selection of some conditions for study warnings, the limit on the number of warnings or warning levels but not exceeding 2 consecutive warnings;

b) The process and procedures for warning, expulsion; and the notification method to students about the applied measures;

c) The retention of accumulated study results in case the student is expelled.

Students are warned based on credits if they meet any of the following conditions:

[1] The total number of credits failed in the semester exceeds 50% of the registered credits in that semester, or the total accumulated unfinished credits from the beginning exceeds 24;

[2] The semester GPA is below 0.8 for the first semester of the course, below 1.0 for subsequent semesters;

[3] The cumulative GPA is below 1.2 for first-year students, below 1.4 for second-year students, below 1.6 for third-year students, and below 1.8 for students in the following years.

Can Students Graduate Without Accumulating Enough Credits?

According to Clause 1, Article 14 of the Regulations issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT on graduation recognition and degree issuance:

Graduation Recognition and Degree Issuance

1. Students are considered and recognized for graduation when they meet the following conditions:

a) Accumulate enough courses, credits, and complete other mandatory content as required by the training program, meet the output standards of the training program;

b) The cumulative GPA of the entire course is at least average;

c) At the time of graduation consideration, they are not being prosecuted or not during a disciplinary suspension period.

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Therefore, according to the above regulations, students who have not accumulated enough credits will not meet the conditions to be recognized for graduation.