Are students who have attended for 3 semesters at the university allowed to retain their study results in Vietnam?

Are students who have attended for 3 semesters at the university allowed to retain their study results in Vietnam?

In Article 15 of the Regulation on undergraduate education promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, it stipulates temporary leave and dropping out, according to which:

1. Students may temporary leave school and have their study results retained in the following cases:

a) The student is conscripted;

b) The student is selected to represent Vietnam in an international competition by the competent authority;

c) The student is ill, is pregnant or has an accident that requires long-term treatment, which is verified by the competent healthcare facility according to regulations of the Ministry of Health;

d) The student takes leave for a personal reason but has attended at least 01 semester in the training institution and is not considered for forced leave from school or discipline.

2. Duration of temporary leave for personal reason shall be counted towards the full-time study time provided for in Clause 5 Article 2 of this Regulation.

3. Students may drop out of school for personal reason, unless they are considered for forced leave from school or discipline. These students shall apply for admission following the procedures applicable to other applicants if they wish to return to school.

4. Training institution regulations shall provide for conditions, competence and procedures for handling of applications for temporary leave, receipt of returning students and forced leave from school; and retention and recognition of accumulated study results of students who drop out.

According to this Article, you have studied for 3 semesters at the university and you are not considered for expulsion or disciplinary review, you may be able to retain your academic results in Vietnam.

What are conditions for graduation consideration and recognition in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 14 of the Regulation on undergraduate education promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating graduation recognition and degree awarding, as follows:

1. Conditions for graduation consideration and recognition:

a) The student has accumulated sufficient units of study and credits and completed other compulsory contents required by the training program and achieved the expected learning outcomes of the training program;

b) The student has average GPA or higher for the whole course;

c) At the time of graduation consideration, the student is not facing a criminal prosecution or suspended from study.

2. Principals shall issue graduation recognition decisions and award degrees to students eligible for graduation within 03 months starting from the time where the students become eligible and have fulfilled all obligations with their training institutions.

3. Degree classification shall be determined based on GPA of the whole course according to regulations in Clause 5 Article 10 of this Regulation, in which, the degree classification of students with excellent and very good GPAs will be lowered by half in any of the following cases:

a) Retaken units of study exceed more than 5% of total credits required for the whole program;

b) The student received a warning or a more severe penalty when they attended the program.

4. For students whose study time has exceeded the maximum permitted limit, if they are not yet eligible for graduation due to incomplete national defense - security or physical education unit of study or failure to meet foreign language or information technology standard, within 03 years after they complete their study, they may fulfill the missing requirements and apply for graduation.

5. Students not graduating may be awarded certificates of units of study accumulated throughout the training program of the training institution.

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

a) Procedures for graduation consideration and recognition, graduation consideration timeline in a year;

b) Retention and recognition of accumulated study results of students not graduating;

c) Permission for students whose full-time study time have expired to transfer to the corresponding part-time or remote study (if any) provided by the training institution if they have not exceeded the permitted study time limit for the latter mode of study according to regulations.

Thus, when you fully meet the above conditions in Vietnam, the university principal will issue a decision to recognize your graduation and grant your diploma within 3 months from the time you fully meet the graduation conditions and fulfill obligations to the training institution.

Best Regards!