Is a person who has a HSK 4 level of foreign language proficiency eligible to study for a master's degree in Vietnam?

Is a person who has a HSK 4 level of foreign language proficiency eligible to study for a master's degree in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 5 of the Regulations on enrolment and training for master’s degree issued together with the Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDĐT stipulating as follows:

1. Eligibility for enrolment:

a) Having graduated or eligible for recognition as university graduates (or equivalent or higher) in appropriate majors; in case of research orientation programs, graduating in good category or higher or making scientific publication in major that learners will study and/or conduct research;

b) Obtaining level 3 foreign language proficiency according to Foreign Language Proficiency consisting of 6 levels in Vietnam;

c) Satisfying other requirements of standard training programs issued by Ministry of Education and Training and requirements of training programs.

Pursuant to the Annex issued together with the Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDĐT stipulating as follows:

Therefore, although you have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Chinese language proficiency certificate HSK4, you are still not qualified to participate in master's degree course. You must also meet other requirements of the training program standards issued by the Ministry of Education and Training and according to the regulations of the training program.

Is a person who has a HSK 4 level of foreign language proficiency eligible to study for a master's degree in Vietnam? - Source: Internet

What are the qualifications for a master's thesis instructor in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Regulations on enrolment and training for master’s degree issued together with the Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDĐT stipulating as follows:

1. Learners pursuing research orientation programs must conduct a research topic worth 12 to 15 credits whose results are displayed in form of thesis. Learners shall produce the thesis for at least 6 months.

2. Thesis is a scientific report consolidating all primary research results of learners and satisfying the following requirements:

a) Making contribution to theories, academic sectors, or developing technology, enabling renovation; showing research capacity of learners;

b) Meeting cultural, moral, and traditional standards of Vietnamese people;

c) Complying with regulations of education institutions regarding academic integrity and applicable law provisions on intellectual property.

3. Each student shall be assisted by one or two thesis instructors with at least one thesis instructor is a full-time lecturer of education institutions. At any given time, a thesis instructor shall not guide more than 5 individual learners (including learners pursuing graduating units of study of application orientation program); guiding 2 learners working together shall be equivalent to guiding an individual learner.

4. Standards of thesis instructors:

a) Having specialized doctor’s degree suitable with training majors and thesis topic of learners;

b) Having foreign language capacity and information technology application to conduct research and perform international scientific exchange;

c) Having scientific research results relating to the thesis topics within 5 years prior to the date on which the instructors are assigned to guide learners;

d) Satisfying other requirements as per standard training programs of the majors and regulations of education institutions.

5. Regulations of education institutions shall prescribe:

a) Standards, responsibilities, and rights of instructors;

b) Assignment of topics and thesis instructors; change of topics, instructors; time for implementing thesis;

c) Requirements for specialized contents, structure, format, and academic integrity assurance for the thesis.

Above are the qualifications for a master's thesis instructor in Vietnam.

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