What assessment grade is required to be allowed for credit acknowledgement and conversion regarding training of master degree in Vietnam?

What assessment grade is required to be allowed for credit acknowledgement and conversion regarding training of master degree in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 4 of the regulations on enrolment and training of master degree issued together with the Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating acknowledgement of learning results and credit conversion in Vietnam as follows:

1. Learners shall be considered for credit acknowledgement and conversion for certain units of study when they have taken part in another master training program or have graduated a specialized training program according to Article14 of Decree No. 99/2019/ND-CP dated December 30, 2019 of the Government. Number of credits acknowledged and converted must not exceed 30 credits.

2. Students who are pursuing university-level education program (or equivalent or higher) and have good or higher grade point average and other requirements prescribed by education institutions may register to take certain units of study of master training program in advance in the same education institutions.  Number of credits acknowledged must not exceed 15 credits.

3. Units of study allowed for credit acknowledgement and conversion according to Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article when the following requirements are met:

a) Meet graduation standards, lecturer requirements, workload, and other requirements of the units of study in master training program;

b) Assessment grade must be C (or equivalent) or higher;

c) Completion date must be within 5 years from the date on which acknowledgement, conversion is considered.

4. Regulations of education institutions prescribe:

a) Eligibility, criteria for assessment, and procedures for acknowledging studying results and converting credits;

b) Eligibility and procedures for registering for studying of students according to Clause 2 of this Article;

c) Effective period of studying results for credit acknowledgement and conversion;

d) Units of study and number of credits shall be acknowledged and converted based on eligibility of learners and training program.

As regualtions above, learners must have assessment grade of C and other requirements to be allowed for credit acknowledgement and conversion regarding training of master degree in Vietnam.

Is it eligible for learners, who don't know foreign languages, to enroll in master degree course in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 5 of the regulations on enrolment and training of master degree issued together with the Circular 23/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating enrollees and enrolment eligibility in Vietnam 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;

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

2. Appropriate majors specified under Clause 1 of this Article and other Articles hereof mean majors in university level (or equivalent or higher) that equip learners with necessary specialized basis to pursue master training degree of the respective majors and are specified in enrolment standards of master training degree; education institutions shall prescribe cases where additional academic requirements are to be satisfied prior to enrolment. For administration, management, and training majors in oriented application master program, appropriate majors in university level include majors directly related to administration and management majors.

3. Enrollees satisfying requirements under Point b Clause 1 of this Article when they obtain any of the following:

a) University degree or higher in foreign language majors; or university degree or higher in programs delivered primarily in foreign languages;

b) University degree or higher provided by education institutions within 2 years in which graduation standards of the program satisfy foreign language level 3 in the Foreign Language Proficiency consisting of 6 levels for Vietnam;

c) Any degree or certificate for foreign language equivalent to level 3 in Foreign Language Proficiency consisting of 6 levels for Vietnam under Annex hereof or other equivalent certificates publicized by Ministry of Education and Training and valid by the date of enrolment.  

4. Enrollees who are foreigners and register for master training program delivered in Vietnamese must meet Vietnamese level 4 or higher in the Vietnamese Proficiency for foreigners or have graduated university (or equivalent or higher) where training programs are delivered in Vietnamese; satisfy second language requirements of education institutions (if any).  

5. For training programs delivered in foreign languages, enrollees must satisfy foreign language requirements, to be specific, obtain any of the following certificate or degree:

a) University degree or higher in foreign languages used in teaching; or university degree or higher where education program is provided primarily in languages used in teaching; 

c) Any degree or certificate for language used in teaching equivalent to level 4 in Foreign Language Proficiency consisting of 6 levels for Vietnam under Annex hereof or other equivalent certificates publicized by Ministry of Education and Training and valid by the date of enrolment.  

Learners must obtain level 3 foreign language proficiency according to Foreign Language Proficiency consisting of 6 levels in Vietnam and above requirements to be eligible for enrolment in master degree course.

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