Regulations on Thesis Guidance and Conditions for Defense of Master's Thesis

Regulations on Master’s Thesis Guidance and Defense Conditions (Illustrative Image)

The Master's Degree Training Regulations issued together with Circular 15/2014/TT-BGDDT regulates the guidance and defense conditions for master’s theses as follows:

1. Master’s Thesis Guidance:

- Each thesis has one or two supervisors. In cases where there are two supervisors, the decision to assign the thesis and appoint supervisors must clearly state the primary and secondary supervisors;- A professor can supervise a maximum of 7 students; an academic with a Doctor of Science degree or an Associate Professor title can supervise a maximum of 5 students; a Ph.D. holder for at least 1 year can supervise a maximum of 3 students at the same time, including students from other training institutions;- For theses under programs oriented towards application, the second supervisor can be a master's degree holder in the same field of training with at least 15 years of practical experience relevant to the thesis topic; such supervisors can oversee a maximum of 2 students at the same time, across all participating training institutions.

2. Master’s Thesis Defense Conditions:

- Students must complete the training program, with an average score of 5.5 or above (on a 10-point scale) or a grade of C or above (on a letter grade scale);- Must achieve a foreign language proficiency level as determined by the head of the training institution upon the recommendation of the scientific training council, but at least level 3/6 according to the 6-level Foreign Language Competence Framework for Vietnam or equivalent (Appendix II);- Must submit a request for defense and a pledge of honor regarding the integrity of the research results, with confirmation from the supervisor that the thesis meets the regulatory requirements;- Must not be under criminal prosecution and must not be under disciplinary suspension;- Must not be accused of scientific content violations in the thesis as per the law.

For more details, refer to Circular 15/2014/TT-BGDDT, effective from July 1, 2014.

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