Vietnam’s regulation on responsibilities formulating, appraising and issuing training programs for university level, master’s level and doctorate level

Specifically, according to Article 9 of the Regulation on minimum amount of knowledge, required capacity of graduates at each training level of higher education and procedures for establishment, appraisal and issuance of training program for university level, master’s level and doctorate level enclosed with Circular No. 07/2015/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, the responsibilities for organizing the formulation, appraisal and issuance of training programs for university level, master’s level and doctorate level are prescribed as follows:

- Directors of training institutions shall organize the implementation of the regulations in this Circular concerning the minimum amount of knowledge and required capacity of graduates at each training level; promulgate the outcome standard for each training program.

Regarding required foreign language capacity, Directors of the training institutions may apply the general regulations in this Circular or apply the 6-grade framework of reference for foreign languages applicable to the Vietnamese enclosed with Circular No. 01/2014/TT-BGDĐT dated January 24th 2014 by the Ministry of Education and Training corresponding to the required foreign language capacity for each training level in this Circular. In case a Vietnamese student wants to learn the language of an ethnic minority or a foreign student wants to learn Vietnamese instead of a foreign language, the Director of the training institution shall consider and give a decision according to conditions of the training institution.

- Directors of training institutions shall inspect and assess the current training programs; issue the training programs according to the regulations in this Circular before January 01st 2016.

Directors of training institutions shall comply with the regulation on procedures for establishment, appraisal and issuance of training program, ensuring the quality of training program; provide specific regulations for the contents in this regulation according to requirements of the levels, training disciplines/specialities and conditions of training institutions.

View more details at Circular No. 07/2015/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, effective from June 01, 2016.

Le Vy

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