What are the students' rights? What are the conditions for transfer to another academic discipline, campus, training institution or mode of study in Vietnam?
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Conditions for transfer to another academic discipline, campus, training institution or mode of study in Vietnam (Internet image)
1. Who are the students?
According to Article 59 of the Law on Higher Education 2012 (amended in the Law on Vocational Education 2014), Students are people learning and doing scientific researches at higher education institutions
At the same time, according to Clause 1, Article 2 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDDT, students are learners who receive formal higher education offered by higher education establishments.
2. Students' Rights in Vietnam
The rights of the students in Vietnam under Article 5 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 10/2016/TT-BGDDT are as follows:
- Gain admission to academic majors or professions that they have applied for if they satisfy all placement requirements set out by the Ministry of Education and Training and higher education establishments.
- Get respect and equal treatment; receive all necessary personal information about their learning and training process as regulated by higher education establishments; have access to student education and training rules, and the State policies and regulations regarding students.
- Obtain favorable conditions for their learning, scientific research and training, including:
+ Have access to libraries, necessary equipment and utilities for their learning, scientific research, cultural, artistic, sports and physical activities;
+ Participate in scientific researches, student competitions, student’s major Olympiad competitions, scientific and technological creativity contests;
+ Receive healthcare services prescribed by the State regulations in force;
+ Have opportunities to apply to study abroad and participate in international exchange programs; apply for transfer to a higher level of education as prescribed by regulations in force;
+ Have opportunities to be accepted into the Vietnam Communist Party, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Vietnam National Union of Students; participate in student’s self-established organizations and social work activities inside and outside of higher education establishments as regulated by law; participate in cultural, artistic and sports activities which are worthwhile and match training objectives of higher education establishments;
+ Have access to social work services available at higher education establishment (including career orientation, employment counseling, physical and mental health counseling, underprivileged student support services, etc.)
+ Be entitled to temporary absence, intermission, low- or fast-progress study programs, dual degree programs or movement or transfer to other higher education establishments as permitted under training regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training; be entitled to summer vacation, lunar new year holidays and public holidays prescribed by law.
- Be entitled to benefits or incentive policies, assessment of their eligibility for study encouragement scholarships or grants offered by domestic and overseas organizations or individuals as per regulations in force; be entitled to exemption from or reduction in payment of charges for public services such as transportation, entertainment, museum, historic site and cultural structure visit services as per the state regulations in force.
- Submit their opinions on or get involved in management and supervision of educational activities and criteria for educational quality assurance; suggest solutions to establishment and development of a higher education establishment directly or through their legal representatives; make their request or complaint to Heads of higher education establishments to solve issues relating to legitimate rights and interests of students.
- Be entitled to apply for admission in dormitories and priority treatment for admission in dormitories in accordance with regulations in force.
- Any student who fully satisfy requirements for recognition of graduation shall be awarded academic degrees, certificates, transcripts showing their scores and training outcomes and other relevant documents, and shall be permitted to go through other administrative formalities.
3. Conditions for transfer to another academic discipline, campus, training institution or mode of study in Vietnam
According to Article 16 of the Regulation on training for higher education qualifications promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, it stipulates on changing majors, changing places of study, transferring training institutions, and changing training forms as follows:
- Conditions for transfer to another training program or academic discipline, transfer to another branch campus or transfer from a branch campus to the main campus:
+ The student is not a first-year student or final-year student, is not considered for forced leave from school and has not exceeded the permitted study time limit mentioned in Clause 5 Article 2 of this Regulation;
++ Maximum time limit for students to complete a course shall be stipulated in the training institution regulation but shall not be longer than twice the study duration according to the standard learning plan for the whole course for each mode of study.
++ For students who take bridge programs and whose accumulated credits have been accounted for, maximum time limit for them to complete a course shall be determined by deducting the amount of study time corresponding to the completed academic load from the study duration according to the standard learning plan of the whole course.
+ The student is eligible to enroll in the target training program or academic discipline or main campus (or branch campus) in the same cohort;
+ The training institution and main campus (or branch campus) meet quality assurance conditions and are capable of providing the training program or academic discipline as per existing regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training;
+ The transfer is approved by heads of academics units in charge of the training program or academic discipline, heads of campuses (current campus and target campus) and principal of the training institution.
- Conditions for transfer to another training institution:
+ The student is not a first-year student or final-year student, is not considered for forced leave from school and has not exceeded the permitted study time limit mentioned in Clause 5 Article 2 of this Regulation;
++ Maximum time limit for students to complete a course shall be stipulated in the training institution regulation but shall not be longer than twice the study duration according to the standard learning plan for the whole course for each mode of study.
++ For students who take bridge programs and whose accumulated credits have been accounted for, maximum time limit for them to complete a course shall be determined by deducting the amount of study time corresponding to the completed academic load from the study duration according to the standard learning plan of the whole course.
+ The student is eligible to enroll in a training program or academic discipline of the target institution in the same cohort;
+ The target institution meets quality assurance conditions and is capable of providing the training program or academic discipline as per existing regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training;
+ The transfer is approved by the principals of the current training institution and target training institution.
- Students may transfer from full-time study to part-time or remote study provided by their training institutions if they have not exceeded the permitted study time limit for the target mode of study according to regulations.
- Training institution regulations shall provide for competence, conditions and procedures for transfer to another training program, academic discipline, campus, training institution or mode of study; and recognition of study results or transfer of accumulated credits for students making these transfers.
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