Regulations on assessment and calculation of grades of units of study in Vietnam

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1. Assessment and calculation of grades of units of study in Vietnam

Article 9 of Regulations on undergraduate education promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating how to calculate and classify grades of units of study in Vietnam as follows:

1.1 Component points in the grades of units of study

- For each unit of study, students shall be assessed via at least two component grades; for units of study equivalent to less than 02 credits, students may be assessed via one grade. Component grades shall be calculated on a 10-point scale.

- Assessment methods and grade weighting shall be provided for in the detailed outline of each unit of study.

- Online assessment may be employed if it is as honest, fair and impartial as direct assessment and shall contribute no more than 50% to total weighted grade of the unit of study;

- Students absent from an exam or assessment without legitimate reason shall receive a score of 0. Students absent for a legitimate reason may take the exam or assessment at another time and have the score recorded for the first time.

1.2 How to calculate grade of a unit of study

The grade of a unit of study shall be the total of all component grades multiplied by their corresponding weights, rounded to 1 decimal place and assigned a letter grade as follows, unless otherwise provided for in Item (4):

(1) Level-based pass grades applicable to units of study counted towards the average grade include:

- A: from 8,5 to 10,0;

- B: from 7,0 to 8,4;

- C: from 5,5 to 6,9;

- D: from 4,0 to 5,4.

(2) Non-level-based pass grade applicable to units of study not counted towards the average grade:

P: at least 5,0.

(3) Fail grade:

F: under 4,0.

(4) Some special cases of letter grades not counted towards the average grade:

- I: incomplete grade due to permitted exam deferment;

- X: incomplete grade due to insufficient data;

- R: grade of unit of study which the student is exempt from taking and the credit(s) of which is/are recognized (hereinafter referred to as “exempted unit of study”).

2. Academic performance assessment by semester and by year in Vietnam

2.1 Calculating the average score of the subjects studied

According to Point c of Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 10 of the Regulations promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT:

- Average grade of units of study that the student has attended in the semester (semester average grade) or academic year (academic year average grade) or since the beginning of the course (GPA) calculated based on official grades of the units with the weight being the number of credits of each unit.

- To calculate average grades, letter grades of units of study shall be converted to numerical grades as follows, unless otherwise provided for in Clause 4 of Article 10 of the Regulations promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT. Different letter grade levels decided by training institutions (if any) shall be converted to numerical grades on a 4-point scale.

+ A is equivalent to 4;

+ B is equivalent to 3;

+ C is equivalent to 2;

+ D is equivalent to 1;

+ F is equivalent to 0.

The higher-level letter scores specified by the training institution (if any) are also converted to the corresponding score on a scale from 0 to 4.

* Note:

- Letter grades not provided above shall not be counted towards the semester average grade, academic year average grade or GPA.

- Units of study not required by the training program shall not be counted towards fulfillment of criteria for assessment of student academic performance.

(Clause 3, Article 10 of Regulations promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT)

2.2 How to classify academic performance

Pursuant to Clause 5, Article 10 of Regulation promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT:, student academic performance shall be classified based on the semester average grade, academic year average grade or GPA as follows:

* On the 4-point scale:

From 3,6 to 4,0: excellent;

From 3,2 to under 3,6: very good;

From 2,5 to under 3,2: good;

From 2,0 to under 2,5: average;

From 1,0 to under 2,0: poor;

Under 1,0: very poor.

* On the 10-point scale:

From 9,0 to 10,0: excellent;

From 8,0 to under 9,0: very good;

From 7,0 to under 8,0: good;

From 5,0 to under 7,0: average;

From 4,0 to under 5,0: poor;

Under 4,0: very poor.

Van Trong

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