Regulations on recognition of study results and credit transfer in Vietnam

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

Academic performance assessment by semester and by year in Vietnam according to Article 10 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT as follows:

(1) Student academic performance shall be assessed at the end of each semester or academic year based on results of units of study that are required by the training program and have been completed and scored and the following criteria:

- Total credits of units of study that the student fails in the semester or academic year or since the beginning of the course;

- Total credits of units of study that the students pass since the beginning of the course (number of accumulated credits), including exempted units of study;

- 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.

(2) 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 this Article. 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.

(3) Letter grades not provided for in Clause 2 herein 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.

(4) Training institutions using the year-based training system and 10-point scale shall calculate average grades based on grades of units of study on the 10-point scale and not converted letter grades to the 4-point scale. In this case, training institution regulations shall provide regulations on handling of academic performance equivalent to and substituting regulations in Article 12 of this Regulation.

(5) 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.

(6) Study progress shall be determined based on the number of credits accumulated from the beginning of the course (“N”) and average number of credits of an academic year according to the standard learning plan (“M”) as follows:

- First year: N < M;

- Second year: M ≤ N < 2M;

- Third year: 2M ≤ N < 3M;

- Fourth year: 3M ≤ N < 4M;

- Fifth year: 4M ≤ N < 5M.

2. Regulations on recognition of study results and credit transfer in Vietnam

Recognition of study results and credit transfer in Vietnam under Article 13 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT are as follows:

- Study results which a student accumulated from another qualification, academic discipline, training program, course or training institution may be considered for recognition and credits of which may be transferred to units of study of the training program that the student is attending by the training institution providing this program.

- A specialized council of the training institution shall consider recognition and credit transfer based on comparison of expected learning outcomes, academic content and load, methods for assessment of units of study and conditions for program quality assurance at the following levels:

= Recognition and transfer for each unit of study;

= Recognition and transfer for each group of units of study;

= Recognition and transfer for the whole training program.

- Training institutions shall publish regulations on recognition of study results and credit transfer. Maximum load that may be recognized and transferred shall not exceed 50% of the minimum academic load of the training program; maximum load that may be recognized and transferred of teacher training programs shall be stipulated by the Ministry of Education and Training.

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