To remove the high-quality university degree program as of December 1, 2023 in Vietnam

To remove the high-quality university degree program as of December 1, 2023 in Vietnam

On June 15, 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular 11/2023/TT-BGDDT, fully annulling Circular 23/2014/TT-BGDDT, which provided for high-quality training at the university level.

To remove the high-quality university degree program as of December 1, 2023

According to Circular 11/2023/TT-BGDDT, the entire Circular 23/2014/TT-BGDDT providing for high-quality university degree programs is fully annulled:

For enrolled courses in high-quality training programs, according to Circular 23/2014/TT-BGDDT, providing for high-quality training at university level before December 1, 2023, will continue to be implemented until the end of the course.

Circular 11/2023/TT-BGDDT takes effect  as of December 1, 2023.

The targets of higher education in Vietnam

The targets of higher education are specifically mentioned in the Law on Higher Education 2012 (amended 2018) as follows:

- General targets:

+ Training human resources, enhancing people’s intelligence; doing science and technology researches in order to create knowledge and new products serving the socio-economic development, assure National defense and security and international integration;

+ Training students that possess political quality, ethics; possess knowledge and professional practical skills, possess capability of researching and applying science and technology corresponding to their grade; possess creativity, professional responsibility and adaptability to the working conditions; aware of 

- Specific targets of university education, master’s and doctorate programs:

+ The university education provides students with the comprehensive profession knowledge, thorough grasp of the natural – social law and principle, basic practical skill and the ability to work independently, creatively and solve the problems related to the trained profession;

+ The master’s program provides students with fundamental scientific knowledge and advanced research skills of a certain science or a certain profession, with the ability to work independently, creatively and the capability of detecting and solving the problems related to the trained profession;

+ The doctorate program provides the graduate students with advanced knowledge of theoretical and practical skills, with the ability to do researches independently and creatively in order to develop new knowledge, discover new natural—social laws and principles, solve new scientific and technological problems, guide the science research and professional activities.

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