Standards for research student instructors in Vietnam

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1. Standards for research student instructors in Vietnam

Standards for research student instructors according to Article 5 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 18/2021/TT-BGDDT are as follows:

- Primary instructors, secondary instructors and independent instructors of research students must meet the standards for lecturers of doctoral programs according to regulations in Article 4 of Regulation promulgated together with Circular 18/2021/TT-BGDDT.

- Within 05 years (60 months) before issuance of the decision on recognition of research student instructor, the primary instructor, independent instructor or co-instructor (if the primary instructor and secondary instructor are not differentiated) must produce results for a research on a specialized area related to the topic of the dissertation that they will provide instructions for. To be specific:

+ The instructor is the main author of a scientific conference report/ scientific article published in a printed publication included in the Web of Science or Scopus List (hereinafter collectively referred to as “WoS/Scopus List”) or a chapter of a reference book distributed by a reputable international publisher, or an article published on a Vietnamese academic journal assigned at least 0,75 point by the State Council for Professorship, or a monograph distributed by a reputable Vietnamese or international publisher; the publication must earn at least 4,0 points in total according to maximum score stipulated by the State Council for Professorship for each type of project (points shall not be distributed when there are co-authors); or

+ The instructor is the author or co-author of at least 01 result of a scientific or technological research or application registered and awarded a national or international patent; or at least 01 official award of a national or international competition recognized by the competent authority for the fields of arts, physical training and sports.

- Each research student may have one or two instructors, one of whom shall be a tenured official of the training institution or have a teaching/ scientific research contract with the training institution as prescribed by law; work full-time at the training institution with a contract term appropriate to the course-wise study and research plan of the research student.

2. Rights and responsibilities of lecturers of doctoral programs and research student instructors in Vietnam

Rights and responsibilities of lecturers of doctoral programs and research student instructors in Vietnam in accordance with Article 6 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 18/2021/TT-BGDDT are as follows:

- Duties and rights of lecturers of doctoral programs are provided in regulations of Articles 55 and 58 of the Law on Higher Education (amended in 2018), training institution regulations and relevant law provisions.

- A professor title holder may independently provide instructions for no more than 07 research students; a holder of the associate professor title or a Doctor of Science degree may independently provide instructions for no more than 05 research student; and a doctorate holder may independently provide instructions for no more than 03 research students simultaneously.

Co-instruction of a research student shall be equivalent to independent instruction of 0,5 research student.

- Responsibilities of research student instructors:

+ Approve course-wise and annual study and research plans of research students; provide instructions for, support, assess, supervise and expedite study and research carried out per approved plans by research students;

+ Propose or give opinions on changes made to the study and research processes of research students;

+ Propose examination of dissertations of research students at management units and dissertation defense at dissertation examination committees of training institutions;

+ Perform other duties and exercise other powers according to training institution regulations.

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