Standards of professor title in Vietnam 2024

Who is the professor?

Pursuant to the Law on Education 2019, professor are titles of teachers teaching and conducting scientific research at institutions of higher education and meeting standards of professor/associate professor appointed by institutions of higher education.

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Standards of professor title in Vietnam 2024

Pursuant to Article 5 of Decision 37/2018/QD-TTg and Clause 1, Article 1 of Decision 25/2020/QD-TTg, tsandards of professor title in Vietnam are prescribed as follows:

(1) Meet the general criteria of the professor title stipulated in Article 4 of Decision 37/2018/QD-TTg .

(2) Have been assigned the title of associate professor for full 03 years or more up to the deadline for submission of dossiers of registration for recognition of the professor title at the grassroots-level Council (hereinafter referred to as submission deadline ) Candidates who have already been appointed as associate professors but have not yet completed 3 years and who have not enough teaching hours as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 4 of Decision 37/2018/QD-TTg  must have at least twice more than the minimum contribution from scientific studies from scientific articles or patents; utility solution; works of art, achievements in training and competitions in physical training and sports that have won national or international prizes specified at Point b, Clause 9 of Article 5 of Decision 37/2018/QD-TTg.

(3) Assume the prime responsibility for, or participate in, the formulation and development of programs of training and fostering from universities or higher levels or scientific and technological tasks (programs, projects, research subjects), application deployment Science and technology in line with the branch or specialty of science which has been registered for recognition and accreditation of the professor title and is established by the head of a tertiary education institution or a competent body verified and put into use.

(4) Announcement of scientific research results

- The applicant is the principal author who publishes at least three scientific papers or patents; utility solution; works of art, achievements in training and competitions in international physical training and sport. Candidates who do not have enough scientific works defined at this point must have at least 02 scientific works mentioned above and 01 training book chapters published by a prestigious publishing house in the world or at least 02 of the above scientific works and 01 monographs published by a prestigious publishing house.

- The applicant is the principal author who publishes at least three scientific papers or patents; utility solution; works of art, achievements in training and competitions in international physical training and sport. Candidates who do not have enough scientific works defined at this point must have at least 03 scientific works mentioned above and 02 training book chapters published by a prestigious publishing house in the world or at least 03 of the above scientific works and 02 monographs published by a prestigious publishing house.

(5) Assume the prime responsibility for compiling books in service of training of university or higher degree suitable to the majors for recognition of the professor title.

(6) Assume the prime responsibility for implementing at least two ministerial-level scientific and technological tasks or one national-level scientific and technological task, which have been accepted by the State. Candidates failing to perform the scientific and technological tasks prescribed in this Clause shall be replaced by scientific papers or patents; utility solution; works of art, achievements in training and competitions in international physical training and sport. Each ministry-level scientific and technological task shall be replaced with another scientific paper or scientific work mentioned in this Clause.

(7) Main guidelines for at least 02 PhD students are required by law. Candidates who fail to provide sufficient instruction in this clause shall be replaced by a scientific paper or (i) patent; utility solution; art works, achievements in training and competitions in physical training and sports to win international prizes; Main instructor for 01 doctoral student that is replaced by 03 scientific articles or scientific works defined at this point.

(8) Scientific articles specified in Clauses 4, 6, 7 and Point c, Clause 9 of Decision 37/2018/QD-TTg are scientific articles published in reputable international scientific journals.

For majors in the field of Military Science and Security Science related to state secrets in the field of defense and security, scientific articles published in prestigious international scientific journals will be replaced by scientific articles published in prestigious scientific journals in the field of Military Science and Security Science (hereinafter referred to as the replacement article) (details in Appendix I issued with Decision 37/2018/QD-TTg). The total score of alternative articles for each scientific article published in a reputable international scientific journal must be 1.5 points or more, and the entire score of the articles replaces scientific articles published in prestigious international scientific journals specified in Clauses 4, 6, 7 and Point c, Clause 9, Article 5 of Decision 37/2018/QD-TTg that are not included in the total minimum converted scientific work points.

Scientific articles and alternative articles are counted from the time after the candidate is recognized as meeting the standards for the title of associate professor.

(9) Candidates must have at least 20.0 points for scientific research, including:

- At least 5.0 points will be taken in the last three years up to the deadline for submission;

- Candidates in the fields of natural sciences, engineering and technology, health science must have at least 12.0 points scientific works calculated from scientific articles or (i) patent the utility solution. Candidates in the fields of social sciences and humanities, the arts, physical training and sports must have at least 8.0 scientific works points calculated from scientific articles or (or) useful solutions; art works, training achievements, sports competitions and national and international awards.

- Candidates in the field of natural sciences, engineering and technology, health science must have at least 3.0 scientific work points calculated from the compilation of books for training, of which at least 1.5 points from curriculum development or (or) monographs. Candidates in social sciences and humanities; Arts and physical training and sports must have at least 5.0 scientific points calculated from the compilation of books in service of training, of which at least 2.5 points will be calculated from the curriculum development or (and ) monographs. Candidates who fail to meet the points prescribed in this Clause shall be replaced by the points converted from scientific articles or patents; utility solution; works of art, achievements in training and competitions in international physical training and sport.

Mai Thanh Loi

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