Application documents for approval of joint undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs from November 20, 2024

On October 31, 2024, the Minister of Education and Training issued Decision 3278/QĐ-BGDĐT announcing amended and supplemented administrative procedures for education and training cooperation with foreign partners within the scope of the management functions of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

Accordingly, Subsection 7, Section I, Part II of Decision 3278/QĐ-BGDĐT of 2024 stipulates the following application documents for approval of joint undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs from November 20, 2024:

– Required documents:

+ An application for approval of a joint program with foreign partners, jointly signed by the partners, using Form No. 06 in the Appendix to Decree 124/2024/NĐ-CP.

+ A cooperation agreement (contract) between the partners, providing detailed information about the partners and their responsibilities regarding specific commitments on the program, learning and teaching materials, lecturers, facilities, testing, assessment, qualifications, financial information, and other matters.

+ Documents proving the legal status of the partners: certified copies, or copies accompanied by originals for verification, of decisions establishing or permitting the establishment of the educational institutions, or other equivalent documents.

+ Documents proving that the Vietnamese higher education institution and the foreign higher education institution are authorized to provide training in the intended field of cooperation (certified copies or copies accompanied by originals for verification).

+ A quality accreditation certificate for the foreign academic program or documents recognizing educational quality issued by a competent authority (certified copies or copies accompanied by originals for verification).

+ A proposal for implementing a joint program with foreign partners, developed by the partners using Form No. 07 in the Appendix to Decree 86/2018/NĐ-CP, covering the following main contents: the rationale and objectives of the partnership; an introduction to the partners, the scope of cooperation, and the fields and levels of study; facilities and equipment; curriculum and teaching content; a proposed list of lecturers with their academic CVs; eligible applicants and admissions criteria; enrollment capacity; arrangements for testing and assessment; qualifications and certificates to be awarded, and the equivalence of foreign qualifications and certificates to qualifications in Vietnam’s national education system; measures to ensure educational quality; the rights and benefits of learners and employees; the unit responsible for the partnership and the personal profiles of representatives of the Vietnamese and foreign educational institutions participating in program management; tuition fees, financial support from Vietnamese and foreign individuals and organizations (if any), budget estimates, and financial management mechanisms; the responsibilities and powers of the partners; and the responsibilities and powers of educators and learners.

Where the Vietnamese training institution and the foreign higher education institution deliver a joint program online or through a combination of in-person and online instruction, the proposal for implementing the joint program with foreign partners must include the following:

+ The section on educational quality assurance in the proposal for implementing the joint program with foreign partners must clearly describe: facilities, equipment, the web portal, server systems and Internet connectivity infrastructure, the learning management system, the learning content management system, and electronic learning resources supporting the organization and management of the online joint program; full compliance with regulations applicable to lecturers participating in the joint program; and quality assurance provisions ensuring that learners graduating from the joint program in Vietnam receive qualifications issued by the foreign higher education institution that are comparable to those awarded to learners graduating at the main campus of that institution abroad.

+ The section on the rights and benefits of learners and employees must clearly specify plans for addressing risks during implementation of the joint program, particularly if the program is interrupted or terminated early, in both the proposal for implementing the joint program with foreign partners and the cooperation agreement or contract between the partners.

– Number of application sets: one.

For details, see Decision 3278/QĐ-BGDĐT, effective November 20, 2024.

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