On the morning of July 12, 2024, National Economics University (NEU) hosted a seminar on international experience in developing learning outcomes and academic programs that meet domestic and international quality assurance and accreditation standards.

An overview of the seminar

External delegates attending the seminar included Tran Bich Hue, Head of the Division of Education Quality Accreditation Management, Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET). Experts in academic program design and development included Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Tuan, Education Quality Assurance Expert at the LYDINC Institute of Education and Engineering–Technology (an AUN-QA expert); and Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Owner of Educational Quality International, Singapore (an AUN-QA expert). Representing NEU were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Huy Nhuong, Vice President; Dr. Le Anh Duc, Deputy Head in charge of the Department of Academic Affairs; representatives of the leadership of sociopolitical organizations; leaders of constituent schools, departments, faculties, institutes, and centers; and University staff members.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Huy Nhuong, Vice President of NEU, delivers remarks

In his opening remarks, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Huy Nhuong, Vice President, warmly welcomed the quality assurance experts and administrators attending NEU’s seminar to share their experience in developing learning outcomes and academic programs that meet domestic and international quality assurance and accreditation standards.

Assoc. Prof. Bui Huy Nhuong shared that NEU is undergoing a process of renewal, with numerous short- and long-term goals. In particular, both the University’s recent development strategy and its future development orientation have consistently emphasized quality assurance for academic programs.

One of NEU’s key strategies aims to develop additional academic programs and become a research-oriented, multidisciplinary university spanning multiple fields, ranking among Vietnam’s top five universities and Asia’s top 100 universities in economics, management, and business administration according to international ranking standards. Alongside expanding the number of academic programs, however, NEU also requires that their quality be assured.

Over the years, NEU has consistently worked to establish and prioritize quality assurance and quality accreditation through external assessment, internal peer review, institutional quality self-assessment, and academic program assessment against MOET’s criteria and standards, as well as international standards. Most recently, NEU welcomed an accreditation team from FIBAA and met 100% of the standards.

NEU has been offering 87 undergraduate academic programs across 42 Level IV majors (covering 11 fields of study and 16 groups of majors), including many interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary majors: five advanced programs (taught in English), 16 high-quality programs, seven POHE Program (Professional-Oriented Higher Education) offerings, 20 English-taught academic programs, and 39 standard Vietnamese-taught academic programs.

Assoc. Prof. Bui Huy Nhuong, Vice President, also emphasized that developing new majors and academic programs; periodically reviewing, updating, and improving academic programs; and accrediting academic programs play a vital role in enhancing the University’s educational quality. The substantial workload involved in designing, developing, and reviewing academic programs therefore requires systematic, structured implementation across the University, particularly by the faculties and institutes responsible for these academic tasks. Through the seminar, Assoc. Prof. Bui Huy Nhuong hoped to provide the University’s faculty members with further international experience in designing and developing academic programs, as well as reviewing, assessing, and improving them.

Dr. Le Anh Duc, Deputy Head in charge of the Department of Academic Affairs, presents “An Overview of Academic Programs at National Economics University”

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Tuan, Education Quality Assurance Expert at the LYDINC Institute of Education and Engineering–Technology, presents “Outcome-Based Education: Current Global Trends and Application to Domestic and International Quality Accreditation Standards”

Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Owner of Educational Quality International, delivers an online presentation on “Outcome-Based Education: Current Global Trends and Application in Economics, Management, and Business”

At the seminar, experts also shared international experience in designing and developing academic programs that meet domestic and international quality assurance and accreditation standards, helping strengthen staff capacity in academic program design and development. They also provided updates on global trends in academic program development in recent years.

Experts and delegates exchange views and contribute ideas at the seminar

Selected images from the seminar:

Article and photos: Department of Communications

Attached Seminar Materials:

1. Presentation: “An Overview of Academic Programs at National Economics University”

2. Presentation: “Outcome-Based Education: Current Global Trends and Application to Domestic and International Quality Accreditation Standards”

3. Presentation: “Outcome-Based Education: Current Global Trends and Application in Economics, Management, and Business”

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