On December 30, 2019, the Government issued Decree 99/2019 / ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Higher Education, including provisions on the system of diplomas and certificates of higher education. Specifically, according to Article 15 of the Decree, the system of diplomas and certificates of higher education includes:
– A bachelor’s degree issued to graduates of a university-level training program prescribed by law, meeting grade 6 output standard requirements according to Vietnam’s national qualifications framework and specific and lawful regulations. of training institutions;
– Masters degree granted to graduates of the master’s degree training program in accordance with the law, meeting the requirements of output level 7 according to the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework and specific and lawful regulations. of training institutions;
– Doctor degree granted to graduates of doctoral degree training program in accordance with the law, meeting the requirements of output level 8 according to the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework and specific and lawful regulations. of training institutions;
– Equivalent qualifications: Qualifications for a number of specialized specialized training programs of the higher education system, including medical doctor, dentist, traditional medicine doctor, pharmacy diploma doctors, veterinarians, engineers, architects, and a number of other qualifications specified by the Government are granted to graduates of training programs for a number of trained programs. Specific intensive training is as follows:
+ The program has a learning volume of 150 credits or more for people who have graduated from high school and the equivalent or have a study volume of 30 credits or more for people who have graduated from university level;
+ The program has a learning volume of 90 credits or more for people with qualifications equivalent to Level 7 according to the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework.
Based on the provisions of the entrance conditions, the minimum learning volume, teacher standards, output standards and other standards in the curriculum standards of higher education levels as prescribed by the Ministry of Education. and Training, graduates of specific specialized training programs are ranked in the corresponding level in the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework. Thus, with the program of university training lasting from 5 to 6 years, the graduate degree granted engineers, doctors, pharmacists will be equivalent to level 7 of the masters.
– Certificates for a number of specialized specialized training programs of the national education system are granted to learners who have completed training or fostering programs to raise their educational and career levels by ministries and agencies. be equal to the regulations or grant students to take exams to meet the requirements for certification, in accordance with the regulations on certification in the national education system.
Decree 99/2019 / ND-CP takes effect from February 15, 2020. With specific guidelines on the “equivalent qualifications” regulated in the amended Higher Education Law 2018, the Decree will overcome the shortcomings related to the identification of diplomas and evidence belonging to the system of diplomas and certificates of higher education.