Opportunities and Challenges for Vietnam’s Higher Educationon the globalisational process:

Experiences from Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Prof.Dr Nguyen Van KHANH,Dr Tran Van KHAM

University of Social Sciences and Humanities-Hanoi, Vietnam336 Nguyen Trai Rd, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi-Vietnam

http://ussh.vnu.edu.vn

Vietnam Area:331,210 km2 (127,881

sq mi)Population:90 millions

Literacy rate: 93.5%

Vietnam Higher Education

1995: Member of ASEAN

1986: Renew Policy

2007: Member of WTO2005

Higher Education Reform Agenda2005: Law on

Education

2013: Law on HE

Literacy rate: 87.60

Literacy rate: 92.78

Literacy rate: 93.5

Vietnam Higher Education

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1999-20002000-20012001-20022002-20032003-20042004-20052005-20062006-20072007-2008

Vietnam Higher Education

419 higher education’s institutions

214 universities

205 colleges

82 non-public

337 public

2,204,313 students

402,277 graduated in

2012

9,152 PhD staff36,803 Master and

advanced professionals

Vietnam Higher Education

  1987 1997 2009 2012

No of institutions 101 126 336 419

No of students 133,136 715,231 1,719,419 2,204,313

No of graduatees 19,900 73,736 222,665 402,277

No of academic staff 20,172 20,112 61,190 84,109

Globalisational process

Changes for Vietnam’s HE:(a) from providing the human resources for administrative

system to meeting the requirements of socialism oriented-economic market;

(b) from mostly based on governmental budget on training to motivated the various resources;

(c) from scholarship distribution to all students into student’s fee contribution;

(d) from single disciplinary training into the multi-disciplinary.(e) from strict selective process, then to have enough human

resources, to satisfy the standards (quality approach)

GP and its opportunities

curriculum internalisati

on

international

cooperation

Teaching and

learning’s methods

HE’s quality

management

…

GP and its CHALLENGES

Impacts by population’s growthUnbalanced in cooperationsAccreditation and managementEnglish abilitity

…

Vietnam National universitY

• Vietnam National University-Hanoi

• Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City

• Other public/private universities and colleges

PRIME MINISTER’S ADMINISTRATION

RELATED MINISTRIES’ ADMINISTRATION

VNU-USSH, Hanoi

1070

1945

Establishment of

Literature Temple, the first model university in Vietnam

Hanoi University of Arts

1993

A member of Vietnam National University-Hanoi

1906

Indochina University,

including faculties on Social Sciences

1956

University of Hanoi

VNU-USSH, Hanoi

27 undergraduate

programs

29 master programs

31 PhD programs

16 faculties

13 research centers

500 faculty staff

150 PhD

130 MA

81 Professors/Associat

e Prof

13,000 students

700 international students

VNU-USSH, Hanoi, VISION and MISSIONS

• As a traditionally prestigious, leading and long-history one, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities-Hanoi has a mission of the leading center to pass on knowledge and educate qualified human resource in social sciences and humanities in service of national construction and development.

• The University will be the leading one nationwide in the areas of social sciences and humanities and be equally recognized as regional universities on order to well serve the cause of national industrialization and modernization.

• Concentrating on building and developing some majors and specialties at international standards on the basis of internationalizing curricula, promoting academic activities and expanding international cooperation with regional and international advanced partners.

VNU-USSH, Hanoi, CHALLENGES

• Low quality level of the input;• Limited facilities and human resources for

training at international quality level;• English usage ability, both academic staff

and students;• Lower income for staff in social sciences

contributes to lower motivation for both academic staff and students in the area;

VNU-USSH, ACTION PLANS

• VNU-USSH’s research and academic strategy to 2020, with particular plans on:• Advanced university administration;• Supporing academic and research staff at

higher level• International cooperation with various

institutions• Reforming the curriculums at international

levels based on CDIO initiatives• Quality assurance program at regional and

international level

CONCLUSION

•Significant impacted by GP to Vietnam Higher Education and VNU-USSH;

•Vietnam HE is a complex demanding and competitive reality, requiring the university transformation:•Role of the leaders;•Enhancing the autonomy, accountability and

utilisation of technology;•To improve the quality and effectiveness to

meet the global demand for human resources

Thank you!

Any correspondence to Professor.Dr Nguyen Van KHANH,

Rector, Hanoi Univeristy of Social Sciences and Humanities

336 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Email: khanhnv@vnu.edu.vnhttp://ussh.vnu.edu.vn