Training, scientific research at the Faculty of History and opportunities for students

1. The Faculty of History was established in 1956, associated with the birth of the prestigious Hanoi University of Science, now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. From the generation of "founding the foundation" including famous teachers and scientists such as Prof. Tran Duc Thao, Prof. Dao Duy Anh, Prof. Tran Van Giau, Prof. People's Teacher Dinh Xuan Lam, Prof. People's Teacher Phan Huy Le, Prof. People's Teacher Ha Van Tan, Prof. Meritorious Professor Tran Quoc Vuong..., up to now, there have been 206 staff members who have worked and are working at the Faculty. Currently, the Faculty of History has 44 staff members, 8 departments, one center and one professional group. These are the departments of Ancient and Medieval Vietnamese History, Modern and Modern Vietnamese History, World History, History of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Archaeology, Cultural Studies and Vietnamese Cultural History, Historical Theory and Urban Studies, Intercultural Center and Office - Documentation Group. With such a structure, the Faculty of History is one of the units with the largest number of staff in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. In addition to the staff with many years of experience who are the country's leading experts in historical training and research, the Faculty of History also has a large team of young staff, many of whom have achieved Associate Professor and Doctoral degrees, and have been trained and studied abroad.

Up to now, the Faculty of History has trained 57/60 courses of students, with nearly 7,000 bachelors of history (full-time, part-time); along with about 800 masters and over 200 doctors. With the knowledge and skills equipped, after graduation, you are all confident, promoting your capacity and qualities in all working environments. Therefore, many students, masters, and doctoral students graduating from the Faculty of History have become famous leaders and scientists, holding key positions in state management agencies, universities, institutes, scientific research agencies, news agencies, newspapers, publishing houses, libraries, museums, archives, educational, cultural, and information agencies, etc.

Currently, the Faculty of History simultaneously trains both standard systems (about 100 students/year), high-quality systems (about 20 students/year) and pedagogical systems (about 50 students/year). Every year, the Faculty is allowed to enroll about 50 graduate students and dozens of doctoral students. The Faculty of History is the leading unit in the country in training history, from undergraduate to postgraduate, with all majors of historical science.

On November 13, 2000, the History Faculty was awarded the noble title by the State.Hero of Labor. Along with that, dozens of staff of the Faculty have been awarded the titles of Labor Hero (Prof. Tran Van Giau), People's Teacher, Meritorious Teacher; received many orders, medals and certificates of merit of all kinds. This is a worthy recognition for the great achievements and contributions of the collective and staff of the Faculty of History in the career of training and scientific research.

Opening ceremony and awarding of Le Van Huu history scholarship at the Faculty of History for the 2015-2016 school year

2. A strategic policy throughout the history of the Faculty of History is to closely combine training and scientific research. In that spirit, scientific research activities have always been identified by the staff in the Faculty as a key task. Up to now, there have been over 5,000 scientific research works by teachers in the Faculty published, including textbooks, monographs and reference books, articles published in specialized scientific journals, both domestically and internationally. On average, each school year, the entire Faculty has about a dozen new books and over 50 research articles published in scientific journals, and participation in domestic and international scientific conferences.

The Faculty of History has also been implementing many programs, projects, and scientific research topics at all levels. Among them are many State-level scientific topics, such asTraditional values ​​and Vietnamese people today; Vietnam's rural socio-political institutions; President Ho Chi Minh's ideology of great solidarity; History of the Vietnamese Government; History and current status of the political system in Vietnam; Scientific arguments and practical solutions to strengthen the relationship between the Party and the people in our country today; Southern territory and the Southwest border in History; History of formation and development of the Southern region; History of Vietnam's sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa; Thang Long - Hanoi education, orientation for the development of education and training in the capital during the period of industrialization and modernization; Thang Long - Hanoi as the political and administrative center of the country - Lessons on management and development; Impact of cultural acculturation and integration on development in Vietnam today...

In particular, in implementing the National Social Science ProjectResearch and compile the History of VietnamDirectly directed by the Central Secretariat and managed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the staff of the Faculty of History have been directly assigned to be the Head, Editor, and Co-Editor of 15/30 topics, corresponding to the independent scientific topics at the State level. This is a great honor, thereby affirming the position and scientific prestige of the Faculty of History in the Vietnamese historical community. In addition, the staff of the Faculty of History have been presiding over and implementing many scientific topics at the Ministry, Provincial and City levels, Hanoi National University level, and research cooperation topics with localities...

In general, the Faculty of History attaches great importance to scientific research cooperation activities. The Faculty has had and is having relations with many universities and research institutes in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Australia, the US, Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, etc. In addition to training cooperation relationships (many staff and students of the Faculty have studied and trained abroad; many foreign scholars and students come to the Faculty for academic exchange and study), the Faculty of History has also cooperated well with foreign universities and research institutes to organize many international scientific conferences, implement exchange programs, and scientific research cooperation. Faculty staff have participated in many conferences and scientific seminars abroad; at the same time, the Faculty of History has also directly organized or participated in organizing many large international scientific seminars in the country. Through this, the staff, researchers, graduate students and students of the Faculty have the opportunity to regularly participate in international scientific activities, constantly improve their professional qualifications and foreign languages, and at the same time gradually improve the scientific and training level of the Faculty in the trend of integration with the region and the world.

The scientific research orientation of the Faculty of History in the coming time will continue to focus on five major topics: history of the Southern region, especially the South; urban areas and the urbanization process in Vietnam; cultural regions, cultural spaces and domestic and international cultural exchanges; trade relations and the process of establishing Vietnam's sovereignty over the East Sea; international relations, the integration process and Vietnam's unique development path.

With their outstanding contributions to scientific research, many staff members of the Faculty of History have received domestic and international awards. Professors Tran Duc Thao, Dao Duy Anh, Tran Van Giau, Ha Van Tan, Tran Quoc Vuong, etc. received the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Science and Technology; Professor Phan Huy Le received the Asian Cultural Prize of Japan (Fukuoka); Professors Phan Dai Doan, Phan Huu Dat, Nguyen Thua Hy, etc. received the State Prize for Science and Technology; Professors Tran Quoc Vuong, Ha Van Tan, Pham Thi Tam, Vu Minh Giang, Nguyen Hai Ke, etc. received the award for outstanding scientific research work of the Hanoi National University.

3. Also in line with the policy of closely combining training and scientific research, the Faculty of History always focuses on scientific research among students, creating a favorable environment and conditions for students to participate in scientific research. Right from entering the university lecture hall, students of the Faculty of History have gradually become familiar with a completely different learning method than in high school. During the four years of study, students are regularly trained in an academic environment, attending national and international scientific conferences and seminars, seminars, scientific presentations, etc. organized by the School, Faculty, Departments and Youth Union - Student Association. In addition to classroom hours, students participate in field trips, internships, professional practice and skill training.

Also from the first year, students are involved in scientific research under the guidance and enthusiastic supervision of lecturers inside and outside the Faculty. Every year, the Faculty of History organizes a Student Scientific Conference, from the Department level to the Faculty level. Reports with good quality at the Faculty level will be invited to attend the Student Scientific Conference at the School level, at the Hanoi National University level and higher levels. For many years, the Faculty of History has always been at the forefront of the whole University in terms of student scientific research achievements. There were years when the number of History Faculty student scientific papers reached nearly 200 out of the total number of students studying at the Faculty. Many student scientific reports of the Faculty have won high prizes at the School level, the National University level and the Ministry level. This is a favorable condition for students to practice scientific research skills, contributing to improving learning outcomes. Students with good achievements in scientific research will be given priority in the assessment of training scores, scholarships, awards, and consideration for Party membership. Many students after graduation have confided that, although they do not work in the research field, participating in scientific research and the research skills learned as students have helped them a lot in their current jobs.

History Faculty Student Scientific Conference 2015-2016 school year

Students with excellent results in study and scientific research, after graduation, will be retained by the Faculty as lecturers, continue to be trained or be introduced by teachers to work in some central and local government agencies. Many students after graduating, working in different places, have returned to study for master's and doctoral degrees at the Faculty, some continue to participate and collaborate with teachers to carry out scientific research topics.

The lecturers of the Faculty of History always pay special attention, wish and create opportunities for students to participate in scientific research projects. In 1999, the "Asian Trade Research Group" was established, led by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, gathering a number of staff inside and outside the Faculty, mainly young staff, postgraduates, graduate students and students of the Faculty of History. After 17 years of establishment, the Group has achieved many remarkable achievements in the fields of research, training and international cooperation; for many consecutive years, it has received Certificates of Merit and recognition as a "Strong Research Group" of Hanoi National University. In the upcoming plan, the Faculty of History continues to establish two new research groups, the “Thang Long - Hanoi Research Group” and the “Cultural Resources Group”, to gather a large number of staff from all Departments, graduate students, postgraduate students and students in the Faculty to carry out important research tasks, meeting the development trend of history and the requirements of innovation and integration of the country in the current period.

4. There have been 60 courses, with more than 7,000 students studying at the Faculty of History, Hanoi University of Science, now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. For many people, it was a chance, a turning point in their lives, and they have no regrets about choosing to study History at the Faculty of Heroic History.