At the 30th anniversary of the Faculty, Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Van Tung - Head of the Faculty of Sociology reviewed the impressive achievements that the Faculty has achieved in the past development period. Accordingly, the Faculty is currently assigned to train 2 majors: Sociology (XHH) and Social Work (CTXH) with full-time, part-time, diploma II, certificate, master and doctoral programs.
The Social Work Department has trained 2,408 full-time bachelors, 2,200 part-time bachelors, 250 bachelors with second degrees, 753 masters (including 221 masters in applied Social Work in Public Policy Management and Business, trained in French, mainly from 12 nationalities in Asia, Europe and Africa, in the period 2007 - 2017), 105 doctors. The Social Work Department has trained 1,127 full-time bachelors, 777 part-time bachelors, 415 masters in research and application, 30 doctoral students, including 08 doctoral students who have successfully defended their doctoral theses. Many graduates are holding important leadership positions in Party and State agencies at the central and local levels as well as many important positions in non-governmental organizations and enterprises; many of them have been and are starting up solid businesses in all areas of economic and social life.
Regarding scientific research, as a prestigious and high-quality training and scientific research unit, the faculty, students, graduate students and postgraduates of the Faculty of Sociology always promote and promote scientific research activities. The staff of the Faculty has presided over 16 national-level topics (in the period 2010 - 2020 alone, presided over 10 topics), 01 volume of National Chronicle, 10 Nafosted topics, 30 VNU-Hanoi-level topics (equivalent to the ministerial level), 100 topics of Ministries, Boards, Branches, Departments and other international organizations (General Department of Population, University of Toulouse 2 Jean-Jaurès (France), GIZ, JIFF, TOYOTA, World Bank, UNDP, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Thanh Hoa...). There are 02 research groups of the Faculty that have been recognized by Hanoi National University as strong research groups.
Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Van Tung (Head of Sociology Department) spoke at the Anniversary Ceremony
Lecturers/researchers of the Faculty have published an average of 3.06 articles/person annually in prestigious scientific journals in the country and the world, which are journals recognized by the State Council of Professors. In particular, in the past 5 years, the number of articles, monograph chapters or monographs published in English and French has increased sharply with about 40 international articles, 12 book chapters and 01 monograph.
Faculty staff have been involved in many projects providing community and social services. Over the past thirty years, the Faculty has built and promoted international cooperation activities with many partners from about 20 countries.
According to the Head of the Faculty of Sociology, Trinh Van Tung, the Faculty is facing a new context and challenges. That is, many State policy documents have been issued, creating a new legal corridor for universities to move towards autonomy in terms of human resources, organization, finance, and training programs. That is entering the era of Industry 4.0, where digital citizenship is a mandatory standard and criterion for lecturers, researchers, and learners. Deeper and deeper international integration requires all staff, including support staff, to understand and be proficient in foreign languages. Labor, employment, and careers around the world are changing every hour, further catalyzed by the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing everyone to always be flexible and have the ability to continuously adapt. The Government's startup policy encourages innovation, creativity, and the ability to create jobs by applying acquired knowledge and skills.
Principal Hoang Anh Tuan awarded the Emulation Flag of VNU to the Faculty of Sociology
In the coming development period, the collective of cadres, lecturers, researchers and generations of students of the Faculty of Sociology are also holding new opportunities. Firstly, the opportunity for each individual to assert themselves is increasing, because the characteristics and personality of each individual are increasingly recognized and respected. Secondly, the leadership, companionship and support of the Party Committee, the Board of Directors and the functional departments of the School are creating many favorable conditions for every individual to fully develop their potential. Thirdly, university autonomy helps the Faculty in particular and the School in general have more resources to reinvest in human resources, invest in training in practicing the profession of Sociology and the profession of Social Work.
Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan (Principal of the School) spoke at the Anniversary Ceremony
On behalf of the Party Committee and the Board of Directors, Principal Hoang Anh Tuan sent warm congratulations to the Faculty on this special anniversary. The School's leaders highly appreciated the quality of the Faculty's staff, with 80% of staff holding PhD degrees, more than 30% holding Associate Professor degrees, being well-trained and highly specialized. In the training units on Social Sciences and Social Work in the early years of integration, the Party and the State thought of building the Social Sciences and Humanities sector as a transitional step alongside the traditional Social Sciences and Humanities sectors, to "both integrate and be basic". If Social Sciences has the strength of policy depth, Social Work is the application of theory in the context of social reality. The two sectors blend to create professional strengths, while serving social reality. In the recent past, with the stable establishment and development, the training and scientific research results of the Faculty have been very impressive. Tens of thousands of students of all levels have graduated. Last school year, the School published nearly 150 international scientific articles, of which the Faculty of Social Sciences contributed more than 20 articles to journals and book chapters.
In the coming time, facing the requirements of innovation and integration in education in general and the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in particular, including the field of Sociology and Social Work, the School expects the Faculty to continue to be a strong training and research unit with abundant potential; a leading flag with worthy contributions to the achievements and position of the School domestically and internationally.
