Postgraduate Admissions Round 2, 2017

Monday - June 19, 2017 03:09

University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU announces the second round of postgraduate admissions in 2017.

A.CONTESTANTS:

Citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam who meet all the conditions specified in the Regulations on postgraduate training at Vietnam National University, Hanoi issued under Decision No. 4668/QD-VNU dated December 10, 2014 of the Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi and the Regulations on postgraduate training at Vietnam National University, Hanoi issued under Decision No. 1555/QD-VNU dated May 25, 2011, amended and supplemented under Decision No. 3050/QD-VNU dated September 17, 2012 of the Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

B. MASTER'S ADMISSION

I. List of majors for master's degree admission

TT	Major Name	Code
1.	Journalism	60.32.01.01
2.	Journalism (applied orientation)	60.32.01.01
3.	Asian Studies	60.31.06.01
4.	Political Science	60.31.02.01
5.	Political Science (applied orientation)	60.31.02.01
6.	Scientific socialism	60.22.03.08
7.	Social work	60.90.01.01
8.	Social work (applied orientation)	60.90.01.01
9.	Tourism	QHX.M-02
10.	Han - Nom	60.22.01.04
11.	Ho Chi Minh studies	60.31.02.04
12.	Archeology	60.22.03.17
13.	Management science	QHX.M-03
14.	Information and library science	60.32.02.03
15.	Literary theory	60.22.01.20
16.	Theory, history and criticism of cinema and television	60.21.02.31
17.	History of the Communist Party of Vietnam	60.22.03.15
18.	History of history and historical materials	60.22.03.16
19.	World History	60.22.03.11
20.	Vietnamese cultural history	QHX.M-01
21.	History of Vietnam	60.22.03.13
22.	Archival science	60.32.03.01
23.	Archival science (application oriented)	60.32.03.01
24.	Linguistics	60.22.02.40
25.	Anthropology	60.31.03.02
26.	International Relations	60.31.02.06
27.	Science and technology management	60.34.04.12
28.	Science and technology management (application orientation)	60.34.04.12
29.	Office Administration	60.34.04.06
30.	Psychology	60.31.04.01
31.	Clinical Psychology (Applied Orientation)	QHX.M-04
32.	Religious Studies *	60.22.90.01
33.	Religious Studies (Applied Orientation) *	60.22.90.01
34.	Philosophy	60.22.03.01
35.	Folklore	60.22.01.25
36.	Foreign literature	60.22.02.45
37.	Vietnamese Literature	60.22.01.21
38.	Vietnam studies	60.22.01.13
39.	Sociology	60.31.03.01

* The majors in Religious Studies with research orientation and application orientation implement a separate admission method according to the project approved by Hanoi National University, and do not organize entrance exams according to the content of this admission announcement.

II. Conditions for admission to master's training

Candidates applying for the master's program must fully meet the following conditions:

1. About the degree

a) Graduated from university with the correct major, suitable for the major, major registered for the exam;

b) Graduated from university in a major close to the major registered for the exam,learned additional knowledgeas prescribed;

c) University graduates in other majors can apply for the following master's degree programs:Journalism (applied orientation); Social work (applied orientation); Tourism; Office Administration; Science and Technology Management; Film and Television Theory, History and Criticism; Religious Studies (Applied Orientation)afterlearned additional knowledgeas prescribed;

d) University degrees granted by foreign educational institutions must be accompanied by a document of recognition from the Department of Testing and Educational Quality Assessment, Ministry of Education and Training.

List of suitable/correct majors, majors close to master's degree enrollment:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4YVkyZUJkRWZIZWc

2. About professional work experience:

a)Have at least 01 year experienceworking in the field of exam registration (from the date of signing the Decision on university graduation recognition to the exam date), except for those with a university degree of Good or higher, in the correct or suitable field for the majors registered for the exam:Journalism, Library Information Science, History of the Communist Party of Vietnam, World History, Vietnamese History; Office Administration and Tourism

b)Have at least 02 years of experienceWorking in the field of exam registration (from the date of signing the Decision on university graduation recognition to the exam date) for the following subjects:

+ Have a university degree in some other majors and register to take the entrance exam for master's training major:Tourism; Office Administration, Science and Technology Management, Religious Studies (applied orientation)

3. Have a clear personal history, not currently serving disciplinary action at the warning level or higher and not currently serving a criminal sentence, confirmed by the human resources management agency where they are working or the local authority where they reside.

4. Be healthy enough to study.

III. Priority policies in admission.

1. Candidates who are given priority in admission are the following:

People who have worked continuously for 2 years or more (as of the deadline for submitting application documents) in localities defined as Region 1 (according to the current division of national high school enrollment areas of the Ministry of Education and Training). In this case, candidates must have a decision to accept work or transfer or second work from a competent agency or organization;
Ethnic minorities with permanent residence registration for 2 years or more (as of the application deadline) in localities specified as Area 1 in the current regulations on regular university and college admissions;
War invalids, people enjoying policies like war invalids;
Martyr's child;
Hero of the armed forces, hero of labor;
Children of resistance fighters exposed to toxic chemicals, recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as having deformities, disabilities, and reduced ability to self-reliant in daily life and study due to the consequences of toxic chemicals.

2. Priority subjects: must have sufficient valid supporting documents according to regulations of Hanoi National University.

3. Priority level:Candidates who are in priority groups (including those who are in multiple priority groups) will have 10 points added to their exam results for the foreign language subject (on a 100-point scale) if they are not exempt from the foreign language exam and 1 point (on a 10-point scale) added to their basic exam or 15 points (on a 150-point scale) added to their exam results for the competency assessment exam.

IV. Entrance exams

1.Basic subjects, fundamental subjects:

- List of basic and fundamental exam subjects

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4ZFFISjd4NEk1Zkk

- Exam outline content:

+ Basic exam:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4aEZDWTNzdGl5WG8

+ Basic exam subjects:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4bFY3YWg3eGhYZnM

2. Foreign language:

Candidates take the test in 1 of 5 languages: English, Russian, French, Chinese, German in multiple choice format.

+ Foreign language exam format:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4UUhFQVJ5eEwwOFE

*Candidates whose foreign language proficiency meets the foreign language exam requirements of the training unit and fall into one of the following cases are exempted from the foreign language exam:

Have a university, master's or doctoral degree from a full-time training program abroad, and have the degree recognized by a competent authority according to current regulations;
Have a university degree in an advanced program according to the Project of the Ministry of Education and Training on advanced training programs at some universities in Vietnam or a high-quality engineering degree (PFIEV) recognized by the engineering degree committee (CTI, France), with a foreign partner to jointly grant the degree or a university degree in an international standard training program, a talent training program, a high-quality training program of VNU;
Have a university degree in foreign languages.

- Have a foreign language proficiency certificate equivalent to the levels of the 6-level Foreign Language Proficiency Framework for Vietnam: level 3 for the master's degree training program of VNU, level 4 for the international joint master's program with a degree granted by VNU, level 5 for the international master's degree training program. The certificate is valid for 2 years from the date of the foreign language certificate exam to the date of registration for the master's exam and is issued by an institution recognized by VNU. The Admissions Councils send the candidates' foreign language certificates issued by foreign organizations to the University of Foreign Languages for verification of the authenticity of the certificate before recognizing the equivalence (if necessary).

Reference table of foreign language certificates for exemption from exams for master's candidates:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4MjRHRGRrMk1ZZVU

V. Application form:

In 2017, registration for the master's entrance exam at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities was conducted online. The registration software was developed by the Center for Information Technology Application, VNU and is used uniformly throughout VNU.

Candidate's duties:

- Access the VNU postgraduate admissions portal and register online according to the instructions. Candidates must commit and be responsible for the truthfulness of the declared information. Registration time:from 8:00 a.m.10/7/2017 to 17:00 on11/8/2017.

Online registration portal address: http://tssdh.vnu.edu.vn

- Candidates who wish to register earlier during the time the registration portal opens, download the master's registration form and fully declare the information in the registration form, submit the registration form directly to the Training Department before the date.August 11, 2017.

Download the application form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4Qm90VDVqNHRVMjg

- Pay full admission fee as prescribed.

Note:

-Candidates who do not register online will not be eligible to take the entrance exam..

-Candidates for Master's degree submit their application after receiving the admission results and admission notice.

-The School's Graduate Admissions Council will consider canceling the candidate's admission results if the registration information is inconsistent with the admission documents and does not meet the exam standards.

C. DOCTORAL ADMISSION

I. List of majors for doctoral admission

TT	Major Name	Code
1.	Journalism	62.32.01.01
2.	Political Science	62.31.02.01
3.	Dialectical materialism and historical materialism	62.22.03.02
4.	Scientific socialism	62.22.03.08
5.	Social work	QHX.D.02
6.	Southeast Asian Studies	62.31.06.10
7.	Han Nom	62.22.01.04
8.	Ho Chi Minh studies	62.31.02.04
9.	Archeology	62.22.03.17
10.	Information Science – Library	62.32.02.03
11.	Literary theory	62.22.01.20
12.	History of the Communist Party of Vietnam	62.22.03.15
13.	History of history and historical materials	62.22.03.16
14.	World History	62.22.03.11
15.	History of Vietnam	62.22.03.13
16.	Archival science	62.32.03.01
17.	Languages of Vietnam's ethnic minorities	62.22.01.09
18.	Linguistics	62.22.02.40
19.	Comparative linguistics	62.22.02.41
20.	Vietnamese	62.22.01.02
21.	Anthropology	62.31.03.02
22.	International Relations	62.31.02.06
23.	Science and technology management	QHX.D.01
24.	Psychology	62.31.04.01
25.	Religious studies	62.22.90.01
26.	Chinese Studies	62.31.06.02
27.	Folklore	62.22.01.25
28.	Foreign literature	62.22.02.45
29.	Vietnamese Literature	62.22.01.21
30.	Sociology	62.31.03.01

II. Conditions for admission to doctoral training.

Candidates applying to the doctoral training program of Hanoi National University must fully meet the following conditions:

1) Have a clear personal history and are not currently being prosecuted for criminal liability.

2) Meet one of the following conditions regarding diplomas and published works:

2.1 About the degree:

- Have a bachelor's degree with honors or higher in the right major, or a master's degree in the right major, a suitable major or a major close to the major applied for;

List of appropriate/suitable majors and nearby majors for graduate student recruitment:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4Smw4d1RjN0o3QW8

- Have a master's degree in another major and a regular university degree in the same or similar major as the major applied for. In this case, the candidate must have at leastAn article published in a scientific journal or a collection of scientific conference proceedings within 03 years (36 months) from the date of application submissionand must take the exam according to the regime for people without a master's degree.

2.2 Have scientific works (articles or reports) related to the intended research field published in scientific journals or proceedings of specialized scientific conferences and seminars with peer review within 03 years (36 months) from the date of application with the following specific number:

For those with a university degree (with honors or higher) or a master's degree in a research-oriented field: at least 1 article or report.
For those with a master's degree with an applied or practical orientation, or a master's thesis of less than 10 credits: at least 2 articles or reports.

2.3 Have one of the following diplomas or certificates proving foreign language proficiency:

A university degree or master's degree issued by a foreign training institution to a full-time student studying abroad whose language of study is English or another foreign language;
University degree in foreign languages or foreign language pedagogy issued by Vietnamese training institutions;
TOEFL iBT English certificate of 45 or higher or IELTS (Academic Test) certificate of 5.0 or higher issued by an internationally and Vietnamese recognized testing organization within 02 years (24 months) from the date of application;
Candidates meet the requirements atitem awhen the language used during the study period is not English; or meets the requirements atitem bWhen having a university degree in a foreign language or foreign language pedagogy other than English; or having foreign language certificates other than English at equivalent levels (specified in the attached Appendix) as prescribed in section c issued by an internationally and Vietnamese recognized testing organization within 02 years (24 months) from the date of application, must be able to communicate in English in the field of expertise (be able to express issues in the field of expertise for others to understand in English and understand others presenting professional issues in English).

Diplomas issued by foreign educational institutions must undergo recognition procedures according to current regulations.

Reference table of foreign language certificates used in doctoral admissions

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4R2N0bXhscUM0SG8

3) Be recommended by at least two scientists with the title of professor, associate professor or doctorate of science, doctorate in the same major or research field, one of whom is a thesis supervisor. The recommendation letter must include comments and assessments on the candidate's capacity and qualities;

4) The research proposal essay (included in the HSCM) must clearly state the reasons for choosing the research field, the reasons for choosing the training institution, the research objectives, and the implementation plan during the training period. The essay must also state the experiences and professional knowledge that the candidate has prepared and the candidate's planned scientific activities after completing the doctoral training program;

5) Seniority conditions:

In addition to the majors: Vietnamese Literature, Folk Literature, Foreign Literature, Han-Nom, which do not require seniority, candidates for the PhD exam must have at least 1 year (for majors: Literary Theory, Psychology, International Relations, Information Science - Library) and 2 years (for other majors) of professional work in the field of the major registered for the exam (calculated from the date of signing the decision to recognize university graduation to the date of admission).

6) Be healthy enough to study.

V.Application documents for postgraduate study include:

1. Exam registration form(as per sample).

2. CV certified by the management agency or local authority of the place of residence, with photo attached and stamped on the photo.(as per sample)

3. Scientific resume certified by the working agency(as per sample)

4. Certificate of good health for study from a general hospital (valid for 6 months from the date of application submission).

5. Certified copies of the following certificates and diplomas:

- University diploma and full university transcript with confirmation of classification by the competent authority (for candidates applying for doctoral training but do not have a master's degree); master's degree and master's transcript (for candidates applying for doctoral training who already have a master's degree)

- Recruitment or appointment decision (if a civil servant) or long-term labor contract and certificate of seniority.

- Notarized copy of legal documents on priority subjects (if any)

- Proof of foreign language proficiency.(If the candidate has a degree obtained from training abroad, there must be a confirmation document from the Department of Testing and Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education and Training)

6. Letter of introduction to take the exam (if any) from the head of the management agency for those working in state or non-state agencies, units, or enterprises.(as per sample)

7. 02 envelopes issued by the School (when submitting the application) with the candidate's address and 04 3x4cm portrait photos.

8. Essay on research plan, scientific resume and photocopies of published research works.

9. Two letters of recommendation from two scientists with the scientific title of Professor, Associate Professor, or the degree of Doctor of Science, PhD in the same major, one of whom will be the thesis supervisor. The recommendation letter must include comments and assessments on the candidate's capacity and qualities.. (according to sample)

Candidate's duties:

Download application form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxbwOaXsfoc4TE9TZWhrZEk5N28

Declare and prepare all information and professional documents as prescribed. Candidates need to prepare 1 original set of documents and 05 photocopies.
Access the VNU postgraduate admissions registration portal at:http://tssdh.vnu.edu.vnand register for the exam online according to the instructions. Candidates must commit and be responsible for the truthfulness of the declared information. Registration time:from 8:00 a.m.10/7/2017 to 17:00 on11/8/2017.

- Submit application directly or by post to the Training Department.before 11/8/2017(Applications submitted by post will be counted according to the post office's confirmation stamp when the application is sent to the School). After the above deadline, no application will be accepted.

- Pay full admission fee as prescribed.

Note:

-Candidates who do not register online will not be eligible to take the entrance exam..

-Candidates for Master's degree submit their application after receiving the admission results and admission notice.

-The School's Graduate Admissions Council will consider canceling the candidate's admission results if the registration information is inconsistent with the admission documents and does not meet the exam standards.

D. ENROLLMENT PLAN

I. Exam time and announcement of results

1. Master's and PhD entrance exams:

- Master's entrance exam:

Job	Time
Candidates focus on taking the Basic exam	Saturday morning, September 9, 2017
Basic exam	Saturday afternoon, September 9, 2017
Foreign Language Exam	Sunday morning, September 10, 2017

- Reviewing PhD student applications: From September 11 to September 25, 2017

2. Time to announce exam results:Expected from September 25 to September 29, 2017

3. Appeal

- Receive appeal applications within 15 days from the date of announcement of exam results.

- Announcement of review results: Expected October 25, 2017

* Note:No review of professional profile assessment results (in doctoral admission)

4. Admission score and benchmark score

4.1. Admission score:To be considered for admission, candidates must score 5 or higher (on a 10-point scale) in basic and fundamental subjects; score 50 or higher (on a 100-point scale) in Foreign Language if applying for a master's degree; and have a professional profile assessed at 55 points or higher if applying for a doctoral degree.

4.2. Benchmark:Determined based on assigned training targets and by calculating the total score of basic and fundamental subjects (except Foreign Languages), the total score of each candidate's professional profile from highest to lowest for each industry and major until the target is reached.

II. Course opening time and training time

1. Course opening time:expected November 2017

2. Training time:

- Master's training: 2 years

- Doctoral training:

+ Bachelor's degree: 4 years

+ From master's degree: from 3 - 4 years

E. ADMISSION FEE

1. Exam registration fee: 60,000 VND/candidate(no refund if application is withdrawn)

2. Exam fee:

2.1. Master's entrance exam:

+ Candidates taking all 3 subjects: 360,000 VND/candidate

+ Candidates exempted from Foreign Language: 240,000 VND/candidate

2.2. Doctoral admission:

+ Bachelor's degree: 440,000 VND/candidate

+ Master's degree: 200,000 VND/candidate

3. Fee payment method:

- Submit directly to the Training Department, room 601, building E, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

- Transfer:

+ Beneficiary unit:University of Social Sciences and Humanities

+ Account number:2221.0000.656.899;at Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam Thanh Xuan branch (BIDV Thanh Xuan)

When transferring money, clearly state the following information:Full name of the candidate; Date of birth; Master's or PhD exam fee; Major

For more details please contact the following address:

-Training Department - Admissions Department (Room 601, Building E), University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 336 Nguyen Trai - Thanh Xuan - Hanoi.

Master's admission support phone: (04) 3858.3957

Doctoral admission support phone: (04) 3858.5239

E-mail:tuyensinhsdh.ussh@gmail.com

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