Improving training quality to build a research university and international integration

High-quality university education plays a particularly important role in the economic development of each country, especially in the context of economic competition in the globalization trend. The University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU) has been transforming itself to integrate into the wave of international educational integration with its identity and character imbued with Vietnamese science and humanity...

Historical Tradition - Modern Knowledge

Inheriting the tradition of more than 60 years of the University of Letters, and more than 50 years of Hanoi National University, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi continues to maintain its position as the leading training and research center in the social sciences and humanities of Vietnam.

Among the nearly 20 undergraduate majors and nearly 50 postgraduate majors that the school is currently training, there are basic, traditional majors such as Literature, History, Philosophy and Linguistics, majors associated with the names of the faculty's founding professors such as Dang Thai Mai, Tran Van Giau, Dao Duy Anh, Tran Duc Thao, etc. These majors have built the school's reputation over the past half century and continue to affirm their position with the names of famous teachers and scientists such as Dinh Xuan Lam, Phan Huy Le, Tran Quoc Vuong, Ha Van Tan, Hoang Nhu Mai, Le Dinh Ki, Nguyen Tai Can, Phan Cu De, Ha Minh Duc, etc. In addition, many modern majors have been invested in and opened, creating a new, colorful identity for the school such as Journalism and Communication, Oriental Studies, International Studies, Tourism Studies, Archival Studies and Office Administration, etc. Many new majors are enrolling for the first time, but have attracted a large number of interested candidates. such as: Social Work, Political Science, Anthropology and Vietnam Studies.

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities is one of the first universities in Vietnam to apply the credit-based training method, creating linkages between faculties within the university, between the university and member universities of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and between the university and international universities.

Students studying at the school have the opportunity to participate in international joint programs '2+2', '3+1' and '3.5 + 1.5'. That means, students will study at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities for one or two years, and study at a foreign institution for the remaining time of the course, before receiving a diploma from the foreign training institution.

In addition to the high-quality training majors that have been maintained for many years such as Literature, Linguistics, History, Philosophy and Management Science, a number of majors and majors are being focused on investment and development to meet international standards such as Linguistics, Vietnamese History and Ancient and Medieval Vietnamese History. These majors not only have a strong appeal to Vietnamese students but also attract many foreign students to study.

Currently, the school has nearly 13,000 students, of which 25% are graduate and postgraduate students and nearly 600 international students.

In-depth research – Expanding integration and cooperation

The school's development strategy is to quickly become a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research university, so staff work is considered one of the key tasks of the school.

Inheriting and promoting the achievements of the previous Hanoi University of Science, following the generations of professors who built the social sciences and humanities of Vietnam, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities continues to be one of the leading universities in the country in terms of the ratio of professors, doctors and senior lecturers to the total number of lecturers in the school. For every 6 lecturers in the school, there is one professor or associate professor, and for every 3 lecturers in the school, there is one doctor or doctor of science. Of the total of nearly 400 lecturers in the school today, nearly 80% have postgraduate degrees, and of the remaining 20%, the majority are studying for a master's degree or are postgraduates.

The University's highly qualified, experienced and dedicated teaching staff are currently a team of trusted experts, assigned to preside over many national-level scientific projects and international projects. From 2007 to 2009 alone, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities was assigned to preside over 5 state-level projects, with a total budget of up to several billion VND, such as the projects 'Building and promoting Vietnamese intellectual resources to serve the cause of national revival in the 21st century', 'Family issues in social development and management of social development in our country during the renovation period', 'Basic characteristics of people and culture of the Vietnamese community abroad today'...

In parallel with implementing dozens of topics ordered by VNU, and agencies, ministries and branches nationwide, the school is also the focal point for implementing many international projects with a total budget of up to millions of USD such as Projects with KAS Institute, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Ford Foundation, Asia Foundation, UNICEF, Save the Children Sweden, and funds from Japan, Korea, etc.

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As one of the international exchange hubs in the social and humanities fields of Vietnam, the University currently has cooperative relations with nearly 100 universities, educational institutions and international organizations, including many of the world's leading prestigious universities, such as Princeton University, University of California (USA), University of Paris 7, University of Toulouse 1 and 2 (France), Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), Humboldt University (Federal Republic of Germany), Tokyo National University (Japan), Seoul National University (Korea), Peking University, Shanghai University (China), National University of Singapore, and many other countries.

Many conferences organized by the school have had a great resonance in the academic circles at home and abroad, such as the Dien Bien Phu Conference - 50 Years in Review, the 6th Pan-Asian Language and Linguistics, Towards the East Asian Community, One Hundred Years of Research and Teaching Social Sciences and Humanities in Vietnam, Korea and Korean Studies in the Asia-Pacific region, etc. These conferences have attracted hundreds of domestic and foreign scholars to attend and share and exchange academic knowledge. International conferences not only create opportunities for lecturers and students in the school to absorb updated and modern international knowledge, but also create conditions for international scholars to understand more about Vietnam, about the social sciences and humanities in our country, as well as the beauty of Vietnamese culture, country and people in the trend of integration and development.

The successes in teaching, research and international cooperation in recent years have contributed to making the University of Social Sciences and Humanities rich in traditional identity, modern, dynamic and intellectual. That is a solid foundation for the University to successfully complete the tasks assigned by the Party and the State, creating conditions for the establishment of a research university, contributing effectively to the cause of industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration.