According to the direction that has been discussed and agreed upon,
University of Social Sciences and Humanities will reduce the number of focal unitsfrom 46 to 30, corresponding to a reduction of 34.7%. In particular, some major changes were made including the consolidation of units with similar functions and the termination of units that were no longer suitable, the transfer of functions and tasks of some units to be linked to training tasks and direct support for training programs to ensure conformity with the long-term development strategy of the School.
Specifically, the Faculty of Anthropology will be merged with the Department of Religious Studies to form the Faculty of Anthropology - Religious Studies. The Department of Personnel Organization will be merged with the Party Committee Office, the name of the department after the arrangement is expected to be the Department of Personnel Organization. The functional offices: the Office of the School Council, the Office of the Trade Union, the Office of the Youth Union - Student Association, the Office of the Veterans Association will be merged into the Office of the School Council and other organizations. The Center for Communications and Information Technology will cease to operate, accordingly the Information Technology department will be transferred to the Administration - General Department (the name of the department after the arrangement is expected to be the Administration - Management Department); the Communications department will be transferred to the Department of Scientific Research Management. The Department of Cooperation and Development, the Department of Scientific Research Management, the Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Communications department of the Center for Communications and Information Technology will be merged, the name of the department after the merger is expected to be the Department of Science - Foreign Affairs - Journal. Merge the Center for Research and Development of Cultural Resources and the Museum of Anthropology, the proposed name of the merged unit is the Museum of History and Culture. Merge the Center for Vietnamese Language and Culture under the School and the Center for Applied Linguistics and Vietnamese Linguistics under the Faculty of Linguistics into the Center for Vietnamese and International Language and Culture under the Faculty of Linguistics.
In addition, the research centers: Center for Sea and Island Studies, Center for China Studies, Center for Cultural and Artistic Research and Application, and Center for Contemporary Religion Studies will cease operations and transfer their professional tasks to relevant training units. TASS Company, a service unit under the University, will also cease operations.
Before this time, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities had completed the review and streamlining of the organizational structure for 9 department-level units under the faculty. Along with this implementation, the Steering Committee requested the following units to develop a plan for restructuring, dissolving, arranging, and streamlining the internal organizational structure in the following direction: The Department of Social Work, the Center for Social Work Research and Application under the Faculty of Sociology merge into the Department of Social Work under the Faculty of Sociology; the Center for Journalism and Communication, the Center for Admissions and Marketing under the Institute of Journalism and Communication Training end the transfer of functions, tasks and administrative personnel to the Office of the Institute of Journalism and Communication Training. Transfer professional functions to the corresponding departments. Report to the Steering Committee on the implementation results no later than January 6, 2025.
The Steering Committee recommends that units continue to review internally and propose arrangements for the next stages in the following direction:
+ Training units currently managing less than two majors or bachelor's training programs will need to develop a restructuring plan and propose a development direction.
+ Administrative units conduct self-review to avoid overlapping, duplication, and unclear functions and tasks on the principle that one unit performs many functions and tasks, each task is assigned to only one unit to preside over and take primary responsibility; continue to streamline the organizational structure in the next phase.
Report to the Steering Committee before January 15, 2025.
The orientation of implementing this project is not only an effort to implement the instructions from Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW but also an opportunity for the University of Social Sciences and Humanities to innovate its organization, improve management efficiency and aim for sustainable development in the future. The arrangement and streamlining of the organizational apparatus not only helps to improve work efficiency but also creates motivation to promote research, training and international cooperation activities, moving towards university autonomy.
In the context of university autonomy and the country entering a new era, reforming the apparatus, promoting the application of science and technology to improve modern university governance; developing a team of excellent scientists, quality managers, professional civil servants; investing all resources to successfully implement major scientific programs, improving the quality of human resource training to meet the requirements of socio-economic development of the country and international integration. Affirming the role, position and reputation of the University in the Vietnamese higher education system, not only training high-quality human resources for the country but also performing well the role of orientation and leadership for the development of social sciences and humanities, contributing to the development of VNU and serving the country in the era of national development.
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