MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING GLOBAL EDUCATION DIALOGUE UK-VN PARTNERSHIP Dr. Pham Quang Hung Director General Vietnam International Education Development Ministry of Education and Training 17 June 2016
PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. Vietnamese Scholarship Programmes 2. Joint Training Programmes (JTPs) 3. Student Mobility 4. Policy Update
GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS (Outbound students) Government scholarship
AREAS OF STUDIES Technology Agriculture and Forestry Applied Sciences Environ -mental Sciences Health Sciences Enginee -ring Humani -ties Social Sciences Public Administration Arts Other areas
VIETNAMESE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
911 - NEWTON PHD SCHOLARSHIP Granted PhD scholarships from VIED Granted the admission from UK universities/ research institutes British Council review the applications for VIED to ensure they are to support the social and economic development of Vietnam Newton Fund GBP10,000/person/year to supplement tuition fee and living expense in the UK
PARTNERSHIPS FROM UK (24)
PARTNERSHIPS FROM UK (CONT.)
JOINT-TRAINING PROGRAMMES (JTPs)
NUMBER OF JTPS 264 Approved by MOET 211 Approved by autonomous Institutions agencies 475 Approved programmes - 310: active programmes - 165: expired programmes
JTPS ALLOCATED BY CITIES Numbers of JTPs by cities 3% 9% 8% Ha Noi 2% Ho Chi Minh 47% Hue 31% Thai Nguyen Da Nang Others
JTPS ALLOCATED BY MAJORS
JTPS ALLOCATED BY COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES (32 countries and territories) 80 70 72 71 67 60 50 40 40 34 30 27 24 20 10 15 12 10 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
JTPS IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 40 2 23 14 6 48 10 11 16 10 Inactive 11 6 5 4 1 Recruitment license expired Active VNU Hanoi (65) VNU HCM (68) Thai Nguyen Uni Hue Uni (9) Da Nang Uni (11)
JTPS ALLOCATED BY LEVELS 15/32
NUMBER OF JTPS STUDENTS Level Recruited Current Graduated BA 39.520 15.337 14.104 MA 30.649 5.809 22.931 PhD 441 85 2 Total 70.610 21.231 37.037
JTPS WITH UK INSTITUTIONS 71 Joint training programmes (60 active 11 inactive) 30 UK Institutions 21 Vietnam Institutions 7
JTPS WITH UK INSTITUTIONS Areas of studies 3 5 2 1 Business and Management Computer Science and IT 6 Arts Law Science and Technology 54 Architecture and Civil Engineering
JTPS WITH UK INSTITUTIONS
AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITIES 1. University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City 2. Ton Duc Thang University 3. National Economics University 4. Ha Noi University 5. University of Finance and Marketing 6. Foreign Trade University 7. Ho Chi Minh City Open University 8. Vietnam National University of Agriculture 9. Ho Chi Minh University of Food Industry 10. Ho Chi Minh University of Industry 11. Electric Power University 12. Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology 13. Hanoi Industrial Textile garment University 14. Hanoi University of Science and Technology 15. Vietnam National University, Hanoi 16. Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh 17. Thai Nguyen University 18. Da Nang University 19. Hue University 20
REGULATIONS ON JTPS - Decree No. 73/2012/NĐ-CP on 26/9/2012 by Government on international cooperation and investment on education. - Joint Circular No. 29/2014/TTLT-BGDĐT-BTC-BLĐTBXH on 26/8/2014 on finance, accounting, auditing and taxation management on international cooperation and investment on education, training and vocational training. - Circular No.34/2014/TT-BGDĐT on 15/10/2014 By Minister of MOET on instruction for implementation of some articles on Decree No. 73/2012/NĐ-CP. - Decree No. 77/NQ-CP on 24/10/2014 by Government on pilot of innovation on operation mechanism of public higher education agencies 21
STUDENT MOBILITY 22
VIETNAM: OUTBOUND STUDENTS Around 130,000 Outbound students (2015) Only around 5% Scholarships: + Vietnamese Government ( Projects: 322, 911, 165, MARD, MOIST, Local Governments.); + Foreign Governments (Top: Russia (800), Australia, Hungary, Japan, Germany. ); + Universities, International Organizations, Projects (Institutional Bi-lateral Agreements, WB, ADB ) Around 95% other sources of funding (i.e. self funded)
VIETNAM: SENT OVERSEAS WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDING (2015) Master Master Doctor MSc Short term BSc Total
25,000 VIETNAM: TOP OUTBOUND COUNTRIES (2015) 20,000 Total: around 130,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0
VIETNAM: INBOUND STUDENTS Over 20,000 students (2015) Government agreement scholarships (60%): + Over 20 countries: Laos, Cambodia, China, Angola, Mozambique, Russian, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, Mongolia, Ukraine. ; + Highest numbers are from ASEAN + Subjects: variety + Language: Vietnamese/English Around 40% other sources of funding (i.e. self funded) + US, Germany, France, Australia
TOP 10 INSTITUTIONS
WHAT DO WE DO TO ENHANCE STUDENT MOBILITY? - Encourage International Integration in Education - Encourage Foreign investment in Education - Encourage Vietnamese universities to cooperate in research and teaching - Encourage credit transfer - Encourage student exchange, lecturer exchange... - Encourage international accreditation - Encourage programs delivered in English
TO ENHANCE STUDENT MOBILITY: - Summer Camp: Organizing International summer schools - Consider the development of International Summer Camp with partner universities in order to act as a taster for a longer period of study abroad - Study in Vietnam portal/website online application form for admissions better and more systematic information and guidance available to Vietnamese Institutions and potential International Students data collection on incoming student mobility.
POLICY UPDATES - Law on Higher Education, approved by the National Assembly on 18 June 2012 and effective as 1 January 2013. 1 Chapter on International Cooperation (Chapter VI with 6 Articles) - Decree No. 73/2012/ND-CP on Foreign Cooperation and Investment in Education dated 26 September 2012, Effective 15 November 2012, providing stipulations on Foreign Cooperation and Investment in Education, including (1) joint training, (2) educational establishments with foreign investments and (3) foreign educational representative offices in Vietnam.
POLICY UPDATES - Project 911: Decision No. 911/QĐ-TTg dated 17 June 2010 of the Prime Minister Approving the Training Initiative Project for Educators of Tertiary Institutions to pursue and attain doctoral degrees for period 2010-2020. - Project 599: Decision No. 599/QĐ-TTg dated 17 April 2013 of the Prime Minister approving the Overseas Training Program for Vietnamese.
POLICY UPDATES - National Foreign Languages 2020 Project: Decision No. 1400/QĐ-TTg dated 30 September 2008 of the Prime Minister Approving the National Foreign Language Project for period 2008-2020. - Decision 2448/QĐ-TTg dated 16 December 2013: International Integration on Education and Vocational Training by 2020 - New visa category for students from 2015: Code: DH - valid up to 12 months