In particular, the professional standards for senior university lecturers are stipulated in Article 6 of the draft Circular. Specifically as follows:
Main university lecturers must meet the standards of professional ethics prescribed in Article 4 of this Circular and the following standards:
1. Standards on training and fostering qualifications:
a) Have a master's degree or higher in accordance with the job position, major or teaching major;
b) Having a certificate of training in university lecturer vocational standards.
2. Standards on professional competence and skills:
a) Have solid knowledge of the subjects assigned to him/her to teach and basic knowledge of some related subjects in the training major assigned to him/her;
b) Understand and effectively implement the goals, plans, contents, and programs of the assigned tasks. Timely grasp practical requirements for training majors;
c) Have the capacity to conduct scientific research, including:
Preside over the implementation of at least 01 (one) of the scientific and technological tasks at the grassroots level or higher that have been accepted with results from meeting the requirements or higher;
Preside over or participate in compiling at least 01 (one) book for training that is approved by a scientific council (approved by the head of a higher education institution or a competent authority) for appraisal, acceptance and use in training and fostering from university level or higher in accordance with the major, teaching major or training of lecturers and has an international standard code ISBN;
The author of at least 03 (three) scientific papers is a scientific research work by lecturers published in the scientific journal with the international standard code ISSN.
d) Having the ability to apply information technology and use foreign languages in performing the tasks of the title of principal university lecturer;
d) University lecturers are eligible to register for professional promotion to the title of main university lecturer when meeting the professional standards of main university lecturers as prescribed in this Article; must have held the professional title of university lecturer or equivalent for at least 06 (six) years for those with a master's degree; complete 04 (four) years for those with a doctorate degree; of which, at least 01 year (full 12 months) must have held the professional title of university lecturer up to the deadline for submitting the application for registration for consideration of professional promotion.
Draft Circular regulating professional standards for lecturers teaching in higher education institutions to collect opinions until October 31, 2025.
