Information from the State Proporters' Office said that on November 2, the State Council of Professors for the 2024-2029 term held the 4th meeting to discuss and vote on the results of the examination of the Professorship Councils, interdisciplinary and list of candidates eligible to be recognized as meeting the standards for the title of professor and associate professor.
According to the report of the Office of the State Council of Professors, in 2025, 1,073 candidates (100 candidates for professors, 973 candidates for associate professors) will submit their applications for recognition as meeting the standards for the title of professor and associate professor at 117 Grassroots Council of Professors.
Through the foreign language proficiency assessment round, the general scientific report and the credit vote of the Grassroots Professorship Council, there were 1,014 candidates, of which 93 were professor candidates, 921 associate professor candidates were proposed for recognition as meeting the standards and sent to 28 Professorship/interdisciplinary councils.
The Associate and Interdisciplinary Professorship Councils met to consider the recognition and as a result, 911 candidates (73 doctoral candidates, 938 associate professor candidates) were proposed to the State Council of Professors for recognition.
At the 4th session, the State Council of Professors publicly discussed each candidate dossier and conducted a vote on the list of candidates eligible to be considered for recognition as meeting the standards for the title of professor and associate professor. The results showed that 900 candidates achieved the prescribed confidence votes, with 71 doctoral candidates and 829 associate doctoral candidates.
The success rate compared to the total number of candidates submitting applications for consideration at the Grassroots Professorship Councils up to this point is 83.88% (of which the success rate of professor candidates is 71%, associate professor candidates is 85.20%).
In 2025, the general assessment shows that the candidate quality is quite good, foreign language proficiency has improved a lot, candidates all ensure to have enough scientific research works published in international journals on the list of ISI, Scopus (list of world-famous journals) or other prestigious journals.
The disclosure of information on qualified candidates on the websites of higher education institutions and the websites of the State Council of Professors has reflected the publicity and transparency of the process of considering the requirements for professors and associate professors. Critical information from society and the community of scientists.
"This is a source of useful information to help functional units select candidates who are qualified and worthy of meeting the standards for the title of professor and associate professor" - said the Office of the State Council of Professors.
According to regulations, after 15 days of announcing the results, the Chairman of the State Council of Professors will sign a decision to recognize and grant certificates of meeting the standards for the titles of professor and associate professor to the candidates. After 5 years from the date of the decision to recognize the standards, if the candidate is not appointed to the title of professor or associate professor at a higher education institution, this decision will expire.
Resolution 71 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in education and training development has required innovation in the consideration of professors and associate professors in the direction of decentralization to higher education institutions and autonomous appointment of professions.
According to regulations, professors and associate professors can stay working in state agencies for up to 5 more years after reaching retirement age; given priority for topics, science - technology projects, etc.
