Representatives of the universities receive the certificates (Source: vietnamnet.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Four first universities of Vietnam have beenrecognised by France’s High Council for Evaluation of Research and HigherEducation (HCERES) for meeting international standards.
The four universities are members of the high-quality engineer trainingprogramme of Vietnam (PFIEV). They are Hanoi University of Technology, Da Nang Universityof Technology under the Da Nang University, the University of Technology underthe Ho Chi Minh City National University, and the National University of CivilEngineering.
Addressing a ceremony to hand over certificates of the recognition tothe universities on October 17, Deputy Minister of Education and Training BuiVan Ga said that the universities are receiving the certificates in the contextof comprehensive reforms to Vietnam’s education and training system.
Vietnam has issued legal documents facilitating schools’ self-reliance,he said, adding that quality checks are significant to providing transparent informationfor students and relevant parties to speed up school’s modernisation andinternational integration.
Ga asked the four universities to continue on their path towards self-reliance,while mobilising resources for sustainable growth, and expanding their engineerprogrammes effectively.
HCERES’s criteria of evaluation are strategy and governance, trainingand scientific research, training process and vocational integrationorientation, foreign relations, management, quality and ethics.
The certificate is valid for five years.-VNA
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