Admissions 2018: More than 100 new majors added

Candidates at the 2017 exam season. Photo: Nghiem Hue

The list of education and training at level 4 of university level has just been issued, along with Circular No. 24 dated October 10, 2017 of the Minister of Education and Training, including 23 fields (collectively referred to as the 2017 list) and has officially come into effect.

According to the newly issued list, there are currently 366 training majors (an increase of 105 majors compared to the list issued in 2010). The changes are mainly concentrated in the fields of national security and defense, educational science and teacher training, social science and behavior.

In particular, the teacher training sector for the first time has many new sectors, such as a series of pedagogical training sectors for ethnic languages ​​such as Khmer, Jrai, X'dang... in addition to other traditional foreign language pedagogical sectors.

In particular, since 2018, pedagogical schools have added natural science pedagogy. The language sector also has many new majors such as Cham language, Khmer language, Arabic language. Other sectors also have many majors with their own codes for the first time such as: tourism, information security, health care organization and management, tourism, urban architectural heritage conservation, urban and construction management, etc.

Admissions 2018: Adding methods, changing admissions methods

Change the admission process

In 2018, new industries that meet the demand for human resources were officially included in the above list. For example, the aviation operations management industry, which used to belong to the industrial management industry group, is now part of the transportation exploitation industry group.

In addition to new industries that meet the practical needs of society, many existing industries are also rearranged to be more suitable. The computer and information technology industry group is also rearranged to suit the current industry development trend.

The computer industry group includes computer science, computer networks and data communications, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering, and computer engineering technology; the information technology industry group includes information technology and information security, of which information security is a very new industry, first trained at 8 key information security training institutions.

Upgrade somemajor to major

Discussing the emergence of a series of new majors in teacher training, the principal of a teacher training college in the Northern region said that the school has fully prepared its teaching staff to be able to open new teacher training majors. However, it is still waiting for the final decision from the Ministry of Education and Training.

Mr. Pham Hong Chuong, Vice Principal of the National Economics University, said that the recent issuance of the list of majors was to conform to the national qualification framework. The issuance of a new document means that there will be some changes. For universities, according to the list of level 4 university-level education and training, many majors of the school have their own major codes for the first time.

Specifically, the majors are economic mathematics, business statistics, e-commerce (management information systems); auditing (accounting); political economy (economics)... This, according to Mr. Chuong, means that the majors will be upgraded to majors. "When upgrading to majors, the training program may be adjusted. But how the adjustment is made depends on the decision of the school's Scientific Council.

If false information is disclosed, schools may be suspended from enrolling students.

Educational institutions from kindergarten to university that post incorrect information about training, quality assurance conditions, and financial revenues and expenditures will be fined.

As for the teaching staff, there will be no change,” Mr. Pham Hong Chuong affirmed. Mr. Chuong added that it is expected that the National Economics University will open a number of new majors. If the plan is followed, these majors will enroll students in the 2018 exam season.

Whether the name adjustment will lead to changes in the training program and output standards for learners is also a question that has been raised. Some people think that the adjustment of the major name will lead to changes in the training orientation. However, some principals say that this adjustment is simply a name adjustment to comply with the regulations in the Ministry's industry code list. The training content and output standards for learners after graduation are no different from before.

The computer and information technology industry groups are also rearranged to suit the current development trends of the industry. The computer industry group has the majors of computer science, computer networks and data communications, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering, and computer engineering technology; the information technology industry group has the majors of information technology and information security, in which information security is a very new major, first trained at 8 key training institutions on information security.