THE
GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
20/2001/ND-CP
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Hanoi,
May 17, 2001
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DECREE
DEFINING THE CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR CONFERMENT AND
DEPRIVATION OF PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TITLES
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the
Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the Education Law of December 2, 1998;
At the proposals of the Minister-Director of the Governments Organization- Personnel
Commission, the Minister of Education and the chairman of the State Council for
Academic Titles,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- This Decree
defines the criteria and procedures for conferment and deprivation of the
professor and associate professor titles.
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Article 3.- Subjects
entitled to be considered for recognition of the titles of professors and
associate professors shall include:
1. Teachers who are included in the lecturing
staff of universities of various kinds (hereinafter called universities for
short);
2. Teachers who are not included in the
lecturing staff of the universities but participating in the tertiary and
post-graduate training under decisions to perform the task of lecturing or
under guest-lecturing contracts, which are signed by the heads of competent
bodies or organizations;
3. Foreign teachers who are lecturing at
tertiary and post-graduate education establishments in Vietnam.
Article 4.- Subjects to
be stripped of the title of professor or associate professor:
1. Persons who have been conferred the title of
professor or associate professor but detected and determined as failing to
satisfy the conditions, criteria prescribed at the time of conferment;
2. Persons who have been conferred the title of
professor or associate professor but have committed crimes and sentenced to
imprisonment by court and have not enjoyed the suspended sentence as from the
date the judgments take legal effect.
Article 5.- Subjects
entitled to be promoted to the rank of professor or associate professor shall
include teachers who have been conferred the title of professor or associate
professor or have obtained the academic title of professor or associate
professor in the lecturing staff of the tertiary and post-graduate education
establishments.
Article 6.- Subjects to
be removed from the rank of professor or associate professor:
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2. Persons who have been stripped of the title
of professor or associate professor.
Article 7.- Persons who
have been promoted to the rank of professor or associate professor but
transferred to other working posts where exist no rank of professor or
associate professor shall be transferred to the corresponding rank.
Article 8.- Recognition
of title and promotion to the rank of professor or associate professor:
1. The consideration and recognition of the
professor and associate professor titles is made annually on the basis of the
set criteria;
2. The promotion to the ranks of professor and
associate professor shall be based on the work demands, working positions,
structure of civil servant titles and payroll norms.
Chapter II
CRITERIA OF PROFESSOR
AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TITLES
Article 9.- Persons who
are conferred the title of professor or associate professor must meet the
following general criteria and conditions:
1. Fully satisfying the teachers criteria
defined in Clause 2, Article 61 of the Education Law, fulfilling all teachers
tasks prescribed in Article 63 of the Education Law, being honest, having the
spirit of cooperation with colleagues and being objective in educational and
training work as well as in scientific and technological research;
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3. Having acquired enough projects as prescribed
by the State Council for Professor Title, of which at least 25% have been
carried out in the last three years before the time of submission of dossiers
of registration for consideration of the conferment of the titles of professor
or associate professor;
4. Having scientific reports, summing up the
results of personal work of training as well as scientific and technological
research compatible with the specialties registered for consideration of the professor
or associate professor title;
5. Having enough votes of credit of the Councils
for Professor Title of different levels as provided for in Clause 8, Article 17
of this Decree.
Article 10.- In
addition to the general criteria and conditions defined in Article 9, the
associate professor title requires the following exclusive criteria:
1. Having been engaged in tertiary or
post-graduate training for at least 6 years, and having been engaged in
tertiary or post-graduate training for the last three years before the time of
submitting dossiers of registration for consideration of the associate
professor title;
2. Having been the main supervisor for at least
one successful master-degree dissertation;
3. Having published enough scientific articles
according to the regulations of the State Council for Professor Title;
4. Having been in charge of scientific research
subjects of the university level or participated in scientific researches of
the ministerial level or higher. The pre-acceptance test results must be at
least satisfactory;
5. Being fluent in one foreign language in
service of specialty field.
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1. Having obtained the title of associate
professor for full 3 years or more and having been engaged in tertiary or
post-graduate training; for the last 3 years before the time of submitting the
dossiers for consideration of the professor title;
2. Having supervised at least 2 research
students, one of whom has successfully defended his/her doctorate thesis;
3. Having compiled teaching materials, books in
service of tertiary or post-graduate training compatible with the specialties
registered for consideration of the title of professor or associate professor,
which have been published and for which the copyright deposit has been paid;
4. Having published enough scientific writings
according to the regulations of the State Council for Professor Title;
5. Having been in charge of scientific research
subjects of the ministerial level or higher. The pre-acceptance test results
must be at least satisfactory;
6. Being fluent in one of the five foreign
languages: English, Russian, French, Chinese, German.
Article 12.- Exceptional
consideration
1. Persons who lack one of the criteria and
conditions prescribed in Articles 9, 10 and 11 of this Decree for special
objective reasons may be exceptionally considered;
2. The specific exceptional cases and the
procedures for supplementing the dossiers shall be stipulated by the chairman
of the State Council for Professor Title;
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Chapter III
THE STATE COUNCIL FOR
PROFESSOR TITLE
Article 13.- The State
Council for Professor Title is set up by the Prime Minister to assist him/her
in directing and effecting the consideration, recognition and deprivation of
the titles of professor and associate professor.
Article 14.-
Organization of the State Council for Professor Title:
1. The members of the State Council for
Professor Title shall be appointed by the Prime Minister, including the
chairman, a vice-chairman, the general secretary and members of the Council;
2. The general secretary and members of the
Council must hold the professor title. The general secretary of the State
Council for Professor Title shall work as a full-time civil servant. Other
members of the Council shall work on a part-time basis;
3. The standing members of the State Council for
Professor Title shall be the chairman, the vice-chairman and the general
secretary. They are responsible for settling the Councils affairs in the
interval between two plenary sessions of the Council;
4. The secretariat and Office of the Council
shall be its assisting bodies. The total staff of the Councils Office and
secretariat shall include 10 persons at most and be placed under the direct
management of the general secretary of the Council;
5. The branch, inter-branch and grassroots
Councils for Professor Title shall assist the State Council for Professor Title
in performing the tasks defined in Article 13 of this Decree. The State Council
for Professor Title shall issue decisions on the establishment of these
Councils and prescribe their organizational structure and operation.
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Article 16.- The State
Council for Professor Title shall have a national emblem-engraved seal and
accounts. The funding for the Councils operation shall be provided by the State
budget via the Ministry of Education and Training. The Councils working office
shall be located at the office of the Ministry of Education and Training.
Chapter IV
PROCEDURES FOR
CONFERMENT AND DEPRIVATION OF THE PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE-PROFESSOR TITLES
Section 1. PROCESS OF
CONSIDERING, RECOGNIZING AND DEPRIVING THE PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
TITLES
Article 17.- The
process of considering and recognizing the professor and associate professor
titles:
1. Registration procedures
Persons who register for consideration and
recognition of the title of professor or associate professor must compile
dossiers according to form set by the State Council for Professor Title and
send such dossiers to the grassroots-level Councils for Professor Title at the
schools or institutes (called collectively the educational establishments)
where they work.
Where the educational establishments have no
conditions to set up the grassroots Councils for Professor Title, the persons
registering for consideration and recognition of the title of professor or
associate professor must file their application together with the dossiers to
the heads of their direct managing units. After examining the dossiers, such
unit heads shall make the lists of candidates and send them together with the dossiers
to the heads of the competent superior bodies with assigned management
responsibility (hereinafter referred collectively to as the ministerial-level
agencies). The heads of the ministerial-level agencies shall consider and make
the lists of candidates and send them together with the personal files to the
State Council for Professor Title, which shall recommend and transfer the
dossiers to appropriate grassroots Councils for Professor Title for considering
the request for recognition as provided for in Clause 2 of this Article;
2. The grassroots Councils for Professor Title
shall consider and evaluate the dossiers, cast secret ballots for registrants
one by one;
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4. The heads of the ministerial-level agencies
shall certify the lists, give their written opinions on the results of
considering the recognition of the professor and associate professor titles of
the universities and their attached institutes and transfer all the dossiers to
the State Council for Professor Title;
5. The secretariat of the State Council for
Professor Title shall have to classify the dossiers according to registered
branches and hand them to the branch, inter-branch Councils for Professor
Title.
6. The branch, inter-branch Councils for
Professor Title shall make the evaluation based on the criteria, cast secret
ballots for each case and report the results of the consideration to the State
Council for Professor Title;
7. The chairman of the State Council for
Professor Title shall verify the results of consideration of the titles of
professors and associate professor by the branch or inter-branch Councils for
Professor Title, issue decisions to recognize the titles of professor and
associate professor after the State Council for Professor Title approves them
through secret ballots as provided for in Clause 8 of this Article;
8. The decisions of the Professor Title Councils
at all levels shall be effective only when they are voted for by at least 3/4
of the Council members participating in the open voting or secret ballots
according to the following proportions:
a) For the grassroots Professor Title Councils,
there must be more than 2/3 of the members present at the meetings voting for
them;
b) For branch, inter-branch Professor Title
Councils, there must be over 3/4 of the members present at the meeting voting
for them;
c) For the State Council for Professor Title,
there must be over 1/2 of the present members voting for them.
Article 18.- The
process of considering the deprivation of the professor, associate professor
titles:
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2. In case of necessity, the Standing Body of
the State Council for Professor Title may request the branch, inter-branch
Professor Title Councils to reconsider the cases of necessary consideration for
deprivation before submitting them to the State Council for Professor Title;
3. The State Council for Professor Title shall
evaluate such cases and cast secret ballots for each case of necessary consideration
for deprivation;
4. The chairman of the State Council for
Professor Title shall base him-/herself on the Council�s resolutions to issue decisions on deprivation
of the professor or associate professor title.
Article 19.- The State
Council for Professor Title shall have to guide the consideration to recognize
or deprive the titles of professor and associate professor according to the
provisions of this Decree.
Section 2. THE PROCESS OF
PROMOTION TO AND REMOVAL FROM THE RANKS OF PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Article 20.- Persons
who have been conferred the title of professor or associate professor and
persons who have the academic degree of professor or associate professor shall
be regarded as having passed the rank promotion exams and be promoted to the
rank of professor or associate professor according to the provisions in Article
8 and Article 21 of this Decree.
Article 21.- Promotion
process:
1. For public tertiary or post-graduate
education establishments:
a) The education establishments shall make the
lists of candidates to be promoted to the rank of professor or associate
professor and send them to the concerned ministerial-level agencies.
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c) The Minister-Director of the Governments
Organization-Personnel Commission shall issue decisions to promote qualified
persons to the rank of professor or associate professor after getting the
consent of the Minister of Education and Training.
2. For semi-public, people-founded and private
tertiary and post-graduate education establishments (called collectively the
non-public tertiary and post-graduate education establishments):
The principals shall make the lists of persons
who have been conferred the title of professor or associate professor and need
to be promoted to the rank of professor or associate professor and send them to
the Management Boards of the establishments. The Management Board chairmen
shall base themselves on the Boards resolutions to issue decisions to promote
people of their respective schools to the rank of professor or associate professor
after getting the consent of the Minister of Education and Training.
Article 22.- Process of
removal
1. For public tertiary and post-graduate
education establishments:
a) The education establishments shall propose in
writing to the ministerial-level agencies the lists of persons subject to the
removal as provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of this Decree;
b) The ministerial-level agencies shall send the
lists of persons proposed for removal to the Minister-Director of the
Governments Organization- Personnel Commission;
c) The Minister-Director of the Governments
Organization-Personnel Commission shall issue the removal decisions after
getting consent of the Minister of Education and Training.
2. For non-public tertiary and post-graduate
education establishments: the principals shall make the lists of persons
subject to removal as provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of this Decree and send
them to the Management Boards of the establishments. The Management Board
chairmen shall base themselves on the Boards resolutions to issue decisions on
removal from the rank of professor or associate professor after getting consent
of the Minister of Education and Training.
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Chapter V
COMPLAINTS,
DENUNCIATIONS
Article 24.- Citizens,
agencies and organizations may complain about the recognition, deprivation of
the titles, the promotion to or the removal from, the ranks of professor and
associate professor.
Article 25.- Citizens may
denounce the recognition and deprivation of the titles, the promotion to and
removal from, the ranks of professor and associate professor.
Article 26.- The
procedures for settling complaints and denunciations shall comply with the
provisions of legislation on complaints and denunciations..
Chapter VI
IMPLEMENTATION
PROVISIONS
Article 27.- The
Minister-Director of the Governments Organization-Personnel Commission shall
assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Ministers of Finance;
Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; and Education and Training, and the
chairman of the State Council for Professor Title in proposing regimes and
policies for persons conferred the titles of professor and associate professor
and persons promoted to the ranks of professor and associate professor, and
submit them to the Prime Minister for decision.
Article 28.- This
Decree takes effect 15 days after its signing. To annul the Governments Decree
No. 21/CP of March 4, 1995 on setting up the State Council for Academic Titles,
Decision No. 200/TTg of April 4, 1995 of the Prime Minister promulgating the
Regulation on consideration, approval and recognition of professor and
associate professor titles and the previous regulations contrary to this
Decree.
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ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT
PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai