HUST gets accreditation from High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education

On June 12^th, 2017, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), has been accredited by the High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education   (HCERES), valid for five years from 2017, together with three other Vietnamese universities: National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE), The University of Danang – University of Science and Technology (DUT) and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT). This is the first time in Vietnamese higher education system, the HEI evaluation was implemented by an International Accreditation Organization.

As the leading engineering university, HUST has much interest in the education and training quality accreditation. In the past time, HUST has actively implemented the quality management system in accordance with ISO9001: 2008 standards and accredited some training programs with international standards (01 program accredited by ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) and 3 programs accredited by European standards) in order to evaluate all aspects of the University's activities; and has improved the quality of education simultaneously.

During the visit to France in February 2016, led by the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, HUST leaders have officially selected HCERES for accreditation under the guidance of MOET. On April 4 2016, MOET officially sent a letter to HCERES requesting evaluation and accreditation process for above universities including Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

After a preliminary survey on October 19, 2016 by HCERES delegation, HUST prepared a self-assessment report based on a set of 06 fields, 17 standards and 29 criteria for evaluating international higher education and research institutions and has submitted this report to HCERES on January 20, 2017.

By March 1 2017, HCERES delegation came to Vietnam to evaluate and accredit the quality of its training programs. The delegation appreciated the serious working attitude of HUST which proved a significant information quality as well as the experience in designing the HUST profile. After 2 months, HCRES sent the draft assessment report to the University for feedback. HCERES provided three levels of evaluation: failure, conditional completion (required to overcome some points) and unconditional (5 year validity). Accordingly, Hanoi University of Science and Technology has reached the international standard from HCERES for 5 years. And official results from the Council will be sent to HUST in the coming time.