Office of Academic Affairs

I. Organization Chart       

Director Board

Staff

II. Division of Undergraduate Training

1. Functions:

• The Office of Academic Affairs supports the rector manage  academic affairs of the university.
• To advice (help) the university about the development strategies of teaching staffs, teaching quality;  development strategy of  professional education and training,  educational programs,  educational contents,  learning materials, quantity and plans of recruitment (upgrading education, the Second University Degree , - Client contract education program(education on demand)) , regular training.
• To manage all activities relating  to regular  education include:  educational programs,  educational plans, educational contents, schedule; teaching allocation; evaluation of teaching quality and learning quality; to compile and print   teaching materials, syllabus  for teaching and learning.
•  To carry out the  educational activities of the University including: establishing new disciplines and  designing curriculum, designing educational plans and schedules; managing teaching activities and evaluating the quality of education, editing and publishing  textbooks ; managing enrollment activities such as qualification upgrading education, the second university degree, client contract education program,  improving capabilities of staff and lecturers through  training courses, seminars and study visit etc; predicting and calculating the  teaching volume annually.
• Solving problems which are belonging to functions of the office; summing up and submitting  issues which are not belong to functions of the office to the rector  board.
• The  training division  manages  part-time education and cooperates with other training agencies to establish and manage irregular programs under the regulations of  Ministry of Education, Thai Nguyen University and TUAF.

2. Achievements:

• Certificate of merit of Minister of Ministry of Education in 2004 about science research and
• Excellent labor Collective in 2006-2007; 2007-2008; 2008-2009; 2009-2010.

III. Division of Postgraduate Training

1. Functions 

Functions are consulting for Rector about postgraduate training management and performing the training management and postgraduate training within responsibility and authority .

2. Missions

• To develop projects of establishing new  majors and planning to  develop training levels,    graduate training  program towards the  quality standards
• To develop curriculum, lectures, and learning and research materials; determine the knowledge structure at graduate levels in order to meet the requirements of the  professional training areas; organizing and participating in managing projects for Graduate Training.
• To make  plans  and monitor the teaching, learning and research by semester and academic year for graduate students; set up schedules and recording notes  of the teaching activities of the lecturers and learning activities of students; announce plans and teaching duties for faculties, departments, and  lecturers.
• To organize examinations and manage the results of courses and subjects. Storage: the curriculum vitae of graduate students, PhD students, documents, and exam papers according to the current university statutes.
• To examine and evaluate the implementation of postgraduate dissertations of; Co-ordinate with specialized departments to set up professional activities for postgraduate and PhD students.
• To propose the establishment of master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation committee under regulations of postgraduate education; organize defense for master’s thesis and doctoral dissertations under regulations.
• To Organize professional activities for staffs and lecturers to update knowledge and improve professional competence
• To develop  exchange programs with domestic and foreign universities and academies in graduate training under government regulations; To organize  and issue certificate for postgraduate training courses
• To join with the postgraduate admission committee of Thai Nguyen University: propose and implement enrolment targets. Announce and receive records to enroll into postgraduate majors and permitted training levels.
• To receive and handle all kinds of documents, files, and requests related to postgraduate training and education.
• To develop   annual revenues and expenses plan of postgraduate education  and report  implementation plans; Develop supplement plans of  ad facilities, development of teaching materials,  support  the training and research; perform the general operations of postgraduate training, statistics, and  promptly report as required by superiors and the university.
• To effectively manage and allocate workforce, material facilities and other equipment provided by the university

3. Training programs

• Master’s Programs in Agricultural Science includes following majors:  Agronomy (1993), Animal Husbandry (1993), Veterinary Medicine (2002), Forestry (Sylviculture) (2005), Land management (2008), Environmental Science (2009), and Rural Development (2011).
• Doctoral Programs of Agriculture includes following majors:  Agronomy (1998), Animal Husbandry (1998), Veterinary Parasitology (2008), Veterinary Microorganism (2008), Nutrition and Food in Husbandry (2008), Sylviculture (2008), and Land Management (2012).

4. Scale of training

• Master’s degrees: 500-600 students.
• Research students’ programs: 50-60 students.

5. International Cooperative Activities:

    The department has international relationships  in postgraduate  education and exchange specialists  with  Nam Kinh University (China), Sydney University of Technology (Australia), and some universities in Germany, the Netherlands and the Lao People's  Democratic Republic.

6. Education Results and Rewards

• Master’s Training: 686 MScs were trained up to 2011.
• Doctoral Training: 28 PhDs were trained up to 2011.
• Annually achieve rewards for Excellent Labour Division.
• A model of advanced division for 5 years from 2000 to 2004.
• Recipient of the Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Education and Training for the academic years 2001-2002; 2003-2004 and 2006-2007.
• Recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Vietnamese Education Union for the academic years 2000-2001, 2001-2002

Contact Address:

Office of Academic Affairs

Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry

Quyet Thang Ward, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam

Tel: (+84) 3 852.925   Email: phongdaotao@tuaf.edu.vn; saudaihoc_dhnltn@yahoo.com

Website: http://tuaf.edu.vn/phongdaotao.html