INTRODUCTION

Quality Assurance at Nguyen Tat Thanh University

The Quality Assurance Department advises, coordinates, and supports the implementation of internal quality assurance, educational quality accreditation, continuous improvement, and quality culture development across the University.

Programmes accredited under national standards

Programmes accredited by AUN-QA

Programmes rated under UPM

Levels in the internal QA system

Core perspective

Quality means fitness for purpose and a continuous improvement process.

Nguyen Tat Thanh University defines quality through its ability to meet stakeholder requirements and operates successive PDCA cycles to improve education, research, and community service activities.

QUALITY APPROACH

How do we approach quality assurance?

The University’s quality assurance system is built on a learner-centred orientation, continuous improvement, and the shared responsibility of all units across the institution.

Quality as fitness for purpose

Quality is understood through the University’s capacity to meet the expectations and requirements of stakeholders, including learners, lecturers, the University, employers, alumni, professional associations, and society.

Quality as a process

The University implements multiple successive PDCA cycles. The results of one cycle serve as input data for the next, supporting continuous improvement and the achievement of higher quality objectives.

Quality as shared responsibility

All units participate in the University’s total quality management system, from policy formulation and process development to implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and improvement.

QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM

The three-level internal quality assurance system

Level 1

Strategic level

The Board of Presidents and the Educational Quality Assurance Council provide strategic direction for quality assurance policies, quality objectives, and institutional regulations across the University.

Level 2

System level

The Quality Assurance Department develops procedures, tools, plans, data systems, and support mechanisms to implement quality assurance activities based on the PDCA cycle.

Level 3

Implementation level

Quality Assurance Teams at faculties and training-support units coordinate implementation, collect evidence, provide data-based feedback, and carry out improvement activities at the unit level.

STRATEGIC GOALS

Quality assurance strategic goals for the 2020–2025 period

System improvement

Improve the University’s total quality management system.

Institutional data

Promote institutional research and data-informed decision-making.

Quality accreditation

Achieve educational quality accreditation according to national and regional standards.

Rating & ranking

Strengthen the University’s position through rating and ranking activities.

QUALITY POLICY

Committed to building a positive, practice-oriented, and internationally integrated academic environment

The University’s quality policy is periodically reviewed, evaluated, and improved, with a focus on enhancing learner experience, international integration, innovation, and the competitiveness of its graduates.

Develop a multidisciplinary, application-oriented, and internationally integrated university governance model.

Create a positive academic environment with practical learning experiences that nurture character, entrepreneurship, innovation, international integration, and lifelong learning capacity.

Strengthen strategic partnerships with enterprises to connect education with employment and align training with labour market needs.

Develop an open education system, a learning society, lifelong learning, digital education, and Education 4.0.

Continuously improve the total quality management system to enhance stakeholder satisfaction.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Accreditation, rating, and quality recognition achievements

The University has gradually developed and strengthened its internal quality assurance system while achieving notable results in educational quality accreditation, external assessment, rating, and ranking activities.

Training programmes

Accredited under Circular No. 04/2016/TT-BGDĐT, including 03 programmes that have been reaccredited.

AUN-QA programmes

Accredited according to the AUN-QA standards, including 04 programmes that have been reaccredited.

UPM-rated programmes

Rated under the UPM programme quality benchmarking system.