PhD'S PROGRAM

Duration: 36 – 48 months

Entry Requirement:

• Master's Degree and Transcript in a relevant applied major (Please see The list of relevant major here).

• Bachelor's Degree and Transcript in a relevant applied major.

• English Language Proficiency: (English certificates must be valid for two years from the test date up to the application date)

Graduation Requirements

1. Complete the curriculum of doctoral program;

2. Complete a Ph.D. dissertation and defend it successfully at University-level;

3. Main author of conference paper or book chapter or paper of national journal credited by the State Council for Professor Title with the score at least 0.75 points;

4. Total publications related to Ph.D. dissertation follow TDTU's research regulations, and accumulated at least 4.0 points (in major of Engineering - Nature) or 3.0 points (in major of Social - Economic) credited by the State Council for Professor Title;

5. Submit final Ph.D. dissertation to both TDTU's Library and National Library of Vietnam;

6. Published as the main author at least 02 WOS/Scopus papers;

7. Completed paying tuition fees;

8. Participated in the scientific seminar “Scientific citation” at least 1 time (Require to the cohort enrolled before 2021);

9. Submit a Vietnamese language certificate (B1 level) (Require foreign Ph.D. students of the cohort enrolled before 2021).

Required Documents

1. Application Form (Online submission)

2. Curriculum Vitae/ Resume for TDTU format

3. Certified true copies of Master's Degree certificates and transcripts (attached English translation if transcripts are in a foreign language)

4. Certified true copies of Bachelor's Degree certificates and transcripts (attached English translation if transcripts are in a foreign language)

5. Research publications (all files of published papers)

6. Statement of purpose (500 words) in TDTU format

7. Two (02) Reference letters (at least one (01) letter of Master thesis’s advisor)

8. Notarized copy of Passport. 

9. Photograph (3x4 cm)

10. Health check report (within the last 6 months)

11. Applicants who completed their degree in a language other than English are required to submit evidence of English proficiency

12. Bank guarantee (saving book in valid until the application submission deadline)

13. Criminal record (within the last 6 months)

14. International student commitment form (submit directly to the Department of Graduate Studies on arrival at Tan Phong campus).

** For more details, please see the faculty's website.

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