About

ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

The Graduate University of Science and Technology (GUST) performs the following functions:

1. Training and granting Master's and Ph.D. degrees in natural sciences and technology.

2. Conducting scientific research, technological development, and knowledge transfer in the fields of natural sciences and technology.

3. Enhancing professional skills, knowledge of natural sciences and technology for officials, employees under the management of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and other subjects according to social needs.

4. Consulting on training and developing high-quality human resources in natural sciences and technology.

Duties and Rights of GUST:

1. Developing and organizing the implementation of strategies, plans, and overall plans for the development of GUST through each stage, and annual plans in accordance with the overall development plan of VAST and the government's education development strategy.

2. Promoting and improving the quality of training at GUST; closely coordinating with the research institutes of VAST in training; making full use of the highly qualified scientific staff and facilities of the research institutes in teaching at GUST.

3. Developing programs, curriculums, and plans for the academic fields that GUST is allowed to train.

4. Organizing enrollment and managing learners.

5. Organizing teaching, learning, and other training activities according to training objectives and programs; confirming or granting diplomas and certificates.

6. Recruiting and managing employees in accordance with government's and VAST's rules and regulations; forming a well-qualified team of GUST’s lecturers to meet the standards of training level.

7. Discover and nurturing talents among the GUST’s officials, employees, and learners.

8. Mobilizing, managing, and using resources in accordance with government's and the VAST's rules and regulations; implementing human resource development projects.

9. Supporting for government officials, employees, and learners to participate in social activities suitable to their training professions and social needs.

10. Undertaking self-assessment training quality upon authorities’ inspection; developing GUST’s quality assurance system; improving quality assurance conditions and GUST’s training quality.

11. Organizing scientific research activities and transfer scientific research results in accordance with government's and VAST's rules and regulations.

12. Participating in scientific evaluation and appraisal of socio-economic development programs and projects in ministries, branches and localities according to current regulations; providing scientific consultancy in accordance with the provisions of law.

13. Cooperating with economic, educational, cultural and scientific research organizations to improve the quality of education; linking training with employment, serving socio-economic development, and supplementing financial resources for GUST.

14. Creating databases of officials, employees; training, scientific and international cooperation activities; the learning and development process after graduation of learners; participating in forecasting human resource needs in the training field of GUST.

15. Exchanging scientific information; publishing scientific publications, disseminating research results and scientific knowledge.

16. International cooperation in training and scientific research in accordance with legal provisions and VAST's regulations.

17. Managing and using GUST's finances and assets in accordance with legal provisions and VAST's regulations.

18. Performing other tasks assigned by the President of VAST.

THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF GUST INCLUDES:

1. GUST Council.

2. Board of Directors.

3. Council of Science and Education.

4. Functional Units:

- Organization and Administration Department

- Accounting Department

- Training Department