VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
PROGRAMMES (for international students)
1. General information
The University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi currently delivers 14 Master of Arts (MA) programmes:
9 programmes in Linguistics: Applied Linguistics (English), English Linguistics, Russian Linguistics, French Linguistics, Chinese Linguistics, German Linguistics, Japanese Linguistics, Korean Linguistics, and German as a Foreign and Second Language in a Vietnamese- German context (a joint programme with Leipzig University, Federal Republic of Germany)
5 programmes in Language Teaching Methodology: English Language Teaching Methodology, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (a joint programme with Southern New Hamshire University, USA), Russian Language Teaching Methodology, French Language Teaching Methodology, Chinese Language Teaching Methodology
2. Entry requirements
Bachelor of Arts in one of the following programmes: English Linguistics, Russian Linguistics, French Linguistics, Chinese Linguistics, German Linguistics, Japanese Linguistics, KoreanLinguistics, English Language Teaching Methodology, Russian Language Teaching Methodology, French Language Teaching Methodology, Chinese Language Teaching Methodology
Certificate of Vietnamese proficiency (level 4/6 or B2 in the Vietnamese Language Proficiency Framework) or Certificate of English proficiency (level 4/6 or B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
3. Programme structure
66 credits including a 9-15 credit MA project/thesis
4. Training time
2 years of full time training with at least 18 consecutive months of taking taught components on campus
In certain circumstances, students can have 1 year of extension.
5. Tuition fee
The tuition fee for international students is subjected to change annually: The current tuition fee is 66.000.000VND per annum (US$2,730 approximately) plus US$200 registration fee.
Visa fee: 135 USD/ year (as by Immigration Department - Ministry of Public Security, Vietnam)
Hostel fee: 40 USD/ student/ month (room of six) or 250 USD/ month (single room)
NOTE: Students will be assisted in getting a study visa (with multiple entries) on arrival at the International Airports and the tuition fee will have been paid before getting any visa assistance.
6. Scholarships
Annually, ULIS – VNU awards scholarships to international students registered in M.A programmes (tuition fee will have been paid before applying for scholarships). The amount awarded can vary depending on the current financial aid policies of ULIS – VNU.
International M.A. students who have articles published in ISI and Scopus indexed journals during their study at ULIS-VNU are awarded 32,000,000 VND (Thirty two million Vietnamese Dong) per article.
International M.A. students have a sense of responsibility for completing the course and defending the dissertation and thesis on time. In case of not completing the training program on time, the applicant must repay the entire scholarship to ULIS for the applicant.
7. Certificate awarded
Master of Arts in one of the following programmes: Applied Linguistics (English), English Linguistics, Russian Linguistics, French Linguistics, Chinese Linguistics, German Linguistics, Japanese Linguistics, Korean Linguistics, English Language Teaching Methodology, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Russian Language Teaching Methodology, French Language Teaching Methodology, Chinese Language Teaching Methodology
8. Online and Document Submissions
Each applicant should follow 2 steps:
8.1. Register online at the website of ULIS - VNU: http://admissions-apply.vnu.edu.vn and,
8.2. Each applicant should submit 01 set of documents (printed on A4-size paper) listed hereunder. Documents in languages other than English or Vietnamese must be attached with duly notarized translation into English or Vietnamese. The submitted documents will not in any case be returned to the applicants:
9. For further information, please contact