PhD PROGRAM in SOIL AND WATER ENVIRONMENT
(Applicable from the academic admission year 2022)
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Program name: Doctor of Philosophy in Soil and Water Environment
- Program name in Vietnamese: Tiến Sĩ ngành Môi trường Đất và Nước
- Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
- Type and Duration: Formal, Full-time
- For PhD students without a master’s degree: 4 years.
- For PhD students with a master’s degree: 3 years.
PhD student |
Total credits |
Components |
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Supplementary courses |
Doctoral courses |
PhD thesis |
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Compulsory (9 credits) |
Elective (6 credits) |
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Without a master’s degree |
≥ 125 |
≥ 30 (PhD students take fundamental and specialized courses in the master’s program) |
+ Literature Review Report (3 credits) + PhD Seminars 1 & 2 (6 credits)
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6 |
80 |
With a master’s degree |
≥ 95 |
PhD students with a master’s degree in a similar field or another field must take additional credits, the number of which will be determined on a case-by-case basis before admission. |
No. |
Course ID |
Course titles |
Credits |
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Total |
Theory |
Practice, Lab, Project |
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A |
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Supplementary courses |
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1. |
PhD students without a master’s degree |
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Fundamental and specialized courses of the master’s programs in either Environmental Science or Environmental and Resource Management |
≥ 30 |
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2. |
PhD students with a master’s degree in a similar field |
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The selection of courses is considered for each case of students |
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B |
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Doctoral courses |
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B.1 |
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Compulsory courses |
9 |
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1. |
TLTQ |
Literature review report |
3 |
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2. |
CĐTS01 |
PhD Seminar 1 |
3 |
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3. |
CĐTS02 |
PhD Seminar 2 |
3 |
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B.2 |
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Elective courses |
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1. |
DMT017 |
Seminar on Environmental Science |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2. |
DMT018 |
Seminar on Land and Water Environment |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3. |
DMT016 |
Designing an Environmental Monitoring Program(s) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4. |
DMT006 |
Climate Change |
3 |
2 |
1 |
5. |
DMT008 |
Soil Geomorphology |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6. |
DMT009 |
Mineral Resources and Environmental Protection |
3 |
2 |
1 |
7. |
DMT010 |
Integrated Basin Management |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8. |
DMT011 |
Water Resources and Reasonable Usage |
3 |
2 |
1 |
9. |
DMT012 |
Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Environmental, Land, and Water Resources Management |
3 |
2 |
1 |
10. |
DMT013 |
Wetland Environmental Ecology |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11. |
DMT014 |
Land and Water Environment Management |
3 |
2 |
1
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12. |
DMT015 |
Environmental Economics |
3 |
2 |
1 |
13. |
DMT019 |
Energy and the Environment |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14. |
MMT020 |
Seminars on Advanced Knowledge |
3 |
2 |
1 |
15. |
MMT021 |
Environmental Microbiology |
3 |
2 |
1 |
16. |
MMT039 |
Energy and the Environment |
3 |
2 |
1 |
C |
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PhD thesis |
80 |
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D |
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Journal articles (*) |
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(*) Regulations on scientific articles
- Throughout the implementation of the doctoral thesis, PhD candidates are required to publish at least two scientific articles (with the candidate serving as the main author – either as the first author or the corresponding author) and their affiliation should be indicated as the University of Sciences, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City).
- The name of the University of Sciences and the name of VNU-HCM must be included along with the information of the Ph.D. candidate in any publications, following the guidance provided below:
In English:
For example:
Ph.D. candidate’s name: Nguyen Van A (1), (2), (3)
(1) Laboratory…/Department…, Laboratory/Center/Institute/Faculty, University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (The two levels in bold are required)
(2) Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
(3) Others
Descriptions of PhD program in Soil and Water Environment for different admission years
PhD program in Soil and Water Environment – Year 2022
PhD program in Soil and Water Environment – Year 2021
PhD program in Soil and Water Environment -Year 2018
Detailed information: https://sdh.hcmus.edu.vn/