PhD – SOIL AND WATER ENVIRONMENT

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

Supplementary courses

Doctoral courses

PhD thesis

Compulsory (9 credits)

Elective    (6 credits)

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)

 

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

Total

Theory

Practice, Lab, Project

A

 

Supplementary courses

 

 

 

1.

 PhD students without a master’s degree

 

 

 

 

 

Fundamental and specialized courses of the master’s programs in either Environmental Science or Environmental and Resource Management

 ≥ 30

 

 

2.

 PhD students  with a master’s degree in a similar field

 

 

 

 

The selection of courses is considered for each case of students

 

 

 

B

 

Doctoral courses

 

 

 

B.1

 

Compulsory courses

 9

 

 

1.

 TLTQ

Literature review report

3

 

 

2.

CĐTS01

PhD Seminar 1

3

 

 

3.

CĐTS02

PhD Seminar 2

3

 

 

B.2

 

Elective courses

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

PhD thesis

80

 

 

D

 

Journal articles (*)

 

 

 

(*) 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

Detailed information: https://sdh.hcmus.edu.vn/