On November 3, the Office of the State Council of Professors announced that the State Council of Professors for the 2024-2029 term held its 4th meeting to discuss and vote on the list of qualified candidates to be recognized as meeting the standards for the titles of professor and associate professor.

Accordingly, the State Council of Professors met and approved the profiles of 900 candidates, including 71 professor candidates and 829 associate professor candidates. This number includes candidates from the two military and security sectors.

Thus, there are 11 candidates (2 professor candidates, 9 associate professor candidates) who were not approved by the State Council of Professors in this year's professor and associate professor examination.

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The State Council of Professors met and approved the profiles of 900 candidates. Photo: Nhan Dan Newspaper

According to the report of the Office of the State Council of Professors, in 2025, 1,073 candidates submitted applications for recognition of meeting the standards for the titles of professor and associate professor at the basic Councils of Professors.

After that, 1,014 candidates were proposed to be considered for recognition of meeting the standards at 28 Industry and Interdisciplinary Professor Councils.

The Industry and Interdisciplinary Professor Councils continued to meet and considered 911 candidates, including 73 professor candidates and 938 associate professor candidates, who were proposed to the State Professor Council for recognition.

In the final round, 900 candidates received the required number of votes of confidence. The passing rate compared to the total number of candidates who submitted their initial applications to the Basic Professor Councils was 83.88%, of which the passing rate for professor candidates was 71% and for associate professor candidates was 85.2%.

According to the State Council of Professors office, this year, the quality of candidates in 2025 is quite good, foreign language proficiency has improved a lot, and all candidates have guaranteed to have enough scientific research works published in international journals listed in ISI, Scopus or other prestigious journals.

The list of approved candidates will be publicly posted on the website of the State Council of Professors.

Nearly 100 candidates were eliminated from the list of candidates for professor and associate professor positions. Of the 933 candidates recommended by the Council of Professors for recognition of meeting the standards for the title of professor and associate professor in 2025, 97 candidates were not approved.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/11-ung-vien-khong-duoc-hoi-dong-giao-su-nha-nuoc-thong-qua-ho-so-2458917.html