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The Minister of Education and Training issued Circular 26/2026/TT-BGDDT regulating professional standards for university lecturers (Circular No. 26). Download the Circular regulating professional standards for university lecturers including 3 groups of basic standards. The Ministry of Education and Training said that Circular No. 26 inherits the contents specified in Circular No. 40/2020/TT-BGDDT regulating codes, professional title standards, appointment and salary ranking for teaching staff in public higher education institutions; ensure consistency with current relevant legal documents; consistent with the guidelines, guidelines, and policies of the Party and the laws of the State. Expanding the scope of application to non-public lecturers One of the notable points of Circular 26 is to expand the scope of application to the entire team of university lecturers, including lecturers, main lecturers and senior lecturers in public and non-public higher education establishments, along with related organizations and individuals. This regulation contributes to ensuring consistency in professional standards throughout the higher education system. Previously, Circular No. 40/2020/TT-BGDDT only applied to teaching staff in public higher education institutions. The Circular does not apply to lecturers at higher education institutions managed by the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security, in accordance with the characteristics of these forces. The Circular also specifies the duties of lecturers, main lecturers and senior lecturers, including main groups of tasks such as: teaching and guiding learners; Participate in building and developing training programs; compile textbooks and documents; carry out scientific, technological and innovation activities; Participate in collaborative activities, community service and management as assigned... For each position, requirements for professional capacity, scientific research and academic contributions are regulated at an appropriate level, contributing to clearly orienting the career development path of lecturers. Building a comprehensive system of professional standards The circular regulates professional standards for university lecturers including 3 groups of basic standards: ethical standards; standards for training and fostering qualifications; standards of professional capacity and professionalism. These standards are designed according to each occupational title, ensuring stratification and suitability to the requirements of each job position. In particular, ethical standards emphasize the requirements for quality, prestige, responsibility, fairness and integrity in teaching and scientific research... Standards on training and retraining qualifications stipulate requirements for professional qualifications and training certificates according to professional standards. Standards for professional and professional competencies focus on the ability to teach, do scientific research, apply technology, use foreign languages and participate in professional development activities... Building a standard system in this direction creates a basis for higher education institutions to arrange, assign, assign tasks and evaluate lecturers according to job positions, and at the same time serve as a basis for building training, fostering and staff development plans. Ensuring succession and benefits of the team. lecturers Circular No. 26 also clearly stipulates transitional contents to ensure the rights of university lecturers. Accordingly, training certificates according to professional title standards issued before December 31, 2026 are recognized as equivalent to professional standard training certificates according to new regulations. Lecturers in higher education institutions who are recruited, accepted or change their job positions to university lecturer positions before the effective date of this Circular are not required to meet the standards of having a certificate of professional training for university lecturers. According to Circular No. 26, the head of a higher education institution or the head of a unit belonging to a higher education institution is decentralized according to authority based on the professional standards of university lecturers to arrange and assign work, assign tasks to university lecturers and evaluate the level of task completion according to the job position corresponding to the title of university lecturer; Build and implement training, fostering and development plans for university lecturers according to authority. The promulgation of Circular No. 26/2026/TT-BGDDT contributes to perfecting the legal framework for developing university lecturers, creating an important foundation to improve the quality of education and training, meeting the requirements of developing high-quality human resources in the new period./.See more Identifying bottlenecks, integrating AI and transforming roles. role of lecturer in foreign language training. 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