I. The general orientation of scientific research and technology from 2008 to 2010

Continuing boosting and upgrading the quality, and effects of the scientific and technological activities.

Integrating and applying scientific activities with training in order to upgrade the training quality and effects.

Being well-prepared with the curriculum, materials, training management, staff nurturing and facilities enhancement for credit training mode in coming time.

 II. The detailed orientation of scientific research and technology from 2008 to 2010

1. Research to innovate training content and curriculum

Research to innovate and complete the curriculum (objectives, training content and teaching and learning methodology) in the way of “standardizing curriculum” and “building the elements for verifying the training quality”

a.Researching the objectives of connecting three training forms of two year, three year and four year training;

b.Focusing on innovating the training content;

c.Researching on the contents of general subjects and majors;

d.Establishing some curricula in order to improve professional skills, social skills, career morals to integrate training and reality and nurture student virtues;

e.Diversifying training contents to give best conditions for students to choose the professional curriculum for the preparation of credit training;

f.Researching to innovate the cycle of practicing teaching methods;

g.Researching to approach the modern curricula in order to cooperate with other international institutions in training.

2.Research the solutions to innovate the teaching and learning methods

Boosting the teaching methods toward the ways of promoting the initiatives and creativity of the students. Approaching the credit training:

- Researching to implement the methodology to innovate the teaching methods: increasing the self-learning time, decreasing the in-class sessions, emerging the passion of learning for students, forming habit of learning and working in group, discussion, presentation, students with scientific research…

-Changing the ways of evaluating the student learning results;

-Applying the IT, modern facilities in teaching and learning;

-Making an educational environment in school: library, technological infrastructure…

3.Research to innovate the management

In order to innovate the training content, curriculum and methodology, the management systems should be innovated by:

- Establishing the rules, regulations for the activities and how to integrate them;

-Researching how to innovate the methods of monitoring the education system and administration;

4.Research the training and education reality

-Studying, doing survey, and analyzing the social demands of new majors

-Doing survey on the quality of the alumni

-Doing survey on the local reality

5.Research to implement the functions of science, education and training

a.Raising the awareness of environment protection

b.Educating the morals for students

c.Meeting the requirements of innovating the education and training

d.Improving the staff’s expertise  

III.Detailed objectives and functions

1.Maintaining the enrollment of doing new ministry-level scientific researches at bout 2-3 annually;

2.Increasing the amount of college-level scientific researches;

3.Maintaining and increasing the quality of doing scientific activities by students;

4.Boosting and innovating the compiling teaching and learning materials by teachers;

5.Continuing the contests of good teaching.