AUN-QA ASSESSMENT AT INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL AT INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY - OPPORTUNITY, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Abstract

Quality assurance in higher education institutions is getting the attention of the society. In the trend of international integration, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) is planing to assess educational quality at institution level in accordance with AUN - QA standards. This article briefly describe quality assurance activities at the university recently time, analyzes the opportunity and difficulties of quality assessment accordance with AUN - QA standards. Based on that, the article also proposed some solutions to implement quality assurance under the AUN - QA standards applicable at IUH. Basic solutions include: 1. Establishing of quality assurance committees and quality assurance secretaries group; 2. Building a database on quality assurance of the whole university; 3. Using deployment tools to support self-assessment report writing; 4. Strengthen the use of English in the university.