Student

Over more than half a century, the training program of the Faculty of History started from 3 years, changed to 4 years, then 4 and a half years, and continued to change to 4 years, has trained nearly 8,000 bachelors, nearly 1,000 masters and more than 200 doctors. Graduates of the Faculty of History are present all over the country, taking on many fields of work. In any position, the bachelors, masters and doctors of the Faculty of History have demonstrated their capacity and qualities, and excellently completed their tasks. Many have held and are holding key positions in the Central and local levels, in Party and government agencies, training and scientific research agencies.

Typical extracurricular activities

• 15-day archaeological internship: first year students.
• Fieldwork at historical and cultural relics and traditional craft villages: first to third year students.
• Graduation internship: fourth year students.
• Study science at museums: Museum of Anthropology of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National Museum of History, Museum of Ethnology, Museum of Military History, Museum of Fine Arts...
• Activities of Unions, Associations and hobby clubs.

Possible job positions after graduation

Graduates of the Faculty of History will become historians, archaeologists, researchers and cultural managers... who can undertake research work at institutes, research centers, state agencies, and social organizations with professional requirements directly related to historical and cultural knowledge; teach history and cultural studies at universities, colleges, and high schools; manage historical documents, manage museums and historical sites; do historical and cultural work at state agencies and social organizations; and work related to various issues in the social sciences and humanities.

Types of agencies, organizations and businesses with suitable job opportunities and capabilities

• Academies, universities and colleges have programs to teach and research history and culture, especially units with subjects on History of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Revolutionary Line of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
• Research institutes under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Institute of History, Institute of Archaeology, Institute of Chinese Studies, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Institute of Northeast Asian Studies, Institute of American Studies, Institute of European Studies, Institute of South Asian, West Asian and African Studies, Institute of Ethnology, Institute of Cultural Studies, Institute of Imperial Citadel Studies, ...), Vietnam Institute of Military History, Institute of Party History, Institute of Monuments Conservation, ...
• Party, State and mass organizations that use historical knowledge (central agencies of the political system, press agencies, People's Committees at all levels, museums, historical-cultural research centers, historical relic management units, publishing houses, magazines specializing in history and culture...).
• Middle schools, high schools, primary schools.
• Research units at central and local levels.
• Archives, libraries, museums.
• Newspapers, magazines, radio and television.
• Participated in many positions of Central agencies (Party agencies, Government, ministries, departments, branches), departments, branches, and sectors in localities.