Come study and research at the Faculty of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU

The current faculty of the Faculty of Anthropology consists of teachers with extensive experience in research and teaching at universities in Vietnam and abroad. They were trained at prestigious universities around the world such as the University of Amsterdam, Leiden (Netherlands), Australian National University (Australia), Cambridge University (UK), Colorado University (USA), University of Toronto (Canada) ...

Lecturer, Faculty of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU

What will you learn?

At the Faculty of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, students and faculty explore human issues that are taking place in real life. Teachers and students work together, drawing on a range of archival data – ethnographic, historical, archaeological, linguistic… – to pursue larger interdisciplinary questions. The research interests of teachers and students span the most important areas for contemporary anthropology, as reflected in courses in the field such as history of anthropological theory, digital and visual anthropology, religious anthropology, medical anthropology, gender anthropology, economic anthropology, urban anthropology, ethnic minorities in Vietnam…

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  Anthropology students and faculty attend presentation by American PhD student

During their time studying at the Faculty of Anthropology, students are regularly exposed to international Professors and Doctors from prestigious universities around the world who come to the Faculty to teach and present the latest research in the field of anthropology. Students enjoy opportunities related to their major as well as improve their foreign language through academics and communication.

Dr. Frank Proschan, Fulbright Scholar (USA), teaches at the Department of Anthropology

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Suu participates in scientific exchanges with international scholars

Internship - practice is an important activity for students of Anthropology - students must go to the community to learn about their cultural life in order to have cultural experiences and practice research skills. The purpose of the internship is to: (i) create conditions for students to apply knowledge of ethnographic fieldwork to field work and use qualitative and quantitative research methods to collect and process information on the research object (specific residential community) in the field; (ii) thereby better understand the theoretical knowledge learned, and at the same time see the difficulties and challenges in researching specific topics in the research area, (iii) thereby requiring students to be aware of the requirement to flexibly and creatively master the basic issues of the research problem from both theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Anthropology students participate in field research

During their time at university, Anthropology students also have the opportunity to study, research and exchange at major universities in Europe and China. This is an opportunity for students to experience an international learning environment, enriching their knowledge as a preparation for their future life.

Anthropology students do short-term internships at Upsala University (Sweden) and Gottingen University (Germany)

Anthropology students participate in the Chinese Language Festival in Nanning (China)

What jobs will you do after graduating with an Anthropology degree?

With the knowledge, skills and humanistic qualities equipped in school, Anthropology students upon graduation have the opportunity to work in many professions in the social and humanistic fields with the following job positions:

• Teaching and researching on cultural, ethnic, religious, social issues...
• Institutes and research centers, as well as political, cultural and social organizations; universities and colleges with related majors;
• Human resource management, office management, tour guide, tour operation management...
• Project management expert; expert in evaluating the effectiveness of funded projects;
• Staff of Ethnic Committee, Religious Committee;
• Staff of Administrative - General Department, Organization - Personnel Department;
• Staff of Propaganda Department, Department of Culture - Information and Tourism;
• Editors and reporters of newspapers and online newspapers;
• Editors, reporters, announcers of radio and television stations;
• Officers specializing in ethnic and religious issues... in military and police agencies...
• Central and local government agencies related to the field of economics, politics, society and culture;
• Media agencies: press agencies, radio stations, television stations...
• Companies, unions, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other organizations that need to use anthropological knowledge;
• Military and police agencies...

Are you ready? What are you waiting for, we are opening our doors to welcome you.

Anthropology does not require any special qualities to be successful in a career. However, the following are considered important assets to help you succeed in Anthropology:

• Passion for anthropology, love of learning and research is one of the keys to success.
• Mastering a common foreign language will help you broaden your horizons and reach beyond national borders.
• If you have creativity, imagination, and clear thinking, then you seem to be destined for anthropology.

Hopefully, with the information introduced in this article, readers will have an overview of Anthropology and if you love this interesting field of study, please feel free to apply to the Faculty of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU to have the opportunity to study in a professional training environment.

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