Is your university Circular 54-ready?
Since 30 June 2026, every bachelor's programme must build digital competence, AI and foreign-language ability into its learning outcomes. Universities have 36 months to review and improve the programmes they already run. Find out where you stand in about five minutes.
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33 months left
- In force
- 30 June 2026
- Programmes reviewed by
- 30 June 2029
36 months from the date the circular took effect. The count updates from your device's date.
Three things every university now has to show.
Circular 54/2026/TT-BGDĐT regulates training programmes at every level of higher education. For bachelor's programmes it adds requirements that most programmes written before 2026 do not yet meet.
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New learning outcomes
Bachelor's learning outcomes must include digital competence, content on artificial intelligence, foreign-language ability, and adaptability and lifelong learning. Outcomes must be observable, assessable and measurable.
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Content in the programme structure
Programme structures must carry supplementary content: interdisciplinary knowledge, foreign language, digital competence and artificial intelligence. Each institution decides the depth for its own field.
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A 36-month review
Within 36 months of 30 June 2026, institutions must comprehensively review and improve every programme they are running.
Summary based on published legal digests of Circular 54/2026/TT-BGDĐT (in force 30 June 2026), which replaces Circulars 17/2021, 35/2021, 02/2022 and 12/2024. It is a planning aid, not legal advice. Confirm against the official text before acting.
The outcomes are written by committees. They are delivered by lecturers.
The circular sets outcomes, not a lecturer standard. But an outcome such as "graduates can use AI responsibly in their discipline" only becomes real when the people teaching that discipline can design, teach and assess it. In our experience that is where the review stalls, and it is the part that takes longest to fix. It is why the self-check gives lecturer readiness equal weight.
Twelve questions. An honest picture.
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Most of the groundwork is still ahead of you. That is normal this early in the review window. Start with an outcomes inventory, so every later decision works from the same facts.
Parts of the work have started but are not yet connected. The biggest risk is uneven progress: some programmes will be ready in 2027 and others not by 2029. Put one plan behind all of them.
You already have a good deal in place. The priority now is evidence: showing reviewers that the new outcomes are taught, assessed and improving learning, not only written down.
Build an outcomes inventory for every running programme: which of digital competence, AI, foreign language and adaptability are stated, and whether each is measurable.
Run a short lecturer capacity survey, then give one pilot department hands-on AI training built on its own course materials.
Add one common speaking or writing task at the start and end of term, so the programme review has baseline evidence and not only intentions.
Adopt an allowed, limited and prohibited AI-use policy for assessment, and name the person or committee who owns it.
Put the review of every programme on one dated timeline that ends before 30 June 2029, with a checkpoint each semester.
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First three moves:
Start free. Go as far as you need.
Each step stands on its own. Many universities start with the self-check, take the Toolkit into a faculty meeting, and call us in when they want an external review.
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Step 1 · Free
Readiness Self-Check
Twelve questions, an instant profile across four areas, and your first three moves. Print it for your next meeting.
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Step 2 · Toolkit
Circular 54 Readiness Toolkit
A working pack for the committee running your review, in English and Vietnamese:
- Programme outcomes mapping workbook
- Lecturer AI-capacity survey
- Evidence register for the programme review
- AI use in assessment policy template
- 36-month review timeline planner
- Two-page briefing note for leadership
2,500,000 ₫ per institution introductory price
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Step 3 · Service
Readiness Audit
WorldWise Learning reviews your programmes, lecturer readiness and evidence with your team, then delivers a gap report and a dated roadmap. Ten business days.
From 60,000,000 ₫ scoped to your programmes
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Requests go through short WorldWise Learning request forms and receive a personal reply, normally within two business days. Prices are before any applicable tax. Nothing is charged online.
Ten business days, from kick-off to roadmap.
Your team names one coordinator. We handle the rest, and nobody sends us student records.
- Day 1
Kick-off
A 60-minute call and a short document request list.
- Days 2–4
Document review
Programme specifications, learning outcomes and current policies.
- Days 3–7
Survey and interviews
An anonymous lecturer survey and interviews with four to six staff.
- Days 8–9
Analysis
Findings for each area, with evidence, gaps and risk ratings.
- Day 10
Report and debrief
A gap report, a dated 36-month roadmap and a leadership debrief.
Before you start
Is this self-check endorsed by the Ministry?
No. It is an independent planning aid from WorldWise Learning, based on published summaries of Circular 54/2026. It is not a compliance assessment or legal advice.
Does the self-check collect my answers?
No. Your answers are scored in your browser and are never stored or sent. If you want us to see them, copy the summary and paste it into the inquiry form yourself.
Does Circular 54 set a standard for lecturers?
Not as far as the published summaries show. It sets programme outcomes and requires a review of running programmes. Lecturer readiness is our emphasis, because lecturers are the people who have to teach and assess the new outcomes.
Which programmes does it apply to?
The circular covers training programmes at every level of higher education. The digital, AI and foreign-language outcome requirements described here apply to bachelor's programmes.
Can we use the Toolkit across several faculties?
Yes. The Toolkit is licensed per institution, so every faculty and programme at your university can use it.