The faculty of political Science was founded in 2003 and was formerly the Department of Marxism-Leninism.
The Faculty has the following functions:
- To give lectures on Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist political economics, scientific socialism, Vietnam Communist Party history, Ho Chi Minh’s Thought, logic, sociology for students of economics, social sciences and humanities, natural sciences, and technology.
- To train high school teachers in order to educate citizens.
- To teach Marxist-Leninist philosophy to master’s and doctoral students who do not major in this field.
- To cooperate with the university supporting departments to assist the Rectorate Board in educating staff’s and students in Ho Chi Minh’s Thought.
The Faculty’s total number of teaching and administrative staff is 42, 3 holding Ph.D. degrees, 13 Master’s, 24 undergraduate degrees.
The Faculty consists of one administrative group and four departments:
- Department of foundational Principles of Marxism and Leninism
- Department of Revolutionary Line of Vietnam Communist Party
- Department of Ho Chi Minh’s Thought