Just graduated with a master's degree and received a full doctoral scholarship in Australia

From master's valedictorian to 5 billion VND doctoral scholarship

In 2019, Huy Hoang graduated with honors in English Pedagogy (Ho Chi Minh City University of Education). In 2022, he enrolled in a master's program in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) in Australia and excelled as the valedictorian. At the same time, Hoang was also the student with the highest thesis score in the class (89/100).

During his master's degree, Huy Hoang always tried to learn a lot of knowledge from teachers and colleagues, actively participated in many academic activities and skill supplementary classes. To achieve the desired results, he said: "Throughout the learning process, I always put myself in a proactive position by enthusiastically participating in contributing ideas, always setting clear goals and having an action plan to achieve my goals."

In the 9 months after graduating with a master's degree, in parallel with his teaching job at the University of Economics and Finance (HCMC), Huy Hoang worked day and night preparing his application for a doctoral scholarship.

Huy Hoang received his master's degree in TESOL as valedictorian

In May 2023, he officially won a full PhD scholarship from Monash University (Australia) with a research proposal on the personal identity of English language teachers. This is a highly competitive scholarship with a scholarship value of up to 5 billion VND for 4 years of study, of which tuition fees are supported by about 583 million VND/year and living expenses are 533 million VND/year. Monash University is considered to be the school with the top 1 training quality in Australia and top 14 in the world in the education industry.

"I cried a lot when I received the news. Since graduating with my master's degree, I have spent day and night preparing my application. Studying for a PhD and being accepted into Monash University has always been my dream," Huy Hoang shared.

According to Huy Hoang, to have an impressive scholarship application, students need to carefully read and understand the scholarship information, ensuring that they fully meet the requirements and conditions to register for the doctoral program of the school they want to study. At the same time, preparing good academic results and research achievements is an important factor to increase the probability of getting a scholarship. In addition, the research proposal must also be carefully crafted and ensure important elements in scientific research.

Passion for scientific research

Besides his passion for foreign languages, Huy Hoang also loves scientific research. He studied Vietnamese teachers’ perceptions of silence in online English classes, through the theoretical framework of student engagement in online classrooms. In addition, he is also a research assistant for an associate professor’s project.

According to Hoang, to achieve success in the field of research, PhD students need to be responsible and passionate about their own research direction. Besides, PhD students must have extensive experience and knowledge in the field of research.

Huy Hoang is also a lecturer loved by many students.

"Another secret to becoming a researcher is to be focused and careful when reading and studying documents. Researchers also need to ask the right questions to find out the problem to research and master the knowledge in that field," Hoang shared.

In August, Huy Hoang will go to Australia to begin his four-year study journey. In the future, he hopes to create an online platform to help teachers who have little opportunity to participate in scientific research to exchange and learn from each other.

As a classmate of Hoang in the master's program, TESOL master Le Do Quyen (32 years old, living in Hanoi) was impressed and admired his persistent efforts in his journey to conquer the goal of studying for a doctorate.

Talking about Huy Hoang's achievement of a full PhD scholarship from Monash University, Ms. Quyen commented: "This is inevitable, because during the time I worked with Hoang, I saw Hoang's seriousness in both academics and practice. He always initiated discussions about subjects, professional documents, and was also very open to accepting different perspectives. Hoang is passionate about research and has very new and youthful approaches, but is also meticulous and highly applicable."

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