SOFT SKILLS EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1075.2025-0075

Tóm tắt

In a more comprehensive working environment and an increasingly competitive labor market, technical skills alone are insufficient for the career success of engineering professionals. Therefore, engineering curricula have integrated soft skills alongside professional knowledge and skills to enhance the competitiveness and employability of engineering graduates. Despite the global attention given to research on soft skills education for engineering students, this field remains underexplored in Vietnam. The aim of this article is to systematically review soft skills education for engineering students, thereby proposing further research directions on soft skills education for engineering students in Vietnam. This study utilizes the systematic bibliographic review to identify, evaluate, and synthesize all scientific literature related to soft skills education for engineering students that meets eligibility criteria to answer a research question: What are the main research directions on soft skills education for engineering students? Three main research directions on soft skills education for engineering students were categorized based on scientific documents, including (1) soft skills for engineering students; (2) forms and teaching methods of soft skills education for engineering students; and (3) assessing soft skills of engineering students. We also discuss the limitations and recommendations for further research in detail.