Definition

1. Noun:
   • Head of a department (in a hospital or university): The primary meaning refers to the person in charge of a specific academic or medical department within an institution, such as a university faculty or a hospital clinical department.
   • Warehouse manager / Head of a storage facility: An older or specific usage referring to the person responsible for managing a warehouse or storage depot.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Giáo sư Kim được bổ nhiệm làm trưởng khoa Ngoại. (Professor Kim was appointed as the head of the Surgery Department.)
  • Mọi vấn đề về giáo trình cần được thông qua trưởng khoa. (All curriculum issues must be approved by the department head.)
  • Trưởng kho hàng đang kiểm kê. (The warehouse manager is taking inventory.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often part of formal titles in institutional hierarchies. In a university, a "trưởng khoa" typically oversees teaching, research, and administration for their specific field (e.g., Department of Mathematics). In a hospital, they oversee the medical staff and operations of a clinical department.

Variants and Related Words

• Trưởng phòng (n): Head of a room/office/division, a more general term for a manager of a division or office, not specifically academic/medical.
• Chủ nhiệm khoa (n): Chairperson of a department, a near-synonym sometimes used interchangeably.
• Khoa trưởng (n): An alternative, less common term with the same meaning as "trưởng khoa."

Synonyms

• Department head / Department chair: The leader of an academic or administrative department.
• Warehouse supervisor: A person in charge of a storage facility.

Related Idioms

• : To hold the position of department head.
  • Ông ấy đã ngồi ghế trưởng khoa được mười năm. (He has held the position of department head for ten years.)