Nowadays. in the training method of the credits at colleges and universities in Vietnam, the time for students in the class is shortened: in contrast. their outside-classroom time is lengthened. So what do students actually use this outside-classroom time for? In this article, the author conducted a research on the current state at College of Education, Thai Nguyen University to answer that question. The article presents 9 reasons, both subjective and objective, for the current state and at the same time, the author propose some solutions which help students use their outside-classroom time effectively and suitably.