GD&TD – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has issued the guidelines for university and college admissions in 2025. Accordingly, candidates can register their preferences for admission starting from July 16.
Students participating in the 2025 Enrollment Festival for Science and Technology majors. Photo: Duong Trieu
On May 19, MOET issued Official Dispatch No. 2457/BGDĐT-GDĐH to universities, academies, universities of military officers, colleges, and Departments of Education and Training, regarding the guidelines for university and college admissions.
Accordingly, to implement the university and college admissions regulations for the Early Childhood Education sector, the Minister of Education and Training has issued the 2025 enrollment plan. To ensure uniform implementation, MOET requests that candidates, Departments of Education and Training, higher education institutions, other educational institutions with university and college admissions in Early Childhood Education, and colleges voluntarily participating in the common admission system comply with the provisions in this guideline.
Candidates must register for admission online
All candidates (including those eligible for direct admission) must register online and input all their preferences on the MOET’s Common Admission Support System, either directly at: http://thisinh.thitotnghiepthpt.edu.vn or indirectly via the National Public Service Portal.
Candidates should thoroughly research the admission information and policies of training institutions and should not register for majors or programs that do not meet the requirements.
If training institutions organize separate admission procedures and require application submissions (either in person or online), candidates must comply with the institution’s requirements but must still register their preferences on the Common System to be considered alongside all other candidates.
Candidates must accurately declare and take responsibility for their information, including data for regional and priority group consideration (if any), at the time of registering for the 2025 National High School Graduation Exam (supporting documents must be submitted if applicable). Permanent residence information will be verified by relevant authorities using the national population database.
Candidates applying via direct admission or priority admission according to current regulations must submit their applications to training institutions before 5:00 PM on June 30 as instructed by each institution.
Candidates eligible for direct admission will receive notification from training institutions before July 15 and must still register their preferences on the System according to the unified schedule.
Candidates will use their assigned accounts to check their high school academic records on the System and must report any errors to responsible staff at their high schools before 5:00 PM on June 6.
Candidates who have already graduated from high school or intermediate school (i.e., independent candidates) but have not yet registered personal information on the System must do so between July 10 and July 20 to obtain an account for registering admission preferences.
The online registration period for admission preferences on the System is from July 16 to 5:00 PM on July 28. Candidates may register, adjust, and supplement their preferences an unlimited number of times.
Candidates’ preferences across all institutions must be registered by major and program and ranked in order from highest (preference 1) downward. Candidates must also provide relevant information for each program to enable institutions to use it in the selection process.
All admission preferences will be processed on the System, and each candidate will be admitted to only the highest-ranked program they qualify for among all registered preferences.
From July 29 to 5:00 PM on August 5, candidates must pay admission processing fees corresponding to the number of preferences, via online payment following MOET’s instructions.
Candidates entitled to regional or priority policies must work with the designated admission offices to verify their information (if applicable).
Candidates must thoroughly read the admission guidelines and complete all procedures. If unclear about any part of the application or fee payment process, they should contact staff at the admission offices or the training institutions’ hotlines for assistance.
Online enrollment confirmation on the System must be completed before 5:00 PM on August 30. All admitted candidates (including those admitted directly) must confirm their enrollment online if they intend to pursue the program.
From September 1 to December 2025, candidates interested in additional admission rounds should follow updates posted on each institution’s admission portal.
Again, all candidates (including those eligible for direct admission) must complete online admission registration.
Important notes
According to the guidelines, in Round 1, institutions conducting preliminary assessments, independent exams, capability or thinking assessments, computer-based university entrance tests, foreign language certifications, etc., must update results on the System before 5:00 PM on July 28.
Candidates only register by major, not by specific methods. Therefore, institutions using multiple admission methods or subject combinations must have software that evaluates all applicable methods/combinations for eligible candidates, based on publicly announced information.
Institutions using multiple subject combinations, methods, or foreign language certifications for the same major or group of majors must publicly declare their conversion rules for entry thresholds, admission scores, and eligibility criteria, following MOET’s guidance.
For foreign language certificates accepted as substitutes for the national high school exam under the current regulations, institutions may convert the certificates into foreign language subject scores for use in admission combinations, with a maximum weighting of 50%. Conversion scales must differentiate between proficiency levels.
For admission methods using subject combinations or independent tests, these must be designed scientifically and practically to select students with foundational knowledge and core competencies suitable for the training program.
For example, if a university program in medicine requires a strong background in Biology, the institution should set a minimum Biology score requirement from high school or the national exam.
Likewise, when using an independent assessment to admit students to Mathematics programs, institutions must specify the minimum percentage of the Mathematics section required within the total test score.
Exceptions to these requirements may apply to language programs where students start from a beginner level (e.g., French), or to programs like Technology Pedagogy or IT Pedagogy, which may require special adjustments.
For teacher training and health sector majors requiring a practice license, institutions using national exam results must update their entry thresholds before 5:00 PM on July 23, verify the officially announced quotas, and ensure consistency and accuracy on the System.
Source collected from Minh Phong / https://giaoducthoidai.vn
