In 2025, universities will no longer conduct early admissions, and priority points will not exceed 10% of the total admission score, according to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy.

On February 15, the Director of the Higher Education Department, Ministry of Education and Training, stated that the Ministry would announce the 2025 university admission regulations within this month.

Compared to the initial draft, the Ministry has removed early admissions instead of limiting them to 20% of the quota. Early admissions typically take place before the high school graduation exam and often involve reviewing academic records, competency and thinking assessment test scores, international certificates (SAT, ACT, IELTS, etc.), or a combination of these factors. Universities can still use these methods, but they must be considered in the same round as high school graduation exam scores, except for direct admissions as regulated by the Ministry.

Additionally, priority points set by individual universities cannot exceed 10% of the maximum total admission score. Regional and category-based priority points will still follow the previous regulations (with a maximum of 2.75 points). After adding priority points, a candidate’s total score cannot exceed the maximum limit (e.g., it cannot exceed 30 points if the scale is 30). Previously, universities’ incentive points were not restricted.

According to the draft regulations, if universities use multiple subject combinations for admission, they must ensure that at least one common subject is present across all combinations, and that subject must account for at least 50% of the total admission score. The Ministry has removed the minimum score requirement based on high school graduation exam results for teacher training and healthcare-related programs, using only high school transcripts from three years. However, according to the latest plan, these new requirements will not be applied this year.

As per the draft regulations, universities must use the entire 12th-grade academic record if they consider high school transcripts for admission, instead of using 3 to 5 semesters as in previous years. They must also standardize and equate different admission methods and subject combinations to a common scale.

Candidates taking the 2024 high school graduation exam in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quynh Tran

As of February 15, around 70 universities have announced their tentative admission plans, primarily maintaining multiple admission methods. However, they have not yet disclosed the timeline, quotas, or other details as they await the Ministry's regulations.

Last year, 733,600 candidates nationwide registered for university admissions, with nearly 673,600 being admitted in the first round.

Source: VnExpress