The Ministry will announce 3-4 basic admission score levels for universities and colleges.

The Council determines the quality assurance conditions for admission based on the exam results of candidates nationwide and proposes to the Minister of Education and Training to consider and announce 3 or 4 basic admission score levels for each exam group.

Based on feedback from universities, the Ministry of Education and Training is planning to issue regulations on the admission process for full-time university and college programs.

Accordingly, for universities and colleges with autonomous admission plans that have been approved by the Ministry and meet the requirements of the Regulations on Admission to Regular University and College Programs, the admission process will be conducted according to the regulations in the plan.

With the Ministry's national entrance examination, the Council determines the quality assurance requirements for admission based on the exam results of candidates nationwide and proposes to the Minister to consider announcing several levels (3 or 4 levels) of basic admission scores (total score of 3 subjects without weighting) for each exam block, including the minimum score for university admission and the minimum score for college admission.

Before May 20th each year, universities and colleges, if deemed necessary, will decide and publicly announce a main exam subject for each major within their respective fields of study, with a weighting factor of 2.

After the Ministry announces the basic admission scores, for schools and majors that do not specify a main exam subject, they will determine and publicly announce the basic admission scores and the cut-off scores for admission to the school or to each major within the school. These cut-off scores must not be lower than the basic admission scores for universities (for universities) or colleges (for colleges) that the Ministry has announced.

For universities and majors that have announced their main exam subjects, they will determine and publicly announce the basic admission score and the cutoff score, taking into account the weighting of the main subject (total score of 3 exam subjects, including one main subject multiplied by a factor of 2), for admission to the university or to each major within the university. The average value of this cutoff score (cutoff score taking into account the weighting of the main subject divided by 4) must not be lower than the average value of the basic admission score for university studies (basic university admission score divided by 3, for universities) or the average value of the basic admission score for college studies (basic college admission score divided by 3, for colleges) as announced by the Ministry.

Universities and colleges conduct admissions based on exam results that meet or exceed the admission cutoff score (either the basic admission cutoff score or the admission cutoff score taking into account the weighting of the main subject) according to the current regulations of the Admission Regulations for regular university and college programs.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training's explanation, the purpose of this admission regulation is to ensure the quality of incoming students, create fairness and transparency in admissions; gradually implement stratification of higher education institutions; and help candidates understand the quality of incoming students at each school and in each major so that they can choose a school and major that suits their abilities.

The announcement of 3 or 4 basic admission score levels for universities and colleges aims to meet the diversity of higher education institutions, while gradually implementing stratification of higher education institutions.

Allowing universities to determine their own core subjects in each examination block, in accordance with the characteristics and requirements of each training program, ensures autonomy in admissions for universities and enables them to select candidates whose abilities match the requirements of their training programs.

Allowing universities to set admission scores that take into account the weighting of the main subject (total score of 3 exam subjects, with one subject weighted by a factor of 2), provided that the average of this admission score is not lower than the minimum average score (the admission score taking into account the weighting of the main subject must not be lower than the minimum average score multiplied by 4/3), creates more opportunities for admission for candidates with better abilities in the main exam subject.

The differences between this admission regulation and the previous minimum score requirement are: firstly, it divides the score range into several levels based on the proportion of candidates meeting the requirements, allowing universities to decide on appropriate admission scores, thereby affirming their prestige in society; secondly, it establishes a principle for universities to set admission scores with weighted core subjects depending on the requirements of each training program, giving universities the opportunity to recruit candidates with suitable abilities.

According to HNMO