How many more admission quotas do universities have based on graduation exam scores?

Ho Chi Minh City University of Science recruits 3,530 students, but only about 1,155 students are recruited through graduation methods, the rest are recruited through 5 other methods.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, recruiting 6,250 students but only considering 1,170 students fromgraduation exam; 4,680 targets are recruited by other methods, mainly considering academic records.

However, many universities reserve a large portion of their admission quotas based on graduation exam results.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology recruits 5,000 students, but the method of considering the National University's capacity assessment scores accounts for the most, up to 70%; Graduation exam admission accounts for 30-60% of the total enrollment target.

Candidates taking the 2021 high school graduation exam. Photo: Duc Anh

Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities has 3,499 enrollment targets but has up to 5 admission methods. Of which, graduation exam results account for 45-68% of the total enrollment targets.

At the two largest medical schools in the South, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, only a few candidates are admitted by direct admission.

This year, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy recruits 2,345 students, of which 2,214 students are recruited based on graduation exam results and 151 students are recruited by other methods.

Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine recruits 1,240 students based on graduation exam results, of which half are for candidates with registered residence in Ho Chi Minh City, the other half are for 62 other provinces and cities.

Saigon University recruits 4,730 students, mainly based on high school graduation exam results. Meanwhile, with the admission method based on the capacity assessment exam of Ho Chi Minh City National University, the number of students only accounts for 15% of the total target.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education recruits more than 6,000 students, of which more than 3,000 are recruited based on academic records, the rest are recruited based on graduation exams.

Candidates graduating from high school in 2021 at the examination site of Ha Huy Tap High School. Photo courtesy of Duc Anh

University of Economics and Law also recruits nearly 3,000 students and only 30% to a maximum of 60% of the total enrollment quota is based on graduation exams.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry reserves about 50% of its enrollment quota for graduation exam admission, or about more than 1,700 quotas.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry recruits about 5,000 students, but only 50-60% of the total enrollment is based on graduation.

As for private schools, the admission quota for the graduation exam score method is still low, because these schools mainly consider admission based on academic records, and even consider admission based on academic records in multiple batches such as Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, etc.