Expected important milestones for university admissions in 2023

According to the draft university admissions plan announced by the Ministry of Education and Training on the evening of March 2, the 2022 regulations will continue to be applied. Admissions will be conducted online, on the Ministry's common system.

However, this year, the university entrance exam schedule is expected to be earlier and shorter than last year.

Specifically, candidates for direct admission and priority admission must submit their applications before June 30, receive results before July 5, and confirm their admission on the Ministry's admission system before 5:00 p.m. on August 15.

With methodsAdmissionEarly, schools complete and notify candidates of results to register for admission on the system from July 4.

From July 5 to July 25, all candidates can register and adjust their admission wishes without limit on the Ministry of Education and Training's system. After that, candidates have 11 days to pay the admission fee, from July 26, receive the results (standard scores) on August 14 and confirm the first admission before 5:00 p.m. on August 30.

Candidates view information about the 2022 High School Graduation Exam. Photo courtesy of My Ha

For the Health and Teacher Training sector, the Ministry of Education and Training will announce the threshold to ensure input quality on July 20. From there, schools training in this sector will set the score to receive application documents for admission (floor score).

Thus, the time to register for admission this year is only 2 weeks, while in 2022 it is 1 month. The time for candidates to know the benchmark score and enroll is also 1 month earlier than the September 17 and September 30 deadlines of last year.

Ms. Nguyen Thu Thuy - Director of the Department of Higher Education, said on February 2 that the university enrollment plan is designed with an early schedule so that schools can start the new school year in early September. Last year, because the enrollment schedule was long, many schools did not start until November, affecting students' summer vacation and graduation time.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, in 2022, of the more than 521,000 candidates admitted to university, nearly 83.4% confirmed enrollment.