Tuition fee over 18 million a year, many students are struggling

According to new regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, from the 2009 entrance exam, non-public universities and colleges must publicize tuition fees in the handbook “Things to know about university and college admissions”. In which, schools must publicize tuition fees, fees and other charges from students.

According to the announcement, this year, Chu Van An University has a new tuition fee for university programs of 590,000 to 650,000 VND/month, college programs are 490,000 to 520,000/month, and Van Xuan University of Technology has a tuition fee calculated per year for university programs of 6,000,000 VND/year, college programs are 4,000,000 VND/year.



High tuition fees affect students' lives

This year, the University of Technology and Management of Friendship also announced new tuition fees applied to each major. Majors of Economics and Management: University: 800,000 VND/month; College: 500,000 VND/month, Science: 600,000 VND/month. The tuition fee for the university system at Ha Hoa Tien University is 500,000 VND/month, for the college system: 400,000 VND/month.

Higher than the above schools, Hanoi University of Business and Technology has an average tuition of 9,000,000 VND/year, Thang Long University has tuition for each major such as: Accounting, Finance - Banking, Business Administration, Hospital Management, Public Health, Social Work, Vietnamese Studies: 18,000,000 VND/year, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Communications and Computer Networks, Management Information Systems, English Language, Japanese Language, Chinese Language: 18,500,000 VND/year, Nursing: 18,500,000 VND/year.

Similarly, Phuong Dong Private University also has annual tuition fees, the first year 2012-2013 from 6,750,000 to 8,250,000 VND/year (increases 10% each year).

At Southern Universities. Tuition fees also increased simultaneously.

For example, Ba Ria - Vung Tau University collects tuition fees once per semester for university students: 3,900,000 VND/semester 1 and for college students: 3,300,000 VND/semester 1. Phu Xuan Private University also has similar fees for university students: 3,500,000 VND/semester and college students: 3,250,000 VND/semester.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance Average tuition fee for the 2012-2013 school year is 7,400,000 VND/month (excluding English tuition fee). This tuition fee does not increase more than 5%/semester. Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages ​​and Information Technology Tuition fee for the first year: from 12-15,000,000 VND depending on the major (divided into 02 installments).

Tuition fees for students in the 2011-2012 school year for all majors have increased from 20% to 40% compared to the previous school year. For courses and majors trained according to the academic year such as agriculture, forestry and fishery: tuition fees increased from 2,900,000 VND to 3,550,000 VND/year. Engineering, technology and art majors: increased from 3,100,000 VND to 3,950,000 VND/year. Especially in the medical and pharmaceutical majors, tuition fees increased the most: from 3,400,000 VND to 4,550,000 VND/year (increased to 1,150,000 VND/school year).

According to Nguoiduatin