Only excellent students are considered for admission to the medical field.

In the 2019 enrollment period, for schools that select students based on the results of the national high school exam, the Ministry of Education will determine the threshold to ensure input quality for majors in the teacher training group, Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Preventive Medicine, Midwifery, Nutrition, Dental Prosthetics, Medical Testing, Medical Imaging, and Rehabilitation. From there, schools will develop an enrollment plan.

Students study clinical at the Hospital. Photo:Giang Huy

For schools using the admission method combining national high school exam scores and high school academic results, or between the scores of the school organizing the preliminary selection and entrance exam with national high school exam scores and high school academic results, the threshold to ensure input quality of the exam scores and academic results must be equivalent to the thresholds prescribed by the regulations.

Specifically, at the university level, the average score for admission using the national high school exam score of the school must be at least equal to the average score according to the input quality assurance threshold prescribed by the Ministry of Education.

The average score for admission using high school study results at university level for teacher training and Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy is at least 8.0 or higher. For Music Education, Fine Arts Education, Physical Education, Sports Training, Nursing, Preventive Medicine, Midwifery, Nutrition, Dental Prosthetics, Medical Testing, Medical Imaging, and Rehabilitation, the minimum score is 6.5 or higher.

For Physical Education and Sports Training majors, the average score of high school academic results for primary level athletes, grandmasters, athletes who have won medals at the Phu Dong Sports Festival, national and international youth competitions or national and international championships, is at least 5 or higher.

The average score for admission using high school academic results for college and intermediate levels of teacher training majors is at least 6.5 or higher. Some majors listed separately as above have a minimum of 5 or higher.

With the admission method based only on high school academic results, the group of university-level teacher training majors considers high school graduates with excellent 12th grade academic performance. Particularly, the majors of Music Pedagogy, Fine Arts Pedagogy, Physical Education, and Sports Training consider students with good 12th grade academic performance or higher; the majors of Physical Education and Sports Training consider level 1 athletes, grandmasters, athletes who have won medals at the Phu Dong Sports Festival, national and international youth competitions or national and international championships with average 12th grade academic performance or higher.

The group of majors training teachers at college and intermediate level admits students with good or higher academic performance in grade 12. Some majors listed separately as above admit students with average or higher academic performance in grade 12.

For the majors of Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy, the school considers high school graduates with excellent 12th grade performance; considers students with good 12th grade performance or higher for the majors of Nursing, Preventive Medicine, Midwifery, Nutrition, and Dental Prosthetics.