Raising the tuition fee ceiling for public schools.

For the 2014-2015 academic year, the tuition fee ceiling for natural sciences, engineering, technology, physical education, arts, hospitality, and tourism was 650,000 VND per month, while for medicine and pharmacy it was 800,000 VND per month.

According to the Decree "Regulations on tuition fee exemption and reduction, support for learning costs and mechanisms for collecting and using tuition fees for educational institutions belonging to the national education system from the 2010-2011 school year to the 2014-2015 school year", the tuition fee ceiling will increase over the years.

Tuition fees for medical and pharmaceutical programs in the 2014-2015 academic year reached 800,000 VND per month. Photo: HH.

In public universities, after four years, tuition fees for social sciences, economics, law; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries have nearly doubled (from 290,000 VND to 550,000 VND per month); for natural sciences; engineering, technology; physical education, sports, arts; hotel management, and tourism, they have more than doubled (from 310,000 VND to 650,000 VND per month); and for medicine and pharmacy, they have increased nearly 2.4 times (from 340,000 VND to 800,000 VND per month).

Specifically, the tuition fee ceiling for public schools in the 2014-2015 school year is as follows:

Industry Group

School year 2013 - 2014

School year 2014 - 2015

Social sciences, economics, law; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.

485

550

Natural sciences; engineering, technology; physical education, sports, arts; hospitality, tourism

565

650

Medical books

685

800

The tuition fee ceiling for vocational secondary education, college-level programs, master's degree programs, and doctoral programs from the 2010-2011 academic year to the 2014-2015 academic year is determined by the following adjustment factors:

Level of training / Coefficient compared to university

Intermediate vocational training 0.7

College 0.8

University 1

Master's degree training 1.5

Doctoral training 2.5

Tuition fee ceilings for public vocational secondary and college programs have also been adjusted upwards, but more moderately than for university programs. Specifically:

Occupation Code 2013 2014

Vocational College Vocational College Vocational College

Press and information; law 240 260 250 280

Mathematics and Statistics 250 270 270 290

Humanities: Social and behavioral sciences; business and management; social services 260 290 280 300

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 300 350 310 360

Hotels, tourism, sports and personal services 330 360 350 380

Art 370 410 400 430

Health 380 420 400 440

Veterinary 410 440 430 470

Life sciences; production and processing 420 460 440 480

Security and defense 450 490 480 520

Computers and information technology; engineering technology 480 530 510 560

Educational science and teacher training; environment and environmental protection 490 540 520 570

Natural Sciences 500 550 530 580

Other 520 570 550 600

Transportation services 570 630 600 670

In credit-based training, the tuition fee per credit is determined based on the total tuition fee for the entire course of study, divided by the training program group and the number of credits, using the following formula:

Tuition fee per credit = Total tuition fee for the entire course

Total number of credits for the entire course

In this case, the total tuition fee for the entire course is equal to the total tuition fee for one student per month for the entire academic year, calculated for 10 months within an academic year.

Public vocational and higher education institutions implementing high-quality programs are free to set appropriate tuition fees to cover training costs, subject to approval by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor, and must publicly disclose these tuition fees to students before enrollment.

According to VnExpress