Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy, Director of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training, said on February 15 that the 2025 university admission regulations will be issued in February. The official regulations have some adjustments compared to the original draft.

Specifically, instead of limiting early admission to no more than 20% of the target, the Ministry of Education and Training has completely eliminated early admission. Thus, all methods will be considered in one round. Direct admission will still be carried out in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy, early admission is not an admission method but only related to time. “It is not because early admission will increase the chance of admission. The general admission support system of the Ministry of Education and Training will help candidates to be admitted to their highest and best wishes in order of priority. Therefore, all capable students have the chance to be admitted and will not lose the opportunity of anyone,” said Ms. Thuy.

In addition, according to the regulations, the priority bonus points (regional priority points, subject priority points, according to the school's own regulations) of each candidate will not exceed 10% of the maximum score, and the total score of the candidate must not exceed the maximum score.

For schools that use high school academic results for admission, the new point in the admission regulations is to use the academic results of the entire 12th grade year. According to Ms. Thuy, this is intended to have a negative impact on general education, so that students do not miss the most important knowledge of 12th grade, which is a pivotal year and the foundation for continuing to enter a more difficult learning phase.

Some other new points according to the regulations, schools must have a way to convert equivalent admission scores between methods and admission combinations into a common scale. In addition, schools are allowed to convert the results of foreign language certificates (according to the list of High School Graduation Exam Regulations) into foreign language scores for admission consideration.

The regulation also removes the requirement that each major and training program only have a maximum of 4 admission combinations. In particular, from 2026, common subjects between admission combinations must account for at least 50% of the admission score.

In addition, the threshold score for the health and teacher training sectors will remain the same as the current regulations, and this adjustment will not be applied this year.

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