Tuition fees of 10 private universities in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024

Private universities in Ho Chi Minh City announced tuition fees for new students, ranging from 30 to nearly 350 million VND per year.

Of these, RMIT University charges the highest tuition fees, around VND318 to VND347 million per year (10 months), depending on the program. Compared to last year, most majors did not increase tuition fees, some increased by about 5%.

Next is Hong Bang International University with the highest tuition fee of 220 million VND per year, in the English program of Dentistry and Medicine, similar to last year. This fee includes the 2024 scholarship for new students (100% of the first semester tuition fee).

Van Lang, Nguyen Tat Thanh, and Saigon International Universities have not announced tuition fees this year, but some majors are already charging 130-200 million VND per year.

Most of the remaining schools have tuition fees of several tens of millions of VND per year. Hoa Sen University said it will not increase tuition fees compared to 2023 and will keep them stable for the entire course. Thus, tuition fees for new students this year will remain at 77-91 million VND, not including English and preparatory IT programs.

Van Hien University currently has the lowest tuition fee, around 30-34 million VND. Calculated by credit, the school's tuition fee is around 0.9-1 million VND, an increase from last year's 0.7-1 million VND.

TT	School	Tuition fee in 2024 (million VND/year)	Note
1	RMIT University	318.6-347.4
2	FPT University	86.1	3 semesters/year (not including tuition for orientation semester and English preparatory program).
3	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH)	33-60	3 semesters/year (tuition fees for special/international joint programs have not been announced yet).
4	Gia Dinh University	38-40	Divide by 3 years.
5	Hong Bang International University	35-220	Average split by credit, including freshman scholarship program.
6	Van Hien University	30-34	Divide the average number of credits over 4 years.
7	Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance (UEF)	80-88	4 terms/year.
8	Saigon Technology University (STU)	37.5-47.2	2 terms/year.
9	Hoa Sen University	77-91	Tuition for English and Preparatory IT programs is not included.
10	Van Lang University	40-196 (2023)	2 terms/year.
11	Nguyen Tat Thanh University	20.9-150.8 (2023)	Divide the average by the number of years of study for each major.
12	Saigon International Private University	58-134 (2023)	2 semesters/year (average based on programs taught in Vietnamese or English).

There are currently 240 higher education institutions nationwide, including more than 60 private schools. This year, private schools mainly consider admission based on two methods: academic records and high school graduation exam scores. Some schools also consider the results of competency assessment exams or require English proficiency.

The training programs of private schools in Ho Chi Minh City are flexible, many majors only last 3-3.5 years. In the context of public schools that are autonomous and charge tuition fees of 30-60 million VND per year or more, the tuition fees of some majors at private schools are not much different.

In addition, many schools such as Hong Bang International University, Nguyen Tat Thanh, HUTECH have scholarship policies for new students, worth from 25 to 100% of tuition fees per semester.