Ho Chi Minh City Open University tuition fee is highest at 46.5 million/year, priority given to 2025 transcripts

In 2025, Ho Chi Minh City Open University will enroll 5,500 students. According to the enrollment plan announced by the school, there will be 4 methods of enrollment, with priority given to high school transcripts. Tuition fees range from 24.5 to 46.5 million/year.

Sharing with VietNamNet reporters, a representative of Ho Chi Minh City Open University said that in 2025, the school will recruit directly and prioritize admission according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training; Admission will use the results of the high school graduation exam; Admission will take the VSAT exam and the capacity assessment exam of Ho Chi Minh City National University; Admission will be based on the school's own project.

With this method, the school will prioritize in the following order: Candidates with international certificates such as IB from 26, SAT from 1100 or higher, A-Level from C or higher in each subject; Candidates with good academic records and training + foreign language certificates; Candidates with good academic records and good training; Academic records + international foreign language certificates; considering academic records.

Student of Ho Chi Minh City Open University — Students of Ho Chi Minh City Open University. Photo: HT

Regarding tuition fees, for the standard program, the majors of biotechnology, food technology, construction engineering technology, construction management, architecture, information technology, computer science, management information systems, data science, artificial intelligence, software engineering are 28.5 million VND/year.

The majors of accounting, auditing, finance - banking, business administration, marketing, international business, human resource management, law, economic law, logistics and supply chain management, tourism, insurance, financial technology, English language, Japanese language, Chinese language, Korean language are 27.5 million VND/year.

The majors of public administration economics, sociology, social work, Southeast Asian studies, and psychology are 24.5 million/year.

Tuition for high quality programs is 46.5 million VND/year.

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