Top Medical and Pharmaceutical Schools do not have Chemistry or Biology subjects for admission.

Many majors such as Public Health, Nutrition, Rehabilitation Engineering... in some Medical and Pharmaceutical schools recruit students with combinations that do not include Chemistry or Biology.

This year's admission season, at Hanoi Medical University , in addition to the traditional combination B00 (Math, Chemistry, Biology) for admission to majors such as Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Dentistry, the school uses the combination D01 (Math, Literature, English) for admission to majors such as Public Health , Psychology and C00 (Literature, History, Geography) for admission to majors such as Psychology.

This is also the first year that Hanoi Medical University recruits students with the A00 combination (Math, Physics, Chemistry), applied to 12 training majors, including: Ophthalmic refraction, Medical testing techniques, Rehabilitation techniques, Nursing, Midwifery, Dental prosthetic techniques, Nutrition, Social work, Medical imaging techniques.

Without using Chemistry and Biology scores, candidates still have the opportunity to enter top medical schools. (Illustration photo)

Similarly, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy also uses combination A01 (Math, Physics, English) to recruit Pharmacy majors, in addition to combination A00 (Math, Physics, Chemistry) and D07 (Math, Chemistry, English).

Since last year, the University of Public Health has recruited candidates from group D01 (Math, Literature, English) for the first time. This year, the school continues to use this combination to recruit students for the following majors: Public Health, Nutrition, Rehabilitation Engineering, Social Work, Data Science.

In addition, the school uses combination A01 (Math, Physics, English) to consider admission to the majors of Medical Testing Technology, Rehabilitation Technology, Data Science; combination C00 (Literature, History, Geography), D66 (Literature, Civic Education, English) to consider admission to the major of Social Work.

This year, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy (University of Danang) plans to enroll two new majors: Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Psychology, using the combination A01 (Math, Physics, English) and D01 (Math, Literature, English) respectively.

At Tokyo Medical University Vietnam , the school uses the combination A01 (Math, Physics, English) and D28 (Math, Physics, Japanese) to recruit students for the following majors: Nursing; Rehabilitation Engineering; Medical Imaging Engineering; combination X26 (Math, IT, English) to recruit students for the major of Medical Imaging Engineering.

Recently, the Ministry of Education and Training issued guidelines for university admissions in 2025, which set out requirements for the development of admission methods (combinations, independent tests). Accordingly, subject combinations or independent assessment tests used for admission must be developed scientifically, practically and ensure the selection of candidates with basic knowledge and core competencies, suitable for the training program.

In the case where a university or college training program requires basic knowledge in a certain subject, the training institution must specify the entry threshold for that subject (to ensure that candidates have studied it in high school). For example, a medical training program that requires basic knowledge in Biology must specify the requirements for Biology scores in high school or the high school graduation exam.

Kim Nhung

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