Expected to be "strict" when reviewing transcripts?

The draft university admission regulations for 2025 have many new points regarding early admission, especially the admission method based on high school transcripts.

On November 22, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the draft regulations on university admissions in 2025, including many new points on early admission. Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Training proposed that the early admission quota should not exceed 20% of the total quota.

All admission methods must be converted to a common scale. The admission score by early admission method must not be lower than the admission standard score of the 2025 high school graduation exam results.

Schools are still autonomous in their admission methods. However, with the option of considering transcripts, the Ministry requires the academic results of the entire 12th grade year, as well as a combined score of at least 3 subjects including compulsory mathematics and literature. A major or training program can use several subject combinations at the same time. In that case, the common number of subjects in the combinations must have an assessment weight of at least 50% of the total score.

Candidates taking the 2023 high school graduation exam in Hanoi . Photo: Tao Nga

Thus, if this regulation is passed, universities using the high school transcript admission method cannot announce the admission scores before May as they do now. Schools can use unlimited admission combinations, instead of only being allowed to use 4 combinations as they do now, but are bound by the weighting of the scores of the subjects.

Also with the method of considering transcripts, the draft requires schools to use the results of the entire 12th grade year of candidates, instead of using the scores of 3-5 semesters as at present.

The draft also clearly states that training institutions are responsible for explaining the scientific and practical basis in determining admission methods, admission methods, admission combinations and equivalent conversion of admission scores and admission scores; which must be based on analysis, evaluation and comparison of the learning outcomes of admitted students each year.

According to the viewpoints expressed by many leaders of the Ministry before, early admission based on academic records as well as using many different scoring scales in early admission has the risk of creating unfairness in admission. Candidates with only high school graduation exam scores have their chances of entering university narrowed due to low quotas and high standard scores.

Currently, schools use more than 20 admission methods, mainly focusing on international certificates, competency assessment test scores, thinking assessment or a combination of certificates.

The draft also stipulates the entry threshold for teacher training and health-related majors that require a practice certificate. Accordingly, the learning outcomes in all three levels of high school must be good or higher, or the high school graduation score must be 8.0 or higher.

For the majors of Physical Education, Music Pedagogy, Fine Arts Pedagogy, Preschool Education at college level and the majors of Nursing, Preventive Medicine, Midwifery, Dental Prosthetics, Medical Testing Technology, Medical Imaging Technology, and Rehabilitation Technology, the applicable entrance threshold is the academic results in all 3 years of high school ranked at good level or higher or the high school graduation score is from 6.5 or higher.

Source: https://danviet.vn/tuyen-sinh-dai-hoc-2025-du-kien-gat-gao-voi-xet-hoc-ba-20241122191902493.htm