What is the highest university tuition fee in 2025-2026?

The Government has just issued a Decree regulating tuition policy, tuition exemption and reduction, learning cost support and service prices in the field of education and training.

For higher education, the ceiling for schools that are not autonomous in regular expenditure is as follows:

From the 2027-2028 school year onwards, the tuition fee ceiling will be adjusted in accordance with people's ability to pay and socio -economic conditions, but will not exceed the consumer price index growth rate at the time of determining the tuition fee compared to the same period last year as announced by the competent state agency.

For public universities that are self-sufficient in regular expenses, the tuition fee is determined to be a maximum of 2 times the above ceiling, corresponding to each major and each school year.

For universities that are self-sufficient in regular and investment expenses, the tuition fee is determined to be a maximum of 2.5 times the above ceiling, corresponding to each major and each school year.

For training programs at public schools that have been accredited according to the standards set by the Ministry of Education and Training or international standards, or equivalent, the tuition fees will be determined based on the economic and technical standards or cost standards of each training industry and profession issued by the school. Schools must make this public to students and society.

The tuition ceiling for master's training is equal to the tuition ceiling above multiplied by a factor of 1.5; for doctoral training is multiplied by a factor of 2.5.

Tuition fees for part-time and distance learning training are determined based on actual reasonable costs, with the fee not exceeding 150% of the tuition fee for the corresponding regular training system.

In the case of online learning, schools determine tuition fees based on actual reasonable costs, up to the maximum tuition fee of the school corresponding to each major.

Tuition fees for continuing education programs, short-term training and development services appropriate to the industry and training field are proactively calculated and regulated by schools.

For determining university tuition fees based on credits, the module calculates the formula below:

Tuition fee for credits and modules = Total tuition fee for the whole course / Total number of credits and modules for the whole course.

Also according to Decree No. 238, from the 2025-2026 school year, preschool children and primary school students at public educational institutions will be exempted from tuition fees. The procedures and order for implementing tuition exemption have been clearly stipulated.

Accordingly, the regulations on tuition fee framework (floor - ceiling) or tuition fee ceiling of all levels and tuition fee roadmap inherit the regulations of Decree No. 81 and Decree No. 97.

The tuition fee framework is considered the basis for determining the tuition support level for preschool children, primary school students, and students of general education programs at private educational institutions and the state budget level to compensate public educational institutions when implementing the tuition exemption policy for preschool children, primary school students, and students of general education programs.