Instructions for converting equivalent admission scores and entry thresholds for university admission methods

The equivalence conversion rule applies uniformly to all candidates applying to the same major or training program; ensuring that all candidates are considered equally based on equivalent admission scores, regardless of the priority order of their registration wishes.

Specifically, when developing equivalent conversion rules, training institutions need to ensure that the admission scores between admission methods and admission combinations of an admission code are equivalent in terms of meeting the input requirements of the corresponding training program, industry, and group of industries.

Based on the actual input requirements, the equivalence conversion rules must be linked to the specific requirements of the industry and training program. The main criteria used for admission in each admission method must focus on assessing the basic knowledge and core competencies required by the industry.

At the same time, the equivalence conversion rule must be developed objectively, announced in the admission information and posted publicly on the electronic information portal of the training institution according to regulations, applied uniformly to all candidates applying for the same major and training program; ensuring that all candidates are selected equally based on equivalent admission scores, regardless of the priority order of registration wishes.

Conversion framework between types of exam scores

According to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training , the conversion framework provides the score ranges of individual exams (APT, HSA, TSA...) and the score ranges of appropriate high school graduation exam subject combinations according to the percentile method based on the analysis of the exam results of candidates with both individual exam scores and corresponding graduation exam subject combination scores in 2025.

The score ranges are ranked according to the top 0.5%, 1%, 3%, 5%, 10%... (Table 1) as follows:

Conversion framework for admission scores according to separate exams for admission scores based on high school graduation exam scores

Responsibilities of training institutions organizing entrance exams and independent exams

The Ministry of Education and Training requires that the responsibilities of training institutions (CSDT) organizing entrance exams and independent exams are as follows: Determine the graduation exam subject combinations suitable for the characteristics of the separate exam organized by CSDT and recommend that other CSDTs can use them, clarifying which combination is most suitable.

Announce the percentile of the results of the 2025 individual exams (X0, X1... in Table 1) before May 31, 2025; no later than June 30, 2025 for exams with results announced after May 31, 2025.

At the same time, coordinate with the Ministry of Education and Training to analyze the high school graduation exam results of candidates who have their own exam results, on that basis, announce the score ranges of the appropriate subject combinations (A0, A1..., B0, B1... in Table 1), no later than 3 days after announcing the high school graduation exam results in 2025.

Based on these figures, the admission scores and entry thresholds of each specific industry and group of industries will be converted linearly within each score range.

The general admission support system maintains the form of entering the difference in scores between the original admission combination and other admission combinations for a major of the CSĐT as in previous years.

Determining the difference in admission scores between popular combinations will be based on comparing the score distribution announced by the Ministry of Education and Training after the 2025 high school graduation exam results are available according to each admission score range.

High school report card scores do not reflect assessment results on a unified national assessment scale, so building a common conversion framework is meaningless.

However, the Ministry of Education and Training will publish statistics on the correlation between high school graduation exam scores and average high school subject scores, on that basis, training institutions will determine the conversion rules equivalent to admission scores and entrance thresholds.

Khanh Linh

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