Many universities plan to increase tuition fees in 2025

Candidates learn about training programs and enrollment work in 2025. Photo: Khieu Tu/VNA

Tuition fees at Hanoi University for the next academic year will be around 0.78-1.7 million VND per credit, an increase of 7.5-8.3% compared to last year. Tuition fees are divided into two systems: Standard and Advanced.

The highest tuition fee of Hanoi University is 1.7 million VND per credit, applied to the Information Technology major taught in English. Many majors charge a common tuition fee of 780,000 VND. Thus, compared to last year, tuition fees for new students in 2025 increased by about 7.5-8.3%. Students need to complete about 145-152 credits to be recognized as graduating.

Tuition fees for the National Economics University in the 2025-2026 academic year range from 18-25 million VND. This tuition fee is an increase of 2-3 million VND compared to last year. In the 2024-2025 academic year, tuition fees for standard programs according to each major/study program of the school range from 16-22 million VND/academic year.

According to the 2025 enrollment plan of the University of Commerce, the tuition fee for the 2025-2026 school year ranges from 2.4-2.79 million VND/month, equivalent to 24-27.9 million VND/school year (10 months) for standard training programs; 3.85 million VND/month, equivalent to 38.5 million VND/school year (10 months) for international professional orientation training programs (IPOP).

Compared to the 2024-2025 school year, the tuition fee for the standard program increases from 24-26 million VND/school year to 24-27.9 million VND/school year. The IPOP and advanced programs increase from 26-35 million VND/school year to 38.5 million VND/school year.

Banking Academy plans to apply tuition fees for students enrolling in the 2025-2026 school year from 26.5-28 million VND/school year for the standard program, and from 40-50 million VND/school year for the international joint program, according to information from the 2025 regular university enrollment project.

Both of these training program groups have seen tuition fees increase compared to the previous school year. Specifically, the standard program increased from 25-26.5 million VND to 26.5-28 million VND/school year. Meanwhile, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's international joint programs have tuition fees ranging from 37-60 million VND.

Some universities in the South also announced tuition increases for the 2025-2026 school year. Specifically, the University of Technology (Ho Chi Minh City National University) has the lowest tuition fee of 30 million VND/year, applied to training programs of the standard system, the talent system and the high-quality Vietnamese-French engineer system.

International transfer program (Japan), tuition fee for the first 2.5 years is 60 million VND/school year; the last 2 years transfer to a Japanese partner university, tuition fee is about 91 million VND/year...

International transfer program (Australia, USA, New Zealand), training 15 majors, majors, taught entirely in English, tuition fee for the first 2-2.5 years is about 80 million VND/year; last 2-2.5 years transfer to partner university, tuition fee is about 560-900 million VND/year.

Compared to 2024, the tuition fee of the international transfer program increased from 28-101 million VND/year.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade expects the full tuition fee for bachelor's programs to increase to 110-116 million VND (from 105-112 million VND) and engineering programs will also have a corresponding increase.

Tuition fees at Saigon University have increased by 1.5 times compared to previous courses. The tuition fees for 4-year programs range from 92-129 million VND/course, while the tuition fees for 4.5-year programs range from 150-167 million VND/course. The school representative said that the new tuition fees only apply to the 2025 enrollment period and depend on the financial autonomy project, which is currently awaiting approval from the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee. Ho Chi Minh City Open University also plans to increase by 1.5-2 million VND/year depending on the major.

According to many university leaders, this tuition fee increase is in line with the roadmap for implementing Decree 81/CP and Decree 97/CP of the Government on the mechanism for collecting and managing tuition fees. In addition, increasing tuition fees is also considered a solution for schools to have more resources to invest in modern facilities, improve the quality of teaching staff and innovate training programs, especially in the context that many schools are moving towards financial autonomy.

According to Tin Tuc Newspaper

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