The latest admission requirements for military schools in 2024

Colonel Do Thanh Tam, Secretary of the Military Recruitment Board, Ministry of National Defense, said that the preliminary selection takes place at the district military command where the candidates register their permanent residence. Candidates will have their background verified and health examined in this preliminary round.

Currently, the 17 military schools are divided into two groups. The first group trains technical officers, including the Military Medical Academy, the Military Science Academy, and the Military Technical Academy.

The second group trains command, political , and logistic officers, including the remaining schools. There are different admission requirements between these two groups.

Colonel Do Thanh Tam noted: "Candidates only need to complete one preliminary application. If they pass the preliminary application, they will be considered for admission according to various methods, but must choose military schools as their first choice. The following choices can include fields and schools outside the military sector."

The representative of the Ministry of National Defense emphasized that during the registration process, candidates can adjust their preferences within a group of schools, but cannot transfer between two schools in different groups.

After being admitted, candidates will have their health checked again. (Illustration photo)

Regarding height and weight, male candidates in region 1 (mountainous, highland, remote, island areas or communes with especially difficult conditions) and ethnic minorities must be 1.6m tall and weigh 50kg; female candidates must be 1.52m tall and weigh 46kg or more.

Male candidates in the remaining areas must be at least 1m65 tall, and female candidates must be at least 1m54 tall if applying for the command officer group; 1m63 for males, 1m54 for females when applying for the technical officer group. In both groups of schools, males weighing 50kg or more and females weighing 48kg or more are eligible for admission.

Age requirements: Candidates outside the military must be between 17 and 21 years old. Active and discharged soldiers and citizens who have completed their service in the People's Public Security must be between 18 and 23 years old.

In addition, candidates need to pay attention to the vision requirements. Specifically, the command staff does not recruit candidates with refractive errors, and the remaining must not exceed 3 diopters.

This year, in addition to the traditional method of relying on high school graduation exam results, direct admission according to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, and excellent student admission according to regulations of the Ministry of National Defense, the military school block added two methods: using the capacity assessment test scores of two National Universities and considering academic records.

Hieu Lam

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