Regulations on direct admission and priority admission to military academies and schools in 2023

Candidates applying for direct admission, priority admission and admission for gifted students at high school level must pass preliminary selection and meet the admission standards in terms of politics, ethics, culture, age and health according to regulations of the Ministry of National Defense .

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On May 31, 2023, the Military Admissions Board (TSQS) of the Ministry of National Defense issued guidelines on organizing direct admission, priority admission, and admission of excellent high school students to military university and college training at academies and schools in the Army in 2023.

1. Admission objects

a) Direct admission subjects

- Candidates who are subject to the provisions of Clause 1 and Point a, Clause 2, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations, specifically as follows:

+ Labor Hero, People's Armed Forces Hero, National Emulation Fighter who graduated from high school.

+ Candidates who won first, second, or third prizes in national or international competitions for excellent students or national or international science and technology competitions organized and sent to participate by the Ministry of Education and Training ; the time of winning the prize must not exceed 3 years from the time of direct admission.

- Candidates who are subject to the regulations in Point b and Point c, Clause 4, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations, specifically as follows:

+ Candidates are ethnic minorities with very few people according to current regulations of the Government and candidates from 20 poor border and island districts in the Southwest region.

+ Candidates who have had a permanent residence for 3 years or more, studied for 3 years and graduated from high school in poor districts (boarding students of ethnic minorities are calculated based on their permanent residence) according to regulations of the Government and Prime Minister.

Candidates who are eligible for direct admission as prescribed in Point b and Point c, Clause 4, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations must meet the requirements on conduct and academic ability according to the regulations of the Ministry of National Defense (specific content of the schools is announced in the Admission Plan).

b) Priority admission subjects

Military schools comply with the provisions of Clause 5, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations (candidates are given priority for admission in the year of high school graduation), including:

- Candidates who are subject to the regulations in Clause 1 and Point a, Clause 2, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations but do not use the right to direct admission, will be given priority for admission to the majors according to their wishes.

- Candidates who win consolation prizes in national excellent student competitions; candidates who win fourth prizes in national science and technology competitions will be given priority for admission according to the major appropriate to the exam subject or content of the competition topic in which they won the prize; the time of winning the prize must not exceed 3 years from the time of admission.

c) Candidates for admission to high school level

Candidates graduating from high school in 2023, achieving Excellent academic performance, Good conduct in grades 10, 11 and semester 1 of grade 12 and having one of the following conditions:

- Participate in the provincial or centrally-run city-level high school gifted student exam and win first, second, or third prize in one of the subjects according to the admission combination of the recruiting school or a combination of 3 subjects according to the admission combination of the recruiting school (for candidates who win first, second, or third prizes in the provincial or centrally-run city-level gifted student exam before graduating from high school, their prizes will be reserved until the end of their high school graduation year; they will only be reserved until the year the candidate finishes grade 12 and passes the high school graduation exam, the years after graduating from high school are no longer valid for admission).

- Have a foreign language score of IELTS 5.5 or TOEFL iBT 55 or higher (certificate is still valid at the time of admission).

- Have an international SAT score of 1,068 or higher or an average ACT score of 18 or higher (certificate must be valid at the time of admission).

- Obtain Russian language certificate TRKI-2 or higher (certificate is still valid at the time of admission), apply for admission to Russian Language major at the Academy of Military Sciences.

- Obtain HSK-4 Chinese language certificate or higher (certificate is still valid at the time of admission), apply for admission to Chinese Language major at the Academy of Military Science.

2. Regulations on preliminary selection and registration for admission

- Candidates applying for direct admission, priority admission and admission for gifted high school students must pass the preliminary selection and meet the admission standards in terms of politics, ethics, culture, age and health according to regulations of the Ministry of National Defense.

- Candidates must have 02 types of documents: 01 set of preliminary documents and 01 set of documents for direct admission (or priority admission, admission for gifted students at high school level).

+ Candidates who have submitted their preliminary application to the school they registered for admission, submit 01 set of application documents for direct admission, priority admission or admission for gifted high school students at the District Military Recruitment Board (district, town, city under the province).

+ Candidates who have not submitted their preliminary application must participate in the preliminary application and submit their preliminary application together with their application for direct admission, priority admission or admission for gifted students at high school level.

+ Candidates who do not pass the preliminary selection and do not have a preliminary selection record at the schools will not be eligible for direct admission, priority admission, or admission to excellent high school students for university and military college training at schools in the Army.

3. Time and place of registration

- Candidates register for admission and complete preliminary application at the District Military Recruitment Board where the candidate registers permanent residence before June 25, 2023.

Detailed content: Candidates can find out in the Admissions Plan on the school's website .

TS (Source: Ministry of National Defense Portal)

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