Before the Ministry of Education and Training tightened the entrance exam for semiconductor training, what were the benchmark scores?

The semiconductor industry is attracting attention after the Ministry of Education and Training announced standard regulations on university-level semiconductor training at higher education institutions participating in the Program "Developing human resources for the semiconductor industry to 2030, with a vision to 2050", according to Decision No. 1017/QD-TTg dated September 21, 2024 of the Prime Minister.

Before the Ministry of Education and Training tightened the entrance exam for semiconductor training, what were the benchmark scores? Photo 1

List of higher education institutions participating in the Program "Developing human resources for the semiconductor industry to 2030, with a vision to 2050"

This Training Program Standard is an important basis for universities to develop, review and update training programs in accordance with practical requirements. Before implementing enrollment, training institutions are responsible for completing and reporting the training program to the Ministry of Education and Training for appraisal.

Specifically, candidates who want to study bachelor's or engineering programs in semiconductor microchips, if admitted based on high school graduation exam results, must use a combination of Math and at least one natural science subject suitable for the semiconductor microchip training program.

The total score of the subjects in the admission combination must reach at least 80% of the scale, for example, at least 24/30 for a combination of three subjects. In addition, the Math score must reach at least 80% of the scale, for example, at least 8/10.

For those who have a university degree, they must have a degree appropriate to the training program they are applying for and have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.8/4 or higher.

For students studying in another major and transferring to semiconductor microchip at the time of consideration, a GPA of 2.5/4 or higher is required.

For master's degree, undergraduate GPA requirement is 2.8/4 or higher.

Below are the tuition fees and benchmark scores for the microchip and semiconductor fields for the 2024-2025 school year at specific schools as follows:

Northern region (from Da Nang and above):

School name	Branch	Admission group	Tuition (VND)	Benchmark 2024
Hanoi University of Science and Technology	Microelectronics and Nanotechnology	A00, A01, D07	24-30 million	25.01
Phenikaa University	Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Specialization in Semiconductor Circuit Design	A00, A01, C01, D07	46.2 million	24
CMC University	Electronic Engineering Technology - Telecommunications Specialization Semiconductor Circuit Design	A00, A01, D01	54.6 million (standard system) 78 million (Vietnamese - English bilingual)	23
Vietnam - Korea University of Information and Communication Technology - University of Danang	Computer Engineering Technology – Major in Semiconductor Design (Engineer)	A00, A01, D01, D90	16.4 million	27
University of Technology - University of Danang	Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, major in Microelectronics - Microcircuit Design	A00, A01	28.7 million	26.31

Southern region (from Da Nang and below):

University of Information Technology - VNU-HCM	Circuit Design	A00, A01	35 million	26.5
Can Tho University	Computer Engineering (major in Semiconductor Design)	A00, A01	22.7 million	24.28
Saigon International University	Information Technology, major in Microcircuit Design	A00, A01, D01, D07	62 million	17
University of Science - Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City	Semiconductor technology	A00, A01, A02, D90	30.4 million	25.10
University of Science - VNU-HCM	Circuit Design	A00, A01, D07, D90	31 million	25.90
University of Technology - VNU-HCM	Circuit Design	A00, A01	30 million	80.03 (*)
University of Technology - VNU-HCM	Materials Engineering - Major in Nanomaterials, Semiconductors and Biomedical Materials	A00, A01, D07	30 million	68.50 (*)