If you love being a tour guide, which school should you study at?

Below is a summary of information from some universities that train tour guides in Vietnam.

University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities offers training in Tourism and Travel Services Management. The curriculum here is designed with in-depth subjects in the field of tourism and supplementary subjects. At the same time, there is a combination of theory and skills training to create opportunities for students to integrate well into the working environment in the tourism, hotel and event industry.

There are many universities and colleges across the country that train tour guides. (Illustration photo)

The benchmark score for the Tourism and Travel Services Management industry in the last 3 years has been above 25 points. In particular, in 2021, the benchmark score for this industry is 26 points for block A01, 26.5 points for block D01 and 27 points for block D78.

In 2022, the standard scores for the admission subject groups are A01 (25.25 points), D01 (25.8 points), D78 (26.1 points). In 2023, the A01 group takes 25.5 points, the D01 group 26 points and the D78 group 26.4 points.

Hanoi University of Culture

Students of the Faculty of Tourism, Hanoi University of Culture, have the opportunity to participate in guiding and assisting tours right from their school days. After graduation, students are capable of working at tourism management agencies, travel businesses, and tour guides.

The school trains in 4 majors: Tourism culture; Travel, tour guiding; Tourism and travel service management and International tour guiding.

This year, the school's 4 Tourism majors will recruit 6 subject groups D01; D78; D96; A16; A00; C00. Of which, the Tourism - Tourism Culture major will consider the standard score of 24.41 points for group D01; D78; D96; A16 and 25.41 points for group C00.

The major in Travel and Tour Guide requires 25.8 points for block C00 and 24.8 points for blocks D01; D78; D96; A16. The major in International Tour Guide has a standard score of 31.4 points (40-point scale), with 5 subject groups D01; D78; D96; A16; A00.

Tourism and Travel Services Management major takes 26.5 points for block C00 and 25.5 points for blocks D01; D78; D96; A16; A00.

School of Tourism (Duy Tan University - Da Nang)

The School of Tourism - Duy Tan University is the leading training and supply of high-quality human resources in Vietnam. In addition to working as tour guides, alumni from this school also have the opportunity to hold many senior management positions in hotel corporations and travel companies.

The school is currently training 5 majors with 12 majors - this is one of the schools with the largest number of majors and majors in tourism in the country.

This year, the Tourism major at the school has a benchmark score ranging from 14 - 15.5 points with 4 admission subject groups A00; D01; C00; C15.

Tuition fees of the School of Tourism (Duy Tan University) for the 2023 - 2024 school year are around 23 - 40 million/school year, with an annual tuition increase of no more than 15%.

School of Tourism (Hue University)

The School of Tourism (Hue University) offers four majors: Tourism, E-tourism, Tourism and Travel Services Management, and Tourism and Hotel Services Management.

This year, the school plans to enroll students in two ways: based on the results of the high school graduation exam, based on high school academic results. With the standard scores for Tourism (16 points), E-tourism (15.5 points), Tourism and Travel Services Management (16 points), Tourism and Hotel Services Management (21 points).

The tuition fee increase will be implemented annually, with an average increase of 10% per year. The initial tuition fee is 450,000 VND/credit.

University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Ho Chi Minh City National University)

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities is known as one of the most prominent tourism training schools in Ho Chi Minh City. The tuition fee for studying tourism here is 860,000 VND/credit and calculated according to the school year is 26,400,000 VND/school year.

This year, the Tourism and Travel Services Management major here has a benchmark score of 27.4 points for block C00 and 25.8 points for blocks D01; D14; D15. At the same time, the school also trains high-quality programs for this major, the benchmark score is 25.5 points for block C00 and 24.5 points for blocks D01; D14; D15.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology

Tourism and Travel Services Management, Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology, recruits 4 subject groups for Tourism and Travel Services Management, including: A01; D01; D14; D15, with a standard score of 20 (English multiplied by 2). In addition to recruiting based on the National High School Graduation Exam scores, this major also recruits based on high school academic results (transcripts) and the National University of Ho Chi Minh City's competency assessment test scores.

In addition, if you want to pursue a career as a tour guide, you can study at some other schools such as: University of Commerce, National Economics, Hanoi Open University, Can Tho University.

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