Admission

1. Admission methods in 2025

The International University (IU) – a member of the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City – officially announced its admission information for the 2025 academic year. Accordingly, in 2025, IU will recruit 2,000 students through three different admission methods for five groups of academic programs at the undergraduate level (including programs offered by IU and joint training programs with foreign universities). Specifically, the three admission methods for 2025 are as follows:

Method 1: National High School Graduation Examination (NHSGE) Results

• Applicants are evaluated based on their scores from the NHSGE.
• This is a primary admission route, with a significant number of students admitted through this method.

Method 2: VNU-HCM Competency Assessment Test

• IU accepts results from the competency assessment test organized by Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.
• This pathway caters to students demonstrating aptitude through this specific assessment.

Method 3 : Direct Admission and Priority Admission

• Direct admission and priority admission in accordance with the regulations of the MOET.
• For candidates eligible for priority or direct admission, consideration is given in accordance with the regulations of Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM).
• Admission for holders of international high school diplomas.

– The university also announced an expected allocation of 2,000 slots across five groups of academic programs, with specific quotas for each group as follows:

    – The university has also announced specific score conversions for English proficiency certificates. The details are as follows:

    – Certificates equivalent to IELTS will be specified in the university’s admission announcement.

    – Regarding bonus points in admission, the university has outlined different bonus points for various cases, in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training. Notably, candidates who choose to convert their English proficiency scores will not be eligible for bonus points based on English certificates.

   – Candidates with international English certificates such as IELTS or equivalent will receive bonus points added to their admission score as follows:

   – Candidates with academic achievements will receive bonus points as follows:

For national students

The national university entrance exam. The obtained scores of a candidate participating in the national university entrance exam organized by MOET are valid for admission to all universities. Based on the test results, MOET decides the minimum score for a student to be admitted to a university programme. The IU Recruitment Committee will decide the admission score for each IU programme based on the quota assigned for VNU-HCM by MOET. The scores vary each year; however, they must be higher than the minimum scores set by MOET. The potential candidates applying to the programme take the aforementioned examinations which consist of three subjects: A00 – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry; A01- Mathematics, Physics, English; D01 – Literature, Mathematics, English; D07 – Mathematics, Chemistry, English.

IU Student Admission Panel will decide on the case by case for candidates who select other schemes.

For international Students

International students are those who do not follow the Vietnamese MOET’s standardized curriculum. The IU announces the admission process for international applicants on the IU website. The international applicants are required to attend the interviews with the Admission Committee and achieve the SAT which is equivalent to the entrance examination decided by the IU Student Admission Panel. When they pass, IU issues the decision of admission so that they can pursue the IU programme. 

Students from overseas universities can be transferred to IU programmes. The Student Admission Panel screens and interviews applicants for admission. Students from other IU departments or schools or those of the twinning programme can be transferred to another IU programme. The programmes that admit those students must have enough slots in their quotas and the number of transferred students must not exceed 10% of the quota. Their applications and potential transferred credits are examined by the Departmental Committee. The OAA and the Board of Rectors give the final approval.

Annually, after freshmen have been recruited and the new academic year has started, the Board of Admission would hold meetings to evaluate the effectiveness of each admission pathway in order to implement timely adjustment .

2. Admission methods in 2024

• Method 1: Results of the High School Graduation Exam
  – Criterion: the sum of three subject examinations from the High School Graduation Examination according to the Entrance Examination Groups.
  – Allotment: 50% – 70% of total admissions
• Method 2: Excellent graduates of selected High Schools according to the Viet Nam National University criteria
  – Allotment: 5-15% of total admissions
• Method 3: Direct/Prioritized admissions
  – Criteria:
  Method 3.1: direct/prioritized admissions based on the Viet Nam Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) policies and guidelines on higher education admission.
  Method 3.2: direct/prioritized admissions for the valedictorians of selected High Schools according to the Viet Nam National University criteria.
  Allotment: 1% of total admissions.
• Method 4: Results of Scholastic Aptitude Test organized by the Viet Nam National University – Ho Chi Minh city
  – Candidates are to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test organized by the Viet Nam National University – Ho Chi Minh city with 120 multiple-choice questions in 150 minutes. Maximum number of points is 1,200.
  – Allotment: 10% – 45% of total admissions
• Method 5: Applicants with International Baccalaureate or graduates of secondary school programs from overseas institutions
  – Allotment: 5% – 10% of total admissions
• Method 6 (for twinning programs): Results of high school programs according to official three-year transcript
  – Allotment: 10% – 20% of total admissions
  – Criteria: the average score of three selected subjects from three-year records of high school programs according to the Entrance Examination Groups.
  – Tentative admission time: 02 times/year.

Entrance Examination Groups

A00: Mathematics – Physics – Chemistry

A01: Mathematics – Physics – English

A02: Mathematics – Physics – Biology

D01: Mathematics – Literature – English

D07: Mathematics – Chemistry – English