Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine increases enrollment quota, enrolls students in 2 methods

Trường đại học Y khoa Phạm Ngọc Thạch - Ảnh 1. — Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine increases university enrollment quota in 2025 - Photo: TRAN HUYNH

This year, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine (HCMC) continues to enroll students nationwide with a total expected target of 1,920 students (an increase of 440 compared to last year).

Most of the admission quota is based on high school graduation exam scores

The school enrolls students using two admission methods, in which the majority of the quota is based on the 2025 high school graduation exam scores. The school does not use the exam scores reserved from previous years' high school and national high school exams for admission and does not give priority to admission.

Method 1: Admission based on high school graduation exam results in 2025.

Method 2: direct admission (group I applies according to Article 8 of the admission regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training and group II applies to Lao and Cambodian students).

For detailed information on how to apply for direct admission, see here.

Trường đại học Y khoa Phạm Ngọc Thạch - Ảnh 2.

Information on enrollment targets for undergraduate training programs of Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine in 2025

If there are many combinations of subjects for admission, the combinations will be considered together, without any regulations on the difference in scores between the combinations.

Subjects corresponding to the subject combination code for admission:

B00: Math - Chemistry - Biology

B03: Math - Literature - Biology

B08: Math - English - Biology

A00: Math - Physics - Chemistry

A01: Math - Physics - English

The school notes that for majors using a combination of admission subjects including English, the school only applies to candidates with high school graduation exam scores in English in 2025. The school does not convert foreign language certificates used for high school graduation exam exemption into foreign language scores for admission.

Sub-criteria for priority order of wishes and math scores

Additional conditions used for consideration in case candidates have the same total admission score, are prioritized in order: order of candidates' registration wishes, high school graduation exam score in math in 2025.

The school determines priority points: priority subjects and priority areas are determined according to the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training in 2025.

The school will announce the input quality assurance threshold for the majors according to regulations and expected before 5:00 p.m. on July 23.

Total priority points: including priority subject points and priority regions are calculated on a 10-point scale (without multiplying the coefficient). Total priority points for candidates with a total score of 22.5 or higher (when converted to a score on a 10-point scale and the maximum total score of 3 subjects is 30) are determined according to the following formula:

Priority score = [(30 - Total score of the admission subject combination achieved)/7.5] × Total score of priority subjects and priority areas are specified according to the school's admission regulations.

The school does not apply bonus points in 2025 admissions.

For the Vietnamese-German medical school, candidates must have an English proficiency of IELTS 5.5 or higher or TOEFL iBT 75 or higher or equivalent. The Vietnamese-German medical school conducts the admission process after candidates complete the admission procedures.

Nursing includes general nursing, anesthesia, resuscitation, and out-of-hospital emergency care. The separation of training majors is done after students complete the first year program.

Admission principles

Candidates who graduated from high school and have the results of the 2025 high school graduation exam with the total score of the combination B00 / A00 / A01 / B03 / B08, bonus points (if any) and priority points (if any) must be equal to or above the threshold score to ensure input quality as prescribed by the school to register for admission to the corresponding major.

Candidates can register their wishes for many majors, the wishes are arranged in order of priority from high to low (from small to large wishes). In case many wishes are eligible for admission, candidates will only be recognized as admitted and called for admission according to the wish with the highest priority order.

Candidates only choose the admission code, the general admission system of the Ministry of Education and Training will choose the subject combination to conduct the admission.

Total admission score: is the total score of the exams according to the admission subject group on a 30-point scale (no coefficient), bonus points and total priority points (if any) according to regulations and rounded to two decimal places.

The school will announce the expected admission scores before 5:00 p.m. on August 22. Candidates who are admitted and confirm their enrollment will not be eligible to participate in other admission rounds.

Candidates register, adjust and supplement their admission wishes online through the Ministry of Education and Training's Admissions Portal according to the general plan and instructions of the Ministry from July 16 to 5:00 p.m. on July 28.

Candidates must pay the admission fee online from July 29 to 5:00 p.m. on August 5 according to the ministry's instructions.

Successful candidates must confirm their admission online on the system no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 30.

The school also announced the expected tuition fees for the 2025-2026 school year as follows: