In 2026, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade plans to continue applying 5 admission methods as in 2025, including:
Admission based on high school graduation exam results; Admission based on high school academic results of grade 10, grade 11 and grade 12; Admission based on the results of the competency assessment exam organized by Ho Chi Minh City National University (VNU-HCM); Direct admission according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET); Admission based on the results of the specialized competency assessment exam of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education combined with high school academic results according to the subject combination corresponding to each major.
According to MSc. Pham Thai Son - Director of the Admissions and Communications Center, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade, a highlight and point of interest in the draft 2026 enrollment plan of the school is the support policy exclusively for candidates admitted through the direct enrollment method.
Accordingly, successful candidates will be exempted from 100% of tuition fees for the entire course; Support for living expenses of 3 million VND/month during the study period.
In 2026, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry said that in addition to the direct admission method according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, the school plans to only use one method, which is comprehensive admission.
This method includes the following components: considering high school graduation exam scores, competency assessment test scores, high school academic results and other outstanding achievements.
According to the school, the comprehensive admission method aims for more comprehensive and fair assessment in admission.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the comprehensive admission method has been used by the University of Technology - Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City in several admissions in recent years.
In addition, Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade said that according to the innovation roadmap, from 2028, admission will be based on high school transcripts, replaced by a comprehensive competency assessment method, combining many factors such as high school transcripts, high school graduation exam scores and the results of the VNU-HCM competency assessment exam, in order to comprehensively assess learning capacity.
Previously, at the 2025 Higher Education Conference, the Ministry of Education and Training requested training institutions to promptly announce the admission methods for 2026 in October 2025.
The Ministry of Education and Training said it will announce the revised Admissions Regulations to supplement and thoroughly overcome the problem of unfairness and untrustworthyness in admission methods and criteria; ensuring compliance with the 2018 General Education Program.
Also at the 2025 Higher Education Conference, the Ministry of Education and Training issued survey forms to collect opinions from schools on whether to continue to review transcripts, as well as limit the number of registration wishes of candidates, instead of allowing them to be unlimited as in previous years.
