Data science is the science of data governance and analysis to find understanding, action knowledge, and decisions that lead to action.
Data science consists of the main parts: Create and manage data, analyze data, and convert analytical results into the value of actions.
In the 2025-2026 school year, the Data Science major will continue to be trained by many universities in Ho Chi Minh City. In 2024, this major will have a relatively high benchmark score in schools, with some schools taking it above 27 points.
At the University of Information Technology - Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, based on the high school graduation exam results, the admission score for the 2024 major in Data Science is 27.5 points.
In the 2025-2026 school year, the tuition fee of the University of Information Technology ranges from about 37-140 million VND. Of which, the training majors under the standard program are about 37 million VND; the advanced program is about 55 million VND; the joint training programs are from 84-140 million VND.
At another school under Ho Chi Minh City National University, the University of Natural Sciences, last year, the Data Science major took 26.85 points in the standard program.
In the 2025-2026 school year, the University of Natural Sciences plans to collect tuition fees for the Data Science major of about 35.5 million VND/year.
At the University of Technology - Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, last year, the standard program of Data Science had a benchmark score of 82.14 points according to the synthesis method.
Currently, this major at the school has tuition fees (standard programs) of about 30 million VND/year.
At the International University - Ho Chi Minh City National University, the benchmark for Data Science in 2024 is 24 points in the standard program.
In the 2025-2026 school year, the tuition fee for this major is about 55 million VND/year.
In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City Open University set the benchmark score for Data Science at 20 points based on the results of the high school graduation exam.
This year, the expected tuition fee for this major at the school is about 28.5 million VND/year.
