The above information was announced by Major Trieu Thanh Dat, a senior specialist of the Department of Training (Ministry of Public Security) at the 2025 Admissions Consulting Festival today, March 16.
Major Trieu Thanh Dat said that this year, police schools will enroll students according to three methods: Direct admission (for first prize students in the national excellent student selection exam, national science and technology competition, students in the international Olympic competition team); Considering the combination of assessment test scores and foreign language certificates; Considering the combination of assessment test scores and high school graduation exam scores.
A new point compared to last year is that the public security school block considers combining an international foreign language certificate with an assessment test instead of a high school transcript score.
It is expected that candidates with IELTS equivalent to 5.5 or higher can participate in the combined admission. Last year, the requirement was IELTS 7.5 for early admission candidates.
Major Trieu Thanh Dat noted that because there are currently only police at the ward/commune and provincial levels, the Ministry of Public Security has issued instructions for the commune-level police to receive applications to join the police school of candidates.
Candidates must register to submit their application to the ward/commune police before April 15 and complete the application, meeting the preliminary selection requirements according to the instructions of the ward/commune police officer.
Regarding this year's assessment test of the Ministry of Public Security, he said that there are some adjustments to suit students studying the 2018 general education program (with 4 cards, an increase of 2 cards compared to 2024).
Previously, the Department of Training, Ministry of Public Security announced the structure and sample questions for the new assessment test, to suit the first batch of candidates graduating under the 2018 General Education Program.
The exam consists of three parts: Compulsory multiple-choice, compulsory multiple-choice, and elective multiple-choice. Candidates complete the test in 180 minutes in the form of a writing exam, with a total score of 100.
The compulsory essay section includes a social luan sentence with a maximum score of 25. The compulsory multiple-choice part includes 35 Math questions (35 points), History 10 questions (10 points), Foreign language 20 questions (15 points). The multiple-choice test section has 15 questions (15 points). Candidates choose one of the subjects Physics (CA1), Chemistry (CA2), Biology (CA3), Geography (CA4).
