According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training, this year, nearly 850,000 candidates registered for university admission. The total number of registered wishes is about 7.6 million, on average one child registered nearly 9 wishes. While in the past three years, the average number of wishes has been around 5.
Representatives of many schools believe that this year the number of candidates and admission wishes has increased, which is understandable, the reason being that there is no longer early admission.
In 2025, the total number of candidates enrolled in the National Economics University will increase by about 25% compared to 2024.
At the Banking Academy, Dr. Tran Manh Ha, Head of Training Department, Banking Academy, said that in 2025, the number of candidates applying for admission to the Banking Academy will increase by 126% compared to 2024, in which one-third of candidates have international certificates.
The number of applications to the University of Commerce increased by 1.5 times compared to 2024, so the school predicted that the admission score could be higher than initially expected.
At the University of Commerce, MSc. Nguyen Quang Trung - Deputy Head of the Communications and Admissions Department of the University of Commerce informed that the number of applications increased by 1.5 times compared to 2024, so the school predicted that the benchmark score could be higher than initially expected. Of which, more than 30,000 candidates have foreign language certificates.
The benchmark is expected to be more extensive than previous years - MSc. Nguyen Quang Trung said.
Previously, based on the 2025 high school graduation exam scores, the University of Commerce predicted that the admission score could decrease by 1-2 points compared to the last 2 years.
According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, from August 17 to 20, the Ministry will download the admission results in all methods of schools to the system, filtered 6 times to give the final results. This process aims to ensure that each candidate only passes one wish.
From 5:00 p.m. on August 20, universities can start announcing the first admission scores for universities and colleges in 2025.
The deadline for announcing the benchmark score is before 5:00 p.m. on August 22. The University of Commerce plans to announce the school's benchmark scores from August 20 to 22.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Nhu Hue - Deputy Head of Training and Funds Management Department - Academy of Journalism and Communication also informed that according to preliminary statistics, the number of candidates with English certificates such as IELTS, TOEFL ITP, APTIS (General), APTIS (Advanced), VSTEP registering to the Academy of Journalism and Communication has increased significantly compared to 2024, estimated at tens of thousands of records.
Although the general score for English in the high school graduation exam is low, the admission score for converting the certificate is still high - Dr. Nguyen Thi Nhu Hue analyzed, and predicted that the majors with the highest benchmark scores are still hot majors in the field of journalism and media, such as Multimedia Communications, Marketing Communications, Television Newspaper, Electronic Newspaper, etc.
Previously, many universities also predicted the benchmark scores in 2025. Candidates can follow the list HERE.
Some schools have also given the expected time to announce university admission scores, details can be seen HERE.
