In 2026, Hanoi National University of Education High School for the Gifted (Hanoi National University of Education) enrolls a total of 490 students in 8 specialized blocks, an increase of 70 targets compared to 2025.
Specialized classes in Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, and English enroll 70 targets/each specialized class; specialized classes in Geography and Biology enroll 35 targets/each specialized class.
The school organizes the exam in 2 days, June 4 and 5, 2026, keeping the same time frame as last year.
Candidates participating in the 10th grade specialized high school exam at Hanoi National University of Education must take 4 exams: Math (round 1); Literature (round 1); English (round 1) and specialized subject. Candidates registering for a specialized subject can take the corresponding specialized subject; candidates taking the specialized subject of Informatics can choose the specialized subject of Math or Informatics.
The exam time for Math and Literature round 1 is 120 minutes, English round 1 is 60 minutes; specialized subjects are tested in 150 minutes; the English and Chemistry (specialized) exams are tested in 120 minutes.
Candidates taking all 4 exam papers, not violating regulations, and no exam paper below 3.5 points will be eligible for admission. Hanoi National University of Education High School for the Gifted uses a flexible admission method according to each specialized subject.
Specifically, for specialized classes in Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, the scores of Literature and English (round 1) are a condition, not used to calculate admission scores. The admission score for these specialized classes will be the total score of Math round 1 (coefficient 1) and the score of specialized subject (coefficient 2).
For candidates taking the specialized Literature class exam, the Math score (round 1) and English score (round 1) are conditions, not used to calculate admission scores. The admission score for specialized Literature is the total Literature score of round 1 (coefficient 1) and the specialized exam score (coefficient 2).
For candidates taking the English specialized exam, the scores of literature and mathematics in round 1 are a condition, not used to calculate admission scores. The admission score for the English specialized class is the total score of English in round 1 (coefficient 1) and the specialized score (coefficient 2).
The school does not add priority points; candidates registering for specialized information subjects can take specialized subjects such as mathematics or informatics (expected 50% for each option).
For specialized Geography, the school enrolls students according to 2 options: Enrolling from the results of candidates registering for specialized Geography classes; Enrolling from the results of common subject exams (Math, Literature, English round 1) of candidates who are not admitted to specialized classes, with the condition that each subject achieves 3.5 points or higher, specialized subject achieves over 2 points and has a registration dossier for specialized Geography.
It is expected that each of the above options will recruit 50% of the target.
According to the plan, the results of the 10th grade entrance exam in 2026 will be announced by the school before June 30.
In 2026, the High School for Foreign Languages (University of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University, Hanoi) enrolls 630 targets with 7 specialized blocks, keeping it the same as in 2025.
The school enrolls through entrance exams, without direct admission, no bonus points, or incentives.
Expected exam schedule on June 7. Each candidate will have to take 4 exams, including: Literature (coefficient 1) in 120 minutes; Math (coefficient 1) in 90 minutes; English (coefficient 1) 60 minutes and specialized foreign language (coefficient 2) 90 minutes. Mathematics, Literature (coefficient 1) and specialized foreign language are tested in the form of multiple choice combined with essays; Foreign language (coefficient 1) is tested in the form of multiple choice.
For specialized foreign language subjects, candidates can take the English exam for classes: English specialized, Russian specialized, French specialized, Chinese specialized, German specialized, Japanese specialized, Korean specialized; take the French exam for French specialized classes; take the Chinese exam for Chinese specialized classes; take the German exam for German specialized classes; take the Japanese exam for Japanese specialized classes; take the Korean exam for Korean specialized classes.
The admission score is the total exam score of 4 specialized subjects Literature, Mathematics, English, Foreign Language on a scale of 10; in which the specialized foreign language subject calculates a coefficient of 2 and the remaining subjects calculate a coefficient of 1. The school only considers admissions for candidates participating in the entrance exam, who have taken all the exam subjects according to regulations and all exam subjects achieved scores greater than 2.0 points.
The school is expected to announce exam scores and benchmark scores on the same day and before June 21.
In 2025, Hanoi National University of Education High School for the Gifted had up to 5,700 candidates taking the exam. This is one of the 8 specialized schools in Hanoi, also with the most candidates participating.
And the Foreign Language High School for the Gifted received nearly 3,400 exam applications.
