On April 12, Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted announced enrollment information for grade 10 in the 2026-2027 school year.
Accordingly, the school plans to enroll 525 students for 15 specialized classes, an increase of 70 targets compared to 2025, equivalent to 2 classes.
In addition to teaching, in the 2026-2027 school year, the school continues to organize activities such as scientific research, STEM/STEAM education, outdoor learning, Youth Union activities and 24 clubs.
The school's programs include: International certificate English, elective foreign languages (French, German, English, Japanese), 21st century life skills education, basic science research, international certificate informatics, extracurricular music - fine arts - sports.
In the 2026-2027 school year, Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted will continue to enroll students nationwide.
Exam takers are allowed to register a maximum of 2 nguyện vọng for specialized classes at Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted or at 3 other specialized high schools in the city.
The aspirations are arranged in order of priority from highest to lowest (preference 1 is the highest). Candidates admitted in which aspiration must study in that aspiration and cannot change it.
Candidates will take 4 exams. Among them, 3 non-specialized exams include Mathematics and Literature (120 minutes/subject), Foreign Language is foreign language 1 being studied at school (90 minutes). In addition, candidates take an additional specialized subject exam according to the registered subject with a time of 150 minutes.
For candidates taking specialized subjects that are foreign languages, they can choose to take the exam in the correct registered specialized foreign language.
The admission score for specialized classes is calculated according to the formula:
Literature + Math + Foreign Language + (specialized subject score × 2).
Candidates are only considered for admission when they take enough exams, do not violate exam regulations and all exams achieve above 2 points.
The entrance exam to 10th grade for the 2026-2027 school year in Ho Chi Minh City will take place in 2 days, June 1st and 2nd.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the city currently has more than 169,000 9th grade students studying at secondary schools. In which, the Department aims to enroll more than 118,000 students into public high schools, equivalent to about 70%. The rest will study at continuing education centers, vocational schools, private schools or other directions.
