90 universities announce minimum scores to assess capacity and thinking

In particular, the common floor score for the Ho Chi Minh City National University's competency assessment exam is 6000/1,200. Some schools such as Van Lang, Hong Bang, Nguyen Tat Thanh Universities... use 750, applied to the fields of Pharmacy, Medicine, and Dentistry.

Foreign Trade University alone set the floor score at 830 points, the highest to date.

With the Hanoi National University's competency assessment exam, 12 member schools and faculties of this university all have a floor score of 80/150 points. Hai Duong Medical Technical University is taking the highest score with 120/150 points for the Medical major and 100 points for the remaining majors. The floor scores of other schools are mainly at 75-80 points.

With the thinking assessment exam of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, the schools set a floor score of about 50-60/100 points.

Admission floor level from the test scores to assess capacity and thinking of 90 universities:

This year, the number of candidates registering for the aptitude and thinking assessment exams is at a record high. The first round of the aptitude assessment exam held by two national universities in April had more than 94,000 candidates. Meanwhile, Hanoi University of Science and Technology recorded about 40,000 candidates registering for the aptitude assessment exam, nearly three times more than last year.

These are also the three largest private exams in the country. The Ho Chi Minh City National University’s aptitude test scores are used by 105 universities and colleges for admission. The numbers are 90 and 40, respectively, for the exams of Hanoi National University and Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

The minimum score is the minimum score that candidates need to achieve to apply for admission to universities. The admission score can be equal to or higher than this level.

Last year, the benchmark for assessing the capacity of Ho Chi Minh City National University was about 600-1,035/1,200 points. For the exam of Hanoi National University, the benchmark for schools is usually from 80/120 points or higher. If using the thinking assessment score of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, candidates who score 50-55/100 points or higher can be admitted to many majors, especially for hot majors such as Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, the benchmark is up to 72-83 points.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that even if admitted through early methods (using test scores to assess capacity, considering transcripts, IELTS...), candidates must still register their wishes on the common system, from July 18 to 5:00 p.m. on July 30. The results of the 2024 university admissions will be announced before 5:00 p.m. on August 19.