School fees will increase

According to Decree 81, from the academic year 2022 – 2023 to the academic year 2025 – 2026, the tuition fee ceiling for public higher education institutions that are not yet autonomous is regulated for each sector with the level of 1,2 – 3, 5 million VND/month.

Compared to the 2021-2022 school year, the tuition fee ceiling for the 2022-2023 school year has skyrocketed (except for majors II, Arts). Especially, sector VI.2 (Medicine) increased by 71.3% (currently at the ceiling of 1.43 million VND/month, it will increase to 2.45 million VND/month). Most of the remaining sectors (except for Industry II) increased by more than 20% to nearly 30%, while industry IV (Life Science, Natural Science) had a more moderate increase, 15.3%.

According to information from schools, tuition fees from next school year are expected to increase. Specifically, at Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University, the highest expected tuition fee is about 44.5 million VND for Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odonto-Stomatology. Compared with the tuition fee of 32 million VND/year in 2021, this increase has reached 40%.

For autonomous public universities, tuition rates skyrocketed immediately compared to non-autonomous universities. For example, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. The growth rate of the standard industries has doubled or more than doubled. Therefore, in the academic year 2022 – 2023, in order to reduce the burden of tuition fees as well as attract learners, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City has decided to support 35% of tuition fees for 6 majors in the Social Sciences and Humanities groups. Literature (Philosophy, Religion, History, Geography, Information – Library, Archives).

Candidates can refer to the expected increase in tuition fees of some schools in the following table:

Along with the increase in tuition fees, quality issues have been raised by public opinion. However, in reality, it is difficult for schools to explain specifically.