Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy announced the number of candidates who registered for admission based on the method of considering high school graduation exam scores combined with IELTS certificates and the method of considering SAT exam scores. A total of 1,367 candidates registered for admission to the school based on the two methods of considering high school graduation exam scores combined with IELTS certificates and admission based on SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) exam results.

The school considered 1,006 targets, with 1,299 candidates submitting certificates.

According to the announced list, this year, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy has 1,299 candidates submitting valid IELTS certificates to the school. Meanwhile, according to the announced enrollment plan, this year the school has 1,006 admission targets based on high school graduation exam scores combined with international English certificates.

Specifically, the targets for each industry are as follows: 168 targets for medicine, 48 for preventive medicine, 84 for traditional medicine, 224 for pharmacy, 24 for pharmaceutical chemistry, 84 for nursing, 48 for nursing in anesthesia and resuscitation, 48 for midwifery, 32 for nutrition, 50 for dentistry, 16 for dental prosthetics, 68 for medical testing, 36 for medical imaging, 40 for rehabilitation, and 36 for public health.

According to the regulations of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, candidates with IELTS Academic 6.0 or higher are eligible to apply for admission to all majors. Candidates with IELTS Academic from 5.0 to below 6.0 are eligible to apply for admission to the following majors: pharmaceutical chemistry, nursing, nursing specializing in anesthesia and resuscitation, midwifery, nutrition, dental prosthetics, medical testing techniques, medical imaging techniques, rehabilitation techniques, public health. IELTS certificate issuing unit: British Council (BC) and International Development Program (IDP). The school will check the original international English certificate when candidates enroll. If candidates do not meet the prescribed conditions, they will be removed from the admission list.

Previously, in 2023, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy received more than 1,300 candidates applying for admission based on the method of high school graduation exam scores combined with international English certificates. Meanwhile, the quota for this method is more than 800 candidates. Compared to the method of considering high school graduation exam scores in 2023, the benchmark score for the method of combining international English certificates is lower in some majors but higher in some majors. In particular, the major has a lower benchmark score for the method of combining international English certificates, for example, medicine takes 27.1 points for the method of combining international foreign language certificates (27.34 points for the method of considering high school graduation exam scores). But on the contrary, the preventive medicine major only takes 22.65 points from the high school graduation exam scores in 2023 but up to 23.45 points for the method of combining international English certificates.

This year, the number of candidates submitting IELTS certificates decreased slightly while the quota for this method increased, which shows that compared to last year, the level of competition among candidates in this method is "easier". However, according to the school's regulations, in this method, an international English certificate is only a necessary condition for submitting an application. The school will consider candidates based on the high school graduation exam scores of the subjects according to the admission combination, in which the standard score for this method must not be 2 points lower than the standard score of the same major in the high school graduation exam score method.

There are 68 candidates with SAT scores from 1,340 applying for admission.

In the admission method based on SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) results, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy has 68 candidates submitting results to participate in the university admission exam this year.

This is the first year the school applies this admission method for two majors: medicine (20 targets) and dentistry (6 targets).

Admission requirements are for candidates with SAT scores of 1,340 or higher. Candidates can only choose 1 score from the valid exams. The required conditions for admission are that candidates must have graduated from high school and the results of the 2024 high school graduation exam must have a total score of 3 exams/subjects of math, chemistry, biology and priority points (if any) must be equal to or above the minimum score threshold to ensure input quality as prescribed by the school's Admissions Council.

The Admissions Council of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy will make a list of candidates registering for each major in descending order of admission scores. The list of successful candidates will be selected according to admission scores, from highest to lowest until the quota is met.